Careers at XONIK
We look for senior practitioners who want to own an outcome. Open roles are listed here when they exist, and you can write to us at any time.
In brief
XONIK hires senior practitioners in consulting, advisory, research and product work. Open roles are listed on this page when they exist, and you can write to us at any time. Tell us what you have delivered, what you owned and what you want to work on next, and we will reply to say whether there is a fit.
On this page
What the work is, week to week
A senior practitioner here spends the week moving between a conversation with an executive about a decision that is not landing, a close read of how a system really runs, a written scope, the building or reviewing that scope calls for, and the write-up of what was found. Some of that writing becomes published research or a field note. The rest stays inside the engagement, under NDA.
The job is not a specialist's lane. An engagement can need a read of the architecture on Monday, an awkward conversation with a finance partner on Tuesday and a monitoring threshold on Friday. You will be deep in one area, and you will be expected to work beside the others and to see where your piece meets theirs.
Who thrives here, and who will be happier elsewhere?
The work suits a particular temperament. Read both lists before you write.
This will suit you if
- You have carried something from a vague brief to a result other people rely on, and you can say where it nearly failed.
- You ask why a thing breaks before you suggest a change.
- You can put a hard judgment on a single page, with the reasoning, in words an executive will read.
- You are comfortable telling a senior person that the plan has a flaw, and showing them where.
- You do not need a client's name on your résumé to know the work was good.
You may prefer another firm if
- You want to be credited by name for client work.
- You would rather hand a problem on at the edge of your specialty.
- You want to manage people more than do the work.
- You want certainty about the answer before the facts are in.
The cost of this way of working is visibility. Engagements are under NDA, so your best work will not appear on a client list. What is visible is what we publish, and what a client's own people are able to run after we have left.
What happens after you write?
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A senior practitioner reads it.
Someone who does the work reads your note.
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We reply, whether or not there is a fit.
The reply says whether we see a fit now, later or not at all, and why.
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We talk about the work you have done.
The conversation is about one thing you owned: what it was for, what went wrong in it and what you did next.
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We show you where a role sits.
If there might be a fit, we explain how a role fits inside an engagement, so you can judge the work as well as we judge you.
What to put in your note
- A short note on what you do and what you want to work on next
- One piece of work you owned: what it was for, where it nearly failed and what you would change
- Something you have written that shows how you think, if you have it
- Where in the world you work and when you could start
- Anything you cannot discuss because of an agreement of your own, so that we do not ask
Where we look for depth
The areas where experience counts are AI delivery, systems integration and architecture, governance and risk, research and evaluation, digital product engineering, and the systems behind growth and marketing. The Expertise page describes how we examine each, and reading it is the quickest way to judge whether your experience bears on the work.
If you work as an independent or run a firm of your own, the Partners page describes how delivery partnerships work.
What do candidates ask?
Are there open roles right now?
Open roles are listed on this page when they exist. When none is listed you can still write to us. We will tell you whether there is a fit now, later or not at all, and we suggest a conversation if there might be.
Do I need a background in AI specifically?
Not necessarily. AI is one of the areas, beside systems integration, product engineering, research and governance. We read what you have delivered and how you reasoned about it, and we look for depth in one area with the range to work beside the others.
Will I hear back if there is no fit?
Yes. We read each note and reply to say whether there is a fit now, later or not at all. A reply that says not now is still a reply, and you can write again when your work or ours has changed.
Does the firm work with freelancers and partner firms?
Yes. If you work as an independent or run a firm, the Partners page describes how delivery partnerships work and how to start a conversation. Use the same address to ask about either.
Write to us
Send your note, and the work you want us to read, to [email protected]
Do you want to own the outcome?
Describe what you are weighing in a few lines. A senior practitioner replies with a suggested first conversation.