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About the role
Guide the development and quality of Idealist Consulting’s AI for Nonprofits services through the selection of platforms, products, and integrated applications for solution implementation through:
Research, evaluate, and report back on new AI products, releases, and agentic capabilities
Steer scoping and other pre-sales processes as Solution Architect
Serve as Idealist Consulting’s primary delivery contact with the Anthropic Partnership contacts and advise on joint go-to-market initiatives and co-development of nonprofit use cases
Define and refine best practices within the AI for Nonprofits industry specialization
Collaborate with Director of Service Delivery on AI implementation methodology and process documentation in the Idealist Way
Champion responsible AI principles including transparency, data privacy, bias mitigation, and ethical use — particularly in high-stakes nonprofit contexts such as casework, advocacy, and beneficiary data
Develop standards for AI proof-of-concept (POC) and minimum viable product (MVP) evaluation in collaboration with clients and internal teams
Provide mentorship for Consultants within the AI for Nonprofits industry specialization
Contribute to performance reviews, talent development, and training efforts
Contribute to monthly Consultant meetings
Assure service quality through project audits and common practice assessments
Contribute to industry thought leadership and innovation
Demonstrate thought leadership and contribute content including blogs, capabilities content, customer stories, and sessions
Represent the company at industry events
Lead project teams and Solution Architecture in the Idealist Way on assigned projects (50% utilization)
Translate client business requirements into well-architected AI solutions that best leverage the Claude platform and integrated applications
Assist Sales and Services Teams in preparing estimates for implementation, providing detailed level-of-effort estimates for proposed solutions as needed
Guide project teams in the Idealist Way throughout the implementation cycle, including discovery, use case identification, prompt engineering, agent configuration, quality assurance, and user acceptance testing
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