Head of AI as a Service

Looking for a Head of AI? Such a person is almost impossible to find, so we take the role on as a company.

Head of AI as a Service: in the first week our whole team is at work, and it stays until the AI competence is built in house.

What the wait costs

Two runs over the same months, side by side.

The same calendar, twice: one spent finding, waiting for and settling in a single person, the other spent getting a first system into use.

When does the first result land? 8⁠–⁠9 months if you hire, 3⁠–⁠4 with us.

01234567891011MonthHiring a Head of AISearch and selectionNotice periodOnboarding8–9monthsFirst business resultBPDATASurveyAI MenuFirst pilot3–4monthsFirst business result4–5 months ahead

Ours reaches its first business result here. The hiring run is still serving out a notice period.

What it means

What the job ad asks for, and who on our team covers it.

A Head of AI job ad describes someone who knows your last few years, your domain, your industry, all of your people and how the work actually runs - and who has also built systems, led teams and briefs a board well. Such people exist, but barely, and by the time you find one and they understand the company, a year is gone.

The ad you would write

One person, expected to cover every line of the job ad.

The ad, line by line, and who carries each line here. We are not saying such a person does not exist - we are saying the role stands empty while you look for them.

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Head of AI – job ad

Who carries it here

AI Shadowing writes it down in 4–6 weeks — not into one head.

  1. The ad

    Eight demands, one chair.

    The company, the domain, the industry, the people, the daily operation, engineering, leadership, communication.

  2. One person

    What they bring, they hold. The rest stays empty.

    Nobody brings your company in with them — that can only be learned, over months, on salary.

  3. The company takes it

    A person behind every demand.

    Whoever is best at each stands behind it — and the work starts running inward in week one.

  4. What stays

    The web stays yours.

    Written knowledge, working systems, a trained team — the competence you are advertising for today.

Two ways

Two ways into the same role.

Both arrive at the same place, and you can switch along the way.

  1. 01

    The company takes it

    The work flows to us, and whoever is best at it takes it: strategist, AI engineer, developer, trainer.

  2. 02

    One of ours sits in

    We do have people who hold all of it. One of them takes the chair with you, and the whole company stands behind them.

A project, not a chair

The role comes to an end.

We are not signing up to keep the role for good.

  1. 01

    Learning

    During real work, in writing: a process catalogue, a data asset map, the pain points.

  2. 02

    AI Menu

    Scored opportunities in order — the first decision material in your hands.

  3. 03

    Pilots

    Solutions carried into real use, and measured again after go-live.

  4. 04

    Handover

    You hand your own person a strategy, a working system and a trained team.

What stays

What one person in the role never hands over to you.

/01

A digital mirror of the company, in writing

  • Process catalogue, data asset map, pain-point list.
/02

The scored AI Menu

  • Ranked opportunities, a 12–24 month roadmap.
/03

Working systems

  • Pilots in real use, with a documented handover.
/04

The team that uses them

  • Training and the habits that keep it in daily use.
The proof

See the team and the agents that stand behind the role.

Every colleague, what they work in, and the agents they run day to day — that is what you take on instead of one person.

The competence map
Way of working

It runs on the same method as our strategy engagements.

The survey, the scored AI Menu and the five phases are the same ones our strategy engagements follow.

AI strategy & delivery
Contact

Need the role covered now, months before the hire lands?

Tell us where you are, and we will map what the first weeks would look like with the team on it.

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