Chief AI Officer (On Demand)

Work Mode: Dallas / Fort Worth / Austin (Texas)

Job Description

We are seeking a solution oriented, on demand Chief AI Officer (CAIO) to provide strategic and hands on AI leadership as needed. This role is designed for a senior AI practitioner and advisor who can step in quickly, understand business context, and deliver high impact AI solutions without requiring full time involvement.

The CAIO will guide AI strategy, lead solution discovery, support customer engagements, and architect AI powered solutions. The ideal candidate has a strong grasp of AI trends and market shifts, can distinguish enduring capabilities from short lived tools, and applies AI with a solution first, business driven mindset.

This is not a long term operational management role. It is a high ownership, high impact advisory role focused on outcomes, clarity, and execution enablement.

Required Experience

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.

Proven experience leading AI workshops, discovery sessions, and solutioning engagements.

Background in solution architecture, technical pre sales, or sales engineering.

Ability to operate independently, providing direction without requiring day to day oversight.

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 with a 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.

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.

What Success Looks Like

Clear, actionable AI solution strategies aligned to business goals.

High quality solution architectures that teams can confidently execute.

Strong client confidence in AI direction and feasibility.

Faster and more effective AI decision making across sales and delivery.

What This Role Is

Fractional, flexible, and outcome driven.

Solution first and customer facing.

Strategic with hands on depth.

What This Role Is Not

A full time operational leadership role.

A people management or HR heavy position.

A research only or tool centric advisory role.

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