Chief AI Officer

About the role

We are seeking a solution-oriented, on-demand Chief AI Officer (CAIO) to provide strategic and hands-on AI leadership as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-demand AI leadership to shape AI strategy, roadmap, and solution offerings.
• Translate evolving AI trends and technologies into practical, scalable, and deployable solutions.
• Act as a customer-facing AI advisor, engaging with executives, product leaders, and technical teams.
• Lead AI discovery workshops, solution ideation sessions, and architecture reviews.
• Support pre-sales and sales engineering through solution definition, feasibility validation, and value articulation.
• Independently design and review end-to-end AI solution architectures aligned to customer needs.
• Conduct AI and technical due diligence for clients, partners, and internal initiatives.
• Advise delivery and engineering teams on architecture, risk, scalability, and best practices.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, helping teams make informed decisions on AI adoption and investment.
• Contribute to AI thought leadership through workshops, advisory sessions, and strategic guidance.
• Help define repeatable AI solution frameworks and accelerators.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience delivering AI-based or AI-powered solutions in consulting, enterprise, or product environments.
• Strong solution mindset with the ability to move from ambiguity to clear, actionable AI architectures.
• Deep understanding of AI trends, GenAI, LLM ecosystems, ML pipelines, and AI frameworks, with a pragmatic, non-hype-driven approach.
• Extensive customer-facing advisory experience, including executive-level engagements.
• Prior experience leading AI workshops, discovery sessions, and solutioning engagements.
• Broad exposure across software engineering, data platforms, product development, and AI systems.
• Strong experience in AI and technical due diligence, including feasibility and risk assessments.
• Excellent communication skills; consultative, credible, and outcome-focused presence.
• Experience advising or building AI practices, accelerators, or Centers of Excellence.
• Demonstrated thought leadership through advisory work, speaking, or writing.