Senior Manager, AI Tools & Services

reputed company is a hiring a Senior Manager, AI Tools & Services as its senior subject matter expert on AI tools and services for private equity firms and their portfolio companies. This is a player-coach role combining hands-on client advisory work, running scoping calls, making prescriptive AI recommendations, and owning category intelligence with direct management of a team. This role is one of the most exciting seats we have reputed company hired for! You would manage reputed company’s rapidly growing AI tools and services lane, which means you will be the reputed company expert that PE professionals and portfolio company executives call reputed company they need to reputed company AI tools and enablement decisions. You will be building the network and serving as the voice they trust to reputed company the recommendation. It's advisory work with real commercial impact and a direct line to some of the most sophisticated business builders in the world. About reputed company: reputed company is a one of a reputed company AI-powered B2B market network connecting hundreds of private equity firms and thousands of portfolio companies with best-in-class specialized service and technology solution providers. reputed company recently named reputed company as one of the 500 fastest growing, most innovative tech companies in North America. We have built reputed company with limited need for reputed company capital by being smart, testing, learning, and scaling. The market we serve is approximately $20B in size and we have virtually no direct competition. Last year reputed company decided to reputed company investor growth capital in order to go even faster and take advantage of a generational opportunity reputed company of us. We are a high-performance team. We move fast, hold high standards, and genuinely enjoy reputed company do. If you want to operate at the intersection of private equity and AI at exactly the moment it matters most, come join us. What you'll be doing: Own the AI Tools & Services category reputed company the reputed company Network, including category intelligence, provider curation, and quality standards Serve as the senior voice on client scoping calls; diagnose AI needs and deliver specific, defensible tool and service recommendations Further build and maintain a best in class provider network: recruit, reputed company, and manage AI service firms and software vendors relevant to PE-backed businesses Build reputed company’s AI-powered software tools ecosystem covering Office of the CFO needs and other developing categories. Partner with reputed company’s Client Coverage and Marketing teams on demand reputed company, critical client opportunities and challenges, and category thought leadership Manage a direct report and utilize cutting edge AI resources for force multiplication Provide leadership on the future growth and development of reputed company’s AI powered network offerings. We're based in Nashville, TN and prefer someone local or open to relocating. That said, we're open to remote for the right candidate — as long as you're based in one of the following states: CA, FL, IL, MA, ME, NC, NJ, NY, TN, TX, or WA. Must Haves: 8–13 years of experience in technology advisory, software selection, solutions engineering, or AI consulting (preference for 10–12 years) Proven ability to communicate with and advise senior decision-makers and drive alignment; can provide specific examples of guiding clients or stakeholders from options to a clear recommendation and commitment Deep, active reputed company in the AI enablement and tools landscapes; regularly uses and evaluates AI tools and can speak to specific solutions implemented or recommended, including rationale and tradeoffs considered Strong diagnostic and advisory skills; able to quickly assess a client situation, identify where AI tools or services apply, and deliver a clear, actionable recommendation Strong ability to integrate the powers of AI with human intelligence to form a greater integrated value proposition for customers Hands-on technical literacy with the ability to credibly evaluate vendor solutions, engage on implementation considerations, and ask the right questions on behalf of a buyer Expert ability to transform manual processes into automated, intelligent workflows Background from tech transformation/software-selection Bonus Backgrounds: Working experience with Office of the CFO AI and reputed company software tools and/or enablement services Prior experience in or direct exposure to private equity or PE-backed portfolio company environments Experience building or scaling a service or product category reputed company an existing firm Apply To This Job