AI Futures are the exclusive Search Partner for one of the largest and most valuable companies in Germany. The first Search is for a world class Chief Data and AI Officer (CDAIO). The Opportunity This is a unique opportunity to join a Fortune 500 company with very strong financial performance They have been extremely successful in the last few years with their platform business model and have scaled up high-growth subscription businesses that are autonomous and highly profitable The next chapter in their growth story is a historic investment into transformative AI that will add €200m EBIT The Role This is a newly created CDAIO role which is accountable for the following - Creating the Data Strategy and the AI Strategy for the Group Adding €200m EBIT by identifying high value use cases and operational efficiences Building scalable and accelerating Data and AI organisation Taking the business on the journey with transformative AI Engaging with the Supervisory Board and public markets The Candidate Chief or VP level in a large industry company or Partner level in Professional Services Experience of creating and executing a Strategy in Data and AI and leading large scale CapEx programs in AI, DevOps, ML, Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Data Science and Data Analytics Track record in building scalable Data and AI organisations in large companies €10bn revenues Transformation experience Product mindset Fluent German and English STEM major e.g. Computer Science, Maths, Physics Resident in Germany and happy to be in the HQ in the South of Germany 50% of the time We are particularly interested in candidates from MBB who want to get into industry and work on transformative AI in a benchmark German company Package up to €400k AI Futures Ltd | Filling the AI skills gap ®