--- title: 'Solutions Consultant - AI & Recruitment Technology at Career Now Brands' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/solutions-consultant-ai-recruitment-technology-career-now-brands-royal-oak-dvbyvzt3x6dh' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-03' --- # Solutions Consultant - AI & Recruitment Technology at Career Now Brands - **Company:** Career Now Brands - **Location:** Royal Oak, MI - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-03 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/careernowbrands/3f7c1a1d-1fed-4d37-b806-ff3a319ae70d ## Job description Career Now Brands is seeking an experienced and passionate Solutions Consultant to join our dynamic team.  This role partners closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering to help clients understand, adopt, and successfully launch AI-driven recruitment solutions. The role is a key communicator and facilitator between our customer’s own business goals and the teams at Career Now Brands that work to help achieve them, as such it will sit at the intersection of sales consultation, solution design, project management, and product strategy, reporting to the SVP of Product. You will work directly with prospective and existing clients to understand their recruitment workflows, identify opportunities to apply AI and automation, and guide the configuration and rollout of our AI capabilities. You will own KPIs that are key to the health of our business and which will span client satisfaction, usage, growth, and cost-to-serve. Over time, this role is expected to evolve into a Product Manager or Product Strategy position as our AI platform and client adoption mature. Responsibilities: Sales & Client Consultation - Partner with Sales on discovery and solutioning calls with prospective clients - Ensure understanding of client’s desired outcomes & business goals - Identify industry trends over time and translate them into insights to inform product development - Translate asks & needs into actionable projects with clear & measurable timelines - Ask smart, structured questions to understand a client’s: - Recruiting workflows - ATS / CRM / technology stack - Candidate engagement challenges - Volume, velocity, and quality constraints - Act as a trusted technical advisor during the sales cycle AI Solution Design & Strategy - Design high-level AI strategies for clients leveraging our AI capabilities (e.g., qualification, scheduling, routing, onboarding, retention support) - Recommend solution architectures that balance speed, impact, and operational feasibility - Create solution outlines, implementation approaches, and phased rollout plans - Help clients understand how AI fits into their broader recruiting and hiring strategy Implementation & (Light) Project Management - Serve as the primary point of coordination during AI launches and configurations - Project management responsibilities including: - ## Requirements gathering - Configuration planning - Timeline coordination - Testing & validation - Launch readiness - Ensure smooth handoffs between Sales, Engineering, Product, and Client Success - Track risks, dependencies, and open questions through implementation & onboarding - Translate business and recruiting challenges into practical AI-powered solutions - Build business cases, small prototypes, and product vision statements - Confirm requirements and move them swiftly into the backlog - Lead internal discussions between business & technical stakeholders to ensure the vision is well understood Vendor & Integration Management - Work with third-party vendors and technology partners to: - Gather requirements - Coordinate technical setup and integrations - “Bird dog” progress to keep implementations moving - Assist with vendor evaluations, agreements, and integration planning - Help ensure integrations align with client needs and internal standards Cross-Functional Collaboration - Engage Engineering, Data, and Product teams to: - Support deeper technical analysis when needed - Validate solution feasibility - Influence roadmap priorities based on client needs - Translate client feedback and field learnings into actionable product insights - Contribute to internal documentation, playbooks, and best practices Required Qualifications: - 3–7+ years of experience in one or more of the following: - Solutions Consulting - Sales Engineering - Technical Consulting - Product Operations or Implementation - Strong understanding of SaaS, APIs, integrations, and modern tech stacks - Experience working with AI, automation, or workflow technology (hands-on or consultative, but with demonstrated results) - Comfortable in client-facing, executive-level conversations - Ability to translate technical concepts into business value - Strong organizational and communication skills - Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-moving environments Nice to Have: - Experience in recruiting technology, HR tech, or marketing technology - Exposure to ATS platforms, CRMs, or candidate engagement tools - Prior product management or roadmap-influencing experience - Familiarity with Agile or other lightweight project management methodologies What Success Looks Like - Sales teams feel confident bringing you into complex AI and technology conversations - Clients clearly understand how AI will improve their recruiting outcomes - AI launches are smooth, well-coordinated, and meet client expectations - Product and Engineering receive clear, actionable insights from real client usage - The role naturally grows toward product ownership and roadmap influence Company Perks: - Competitive salary and benefits package - Opportunity to work on challenging and impactful projects - Collaborative and supportive work environment - Chance to learn and grow your skills in a rapidly evolving field - Be part of a company that values data-driven decision-making To learn more about our company, please visit www.careernowbrands.com. Career Now Brands is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. ## About Career Now Brands ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Career Now Brands is a data-driven recruitment marketing engine that uses AI and a proprietary database of opted-in candidates to accelerate mass hiring for essential industries like trucking, warehousing, retail, and education. - **Entity Type**: Private (Private Equity-backed) - **Headquarters**: Royal Oak, Michigan, United States - **Founded**: 2010 - **Founders**: Craig Jablonski and Ben Onnie ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Recruitment Marketing / Advertising Services (focused on essential/trade industries) - **Target Customers**: B2B – employers in trucking, warehousing, retail, skilled labor, and education with high-volume hiring needs - **Mission / Purpose**: “Technology should do more than live on a screen… It should create real value in the physical world.” ## Products & Services - **Recruitment Marketing Platform**: Omnichannel campaigns including geo-targeted digital outreach, custom landing pages, AI-assisted filtering, lead nurturing, and a US-based contact center. - **Proprietary Candidate Database**: A curated, growing database of over **1.4 million opted-in CDL drivers** and **3+ million warehouse workers**, verified through campaign engagement and form validation. - **TransferAI**: AI-powered candidate engagement and matching tool. - **Services Suite**: Career site creation, hiring event marketing and management, photo/video production, and industry-specific insight reports. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Total funding – Private Equity round (led by Shoreline Equity Partners) and Debt Financing (led by Madison Capital Funding & Churchill Asset Management), both closed October 2021. - **Notable Milestones**: - 150k+ successful hires, 50k+ enrollments (education) - 550k+ leads generated in 2025 - 15+ years active - **Headcount** (conflicting reports): - Company website: 120+ dedicated employees - LinkedIn: 59 employees (‑14.7% YoY) ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary Data Moat**: Curated, TCPA-compliant database of high-intent CDL drivers and warehouse workers not available on generic job boards. - **AI‑assisted filtering + human specialists**: Combines technology with a domestic call center to qualify leads. - **Holistic approach**: Provides end-to-end recruitment marketing (not just job postings), resulting in 2x faster seat-fill rates and 35%–50% reduction in cost per hire for clients. - **Domain expertise**: Deep specialization in trucking, warehousing, retail, and trade education for nearly 15 years. ## Strategic Focus - **Embrace the AI era**: Integrating AI across candidate engagement, filtering, and lead generation to deliver smarter, faster outcomes. - **Scale in essential industries**: Continue expanding high-volume recruiting solutions for sectors with persistent labor shortages. - **Maintain compliance & data quality**: 100% TCPA compliant; ongoing investment in opt‑in database growth and validation. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as "culture, culture, culture" – encouraging, talented, and supportive team. Named a Top Workplace by the *Detroit Free Press* (2019). - **Work model**: Hybrid (in-office + remote) – roles like Data Platform Engineer specify Hybrid in Royal Oak, MI. - **Office**: Renovated industrial auto-warehouse in downtown Royal Oak, modern HQ with outdoor workspace. - **Perks**: - Competitive compensation - Health benefits - 401(k) + match - Paid time off - Bikes on site, fresh brew and snacks - Family-friendly atmosphere - **Impact**: Opportunity to work on meaningful technology that directly helps people find essential jobs (trucking, warehousing, etc.). - **AI in hiring**: Career Now Brands uses AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, but final decisions are made by humans. ## Sources 1. [careernowbrands.com](https://careernowbrands.com/) 2. [careernowbrands.com/about-us](https://careernowbrands.com/about-us) 3. [careernowbrands.com/careers](https://careernowbrands.com/careers) 4. [jobs.lever.co/careernowbrands](https://jobs.lever.co/careernowbrands) 5. [linkedin.com/company/career-now-brands](https://www.linkedin.com/company/career-now-brands) ## Other roles at Career Now Brands - [Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis](https://feeny.ai/job/manager-of-financial-planning-analysis-career-now-brands-royal-oak-46zhxtjg2p1e) — Royal Oak, MI - [Marketing Campaign Coordinator](https://feeny.ai/job/marketing-campaign-coordinator-career-now-brands-royal-oak-5xesb818q04c) — Royal Oak, MI