Transformation
AI Strategy Partner
Where engineering meets the executive table
The senior translator between engineering and the executive table. Turns architecture decisions into business cases. Helps leadership understand what is possible, what is practical, and what the tradeoffs actually mean. Speaks both languages fluently and is trusted by both sides.
What this role covers
Executive alignment — Connecting AI investments to business outcomes leadership cares about
Roadmap development — Turning a collection of experiments into a coherent AI strategy
Tradeoff communication — Making technical constraints legible to non-technical decision-makers
ROI framing — Building the business case for AI investment in terms finance understands
Risk translation — Explaining what could go wrong in business terms, not engineering terms
When you need this role
PE-backed companies under pressure to show AI ROI
"Our board is asking what our AI strategy is. We have experiments but no coherent narrative. We need someone who can turn what we've built into a business case."
Enterprise with a skeptical C-suite
"Our CTO believes in AI. Our CFO and COO don't. Every AI investment dies in the budget meeting. We need someone who can make the business case in terms finance understands."