Founding Advisor, AEC Client Experience Council

The Role

ClearlyRated is building a dedicated enterprise and C-level motion to bring CX to the largest firms in architecture, engineering, construction, and accounting, starting in early 2027. This role is built to open that door: a well-connected former firm leader who can bring ClearlyRated into rooms of principals and C-level peers, and bring those peers into a real conversation about client experience as a practice differentiator.

Responsibilities

• Shape the council's agenda, membership and format alongside ClearlyRated's CEO
• Invite and host peer principals and C-level leaders at roundtables, in person and virtually
• Speak or moderate panels at select industry events, such as ACEC, SMPS or Zweig Group conferences
• Present findings from ClearlyRated's AEC client feedback benchmarks to firm leadership audiences
• Introduce ClearlyRated to leaders in your network when a client experience conversation is a fit for their firm

Skills

• 20+ years in AEC, including time as CEO, COO, president or managing principal of a firm with $100M+ in revenue or an ENR Top 500 ranking
• Relationships with firm leaders who would take your call, and an active role in groups such as ACEC, AIA, AGC, SMPS or CFMA
• Experience speaking at or moderating industry conferences and events
• A conviction that client experience sets firms apart, ideally from leading client programs at your own firm
• Interest in an independent role with direct access to the CEO and little day-to-day oversight

Benefits

• Impact: help shape how the largest firms in architecture, engineering, construction, and accounting think about client experience, at the ground floor of a new enterprise motion
• Access: direct working relationship with ClearlyRated's CEO and leadership team, not layers of management
• Flexibility: set your own schedule around 10–20 hours a week, fully remote
• Culture: startup energy with leaders who've built and scaled established companies before — low bureaucracy, high trust
• Community: build a peer network of C-level and principal leaders around a topic you already care about

Compensation

• Retainer plus a variable component tied to the enterprise pipeline you help build
• Non-exclusive — hold other advisory, board, or consulting roles alongside this one
• Travel and event costs covered when representing ClearlyRated at conferences or roundtables
• Path to a full-time role after a couple of quarters, if there's mutual interest — no obligation to decide now