Forward Deployed Consultant, Manufacturing

The role

You will apply AI solutions to transform and automate core operating processes for industrial enterprises. You will partner with senior executives to define AI transformation agendas and run end-to-end Validation Sprints to test solutions on customer data.

What you will do

• Partner with senior executives to define an AI transformation agenda
• Lead initial CxO conversations to create awareness of AI possibilities
• Qualify opportunities before committing to a Validation Sprint
• Co-author the Sprint charter with the Account Executive
• Run the Sprint end to end by immersing, prioritising, building, and reading out
• Rebuild manufacturing processes on AI-first principles across five workflows
• Build using Miro's AI Workflows, Prototypes, and various integrations
• Turn Sprint outcomes into business value stories, ROI models, and KPI baselines
• Support executive leadership in delivering the Value Story read-out
• Co-own the conversion of Sprint outcomes into partnership proposals

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in top-tier consulting, forward deployed engineering, solution consulting, or enterprise transformation, weighted toward manufacturing and industrial environments
• Deep understanding of manufacturing operating processes: NPI and stage-gate/APQP, engineering change management, quality systems (FMEA, 8D, PPAP), S&OP and production planning, lean and continuous imp
• Fluency with the industrial enterprise stack —ERP (SAP or equivalent), PLM (Teamcenter, Windchill, 3DEXPERIENCE), MES, quality management systems
• Credibility with COO, Chief Supply Chain Officer, VP Operations, VP Quality, and Plant General Manager stakeholders
• Exceptional GenAI skills: Miro, Cursor, Claude Code and Cowork, ChatGPT, Google and Microsoft suites, MCP integrations, prompt and context engineering
• Ability to build a before/after value story with financial and ROI analysis
• A business-problem-first rather than product-first mindset
• Comfort in both the boardroom and the plant
• Self-starter who operates independently and under ambiguity
• Willing to travel to customer sites up to 40%

Benefits

• Equity
• Wellbeing benefit
• WFH equipment allowance
• Annual Learning & Development stipend

About the company

Miro is a visual workspace for innovation that enables distributed teams to build. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam and serves more than 100M users.