Founding AI Architect - Build the AI Growth Department for an Established Company

Founding AI Automation Architect – Build the AI Growth Department for a 30-Year Security Company (Long-Term Opportunity) About Us We are a well-established contract security company operating in the New York City market for nearly 30 years. This is NOT a chatbot project. We are looking for a long-term technical partner to help build what we refer to as our AI Growth Department. Our goal is simple: Use AI and automation to acquire more security contracts, identify security companies for acquisition, and build a repeatable competitive advantage. This project has multiple phases and is intended to become a long-term relationship. ⸻ Phase One – Hours Acquisition Engine The first objective is building an AI system that helps us generate qualified meetings with commercial real estate decision makers. The system should eventually be able to: • Identify office buildings, residential properties and commercial real estate portfolios that are likely to need security services. • Research decision makers. • Estimate the number of weekly security hours each opportunity represents. • Score opportunities based on geography, size and likelihood of winning. • Draft personalized outreach. • Automate follow-up. • Schedule qualified meetings. • Prepare meeting briefs (“battle cards”) before every appointment. ⸻ Phase Two – Security Company Acquisition Engine The second objective is building a system that identifies independent security company owners who may be interested in selling their businesses. The system should eventually: • Build a database of security companies. • Track ownership information. • Identify likely retirement candidates. • Organize long-term relationship management. • Automate confidential outreach. • Rank acquisition opportunities. ⸻ Phase Three – Market Intelligence The long-term vision is a system that continuously monitors: • Property management changes • Commercial property sales • Hotel openings • Construction completions • Office-to-residential conversions • Competitor activity • Other events that create security opportunities ⸻ What We Are Looking For We’re looking for someone who thinks like an architect—not just a programmer. You should have experience building AI systems involving: • Workflow automation • AI agents • CRM integrations • API integrations • Sales automation • Lead qualification • Large Language Models Most importantly, you should know when NOT to build something from scratch and be comfortable leveraging existing best-in-class tools. ⸻ Please Answer These Questions 1. If this were your company, how would you architect this system? 2. What would you build first? 3. Which existing software platforms would you leverage rather than build yourself? 4. What would Version 1 look like after the first 30 days? 5. Have you built anything similar? Please provide examples. 6. Why are you the right person for this project? ⸻ Budget Hourly initially. This is intended to become a long-term relationship for the right person. ⸻ A Note About This Opportunity We are not looking for someone to simply complete a project and disappear. We are looking for someone who wants to become a long-term technical partner as we build an AI-powered growth platform for this company. If this project is successful, there will be additional phases involving recruiting, operations, proposal automation, reporting, and other AI initiatives.