AI Mentor (Independent Contractor) - Business Leader Programs

Role Overview

AI Mentor (Independent Contractor) for Business Leader Programs. You will mentor experienced professionals (often managers and executives) enrolled in Udacity’s AI business-focused programs, helping them connect course concepts to real-world AI deployment in organizations.

Responsibilities

• Reinforce and expand on concepts from Udacity’s AI business leader curriculum.
• Guide learners through Udacity course projects with structured, actionable advice.
• Share practical industry experience on how AI is deployed, managed, and scaled.
• Explain complex AI topics in business-relevant terms, including:
  • Generative models and LLMs
  • Agentic systems
  • RAG architectures
  • Model evaluation
  • AI governance frameworks
• Discuss how organizational AI decisions are made, including trade-offs, constraints, and implementation challenges.
• Provide grounded perspective on where AI delivers value vs. where it is often misapplied.
• Facilitate structured group sessions for professional audiences (strongly preferred).
• Adapt explanations and examples to learners with varying technical fluency.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years working in AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, or AI Product roles.
• Direct experience deploying AI/ML systems in production environments.
• Familiarity with generative AI (LLMs, RAG, tool use, evaluation) and/or agent-based systems.
• Solid understanding of model evaluation and how data quality impacts outcomes.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders or senior leadership.
• Ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly without oversimplifying.
• Strong communication presence and ability to manage group discussions.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading AI initiatives inside an organization.
• Exposure to vendor evaluation or build-vs-buy decisions.
• Background spanning both technical and business responsibility.
• Mentoring, coaching, or teaching experience.

Additional Details

• Independent contractor: mentors set their own schedule; opportunities include a specific schedule and agenda.
• If selected, you must access the Mentorship Nanodegree program and graduate to be onboarded.
• Compensation varies based on factors (details not fully provided in the text).