AI in the Workplace

A collective research project

Artificial intelligence is reshaping work, and it is doing it unevenly. Some jobs are being automated outright. Many more are being quietly rebuilt while keeping the same title. A few are barely touched. The hard part is knowing which is happening to yours.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already having an enormous impact on science, academia, business, the law, and society. Our students, regardless of their field of study, will be impacted by these technological changes.
AI Curriculum Working Group (2025), Weaving AI Readiness into the Northeastern Curriculum, Northeastern University

So this resource goes job by job. Each entry covers a single role: what the work involves, how AI is used in it today, what is changing, and what a newcomer needs to know. Every figure traces to a source someone located and read. Where the evidence contradicts itself, we say so.

40job roles

8sectors

172verified sources

48contributors

Roles covered, by sector

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Equity Research AnalystAI took the data-gathering half of the job; the judgment half, and the relationships, stayed.Researched by Arhan Batur · Sofia Davy · Nadim-Marc El Achkar Finance & Investing
Long/Short Equity Analyst, Hedge FundAlmost all the research is about sell-side analysts — and this is not that job.Researched by Tim Lin Finance & Investing
Portfolio ManagerThe calculation is automatable. Deciding which bet to make is not.Researched by Michelle Ni Finance & Investing
Investment Banking AnalystRicher pitch materials, produced faster, with measurably worse forecasts.Researched by Jacob Rosenzweig Finance & Investing
Private Equity AssociateScreening a deal fell from a day to an hour — and screening is what juniors learned on.Researched by Emilio Dibildox Finance & Investing
Corporate Finance Analyst, Private EquityEarly days, high stakes: a misread fee moves real money to the wrong place.Researched by Karina Advani Finance & Investing
Seed-Stage Venture Capital AnalystAI can score a pitch deck, which is exactly why decks now say less about a founder.Researched by Charles Powers Finance & Investing
Financial AdvisorAI handles the notes and the drafts. The client relationship is the job that remains.Researched by Alvaro Diaz · Fritz Moeller · Rodrigo Osio Finance & Investing
Wealth Management AnalystThe work is document-heavy and repetitive — the profile AI absorbs fastest.Researched by Dominic Rusu Finance & Investing
Investment Operations AnalystNinety-one percent adopting, seven percent actually scaled. Definitions matter.Researched by Julian Bianchi Finance & Investing
Asset-Based Lending AnalystFaster underwriting, and nobody yet knows what the AI collateral is worth.Researched by Anton Schuster Finance & Investing
Audit Associate, Public Company AuditFirms say AI will augment auditors; the only measured job losses were junior ones.Researched by Blake Rappaport Finance & Investing
Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst, BiotechForecasting under regulation, where most published AI numbers do not transfer.Researched by Madeleine Attar Finance & Investing
Streaming and Digital Financial AnalystThe checkable parts shrink; the seats that remain expect judgment on day one.Researched by Rodrigo Navarro Finance & Investing
ActuarySomeone has to be accountable for a mispriced claim, and an AI cannot be.Researched by Jayden Tom Finance & Investing
Sports Lawyer, Large FirmContract review compresses while a new docket of AI disputes grows.Researched by Kate Lustig Law & Policy
Patent Prosecution AttorneyPut an unfiled invention into the wrong tool and you can destroy the patent.Researched by Ava Desanti Law & Policy
Land Use AttorneyCode-parsing automates. The hearing where a board exercises discretion does not.Researched by Duncan Keefe Law & Policy
General Counsel, Consumer GoodsBoards are using AI far faster than they are governing it — and that gap is the job.Researched by Dylan Aufman Law & Policy
Human Rights Lawyer, NGOAI is automating the research and generating a new category of case at once.Researched by Nandini Shah Law & Policy
Digital Marketing SpecialistPersonalisation at scale, with bias that is easy to miss without deliberate auditing.Researched by Patrick Wilson · Sebastian Samadi Marketing & Brand
Product Marketing ManagerAI drafts the messaging. Judging whether it reflects real buyers is the job.Researched by Aditi Gupta Marketing & Brand
AI Marketing Specialist, B2B SaaSWorkers report big productivity gains; their firms report almost no profit impact.Researched by Matthew Suh Marketing & Brand
Brand Strategy Manager, LuxuryIn luxury, the audience punishes visible AI — even when it is disclosed.Researched by Fiorella Cordero Marketing & Brand
Clinical PsychologistChatbots are being used in place of clinicians, and the law has started to object.Researched by Noor Mhiuldin · Chloe Flanagan Health, Science & Research
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Medical DevicesDrafting automates; deciding what evidence is sufficient does not.Researched by Matthew Ortiz Health, Science & Research
Medicinal ChemistAI proposes molecules and routes. Roughly a third of the routes do not work.Researched by Zixuan Xiao Health, Science & Research
Neuroscience PhD StudentAn AI collaborator that runs the analysis but does not know what is already published.Researched by Madalynn Vaine Health, Science & Research
Software EngineerOne study found AI made developers 56% faster. Another found it made them slower.Researched by Yunzhen Li · Shashank Sharma Engineering & Industry
Commercial Airline PilotThe pace here is set by regulators, not firms — and they have said no for now.Researched by David Lukowiecki Engineering & Industry
Robotics Deployment ManagerThe job is orchestrating fleets and judging whether to trust what the system decided.Researched by Emanuele Giuliani Engineering & Industry
Jet Engine EngineerAI reads the inspection footage; the engineer still decides what the damage means.Researched by Ryan Zeng Engineering & Industry
Local News ReporterNewsrooms are adopting AI. Their audiences are not asking for it.Researched by Daeshaun Cole Media & Design
UX/UI DesignerProduction work is commoditised, so judgment and taste become the differentiator.Researched by Sara Nartayeva Media & Design
Game DeveloperAI writes the prototype. It does not survive contact with debugging and integration.Researched by Katrina Golubchik Media & Design
Demand Planning Analyst, Supply ChainForecasting models are standard — and the best one tested still missed by 56%.Researched by Dominique Genovesse Business & Operations
Project Manager, Financial ServicesScheduling automates; stakeholders, conflict, and AI governance do not.Researched by Natalie Hsu Business & Operations
Startup FounderAI made building cheap, so building stopped being what distinguishes a founder.Researched by Diego Suarez · Zaosh Kotwal Entrepreneurship & Go-to-Market
Sales Engineer, Enterprise Financial SoftwareDomain depth is the moat, because every competitor has the same tool.Researched by Connor Velte Entrepreneurship & Go-to-Market
Online Lifestyle Fitness CoachThe risk is not bad AI coaching. It is the client never hiring a coach.Researched by Khanh Nguyen Entrepreneurship & Go-to-Market