Senior AI Strategist

Job Description

You will become a strategic advisor to our clients, diving deep into their unique challenges and ambitions to architect transformative AI solutions that drive business success.

As a trusted visionary, you'll orchestrate the entire journey of pioneering AI initiatives – from initial concept through to sophisticated design, development, and seamless implementation. This is your chance to play an instrumental role in delivering breakthrough innovation and driving substantial growth for diverse and impressive clients.

As a true collaborator, you'll partner with our clients, exploring their specific problems and exciting opportunities, working with talented cross-functional teams to craft bespoke, intelligent solutions. You'll be the expert behind robust, secure, and high-performing AI architectures and their intricate data pipelines, all meticulously tailored to address each client's distinct needs.

As a technical leader, you'll inspire and mentor our AI development teams, cultivating a vibrant culture of continuous learning, client-focused innovation, and shared success. You'll be at the forefront of AI, championing research into emerging technologies to keep our solutions cutting-edge. You will also drive the optimisation of AI models for peak performance and ensure their elegant integration within client environments and existing infrastructures.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Extensive Real-World Impact : A significant track record of hands-on experience designing, building, and successfully deploying production-grade Data and AI solutions at scale. You will ideally have worked in professional services environments across key sectors such as government, finance, or telecommunications, showcasing your ability to deliver tangible results (e.g., sophisticated recommendation engines, personalised user experiences, advanced NLP features).
• Deep Technical Proficiency : Comprehensive expertise across leading AI, Machine Learning, and Generative AI frameworks and cloud services. This includes hands-on experience with :
• AWS : SageMaker, Bedrock, Comprehend, Rekognition, and related services.
• Azure : Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI, Form Recognizer, Cognitive Search, and similar.
• Google Cloud : Vertex AI, BigQuery ML, AutoML, and associated tools.
• Large Language Models (LLMs), Python, PySpark, and Vector Databases.
• Strategic Architectural Vision : A proven ability to architect innovative, scalable, and secure AI solutions that not only meet immediate client needs but also align seamlessly with broader enterprise strategies and future ambitions.
• Influential Leadership & Mentorship : You are an inspiring and influential leader, adept at guiding diverse, cross-functional teams to success. You have a passion for mentoring talent and a demonstrated ability to drive AI adoption and articulate its value effectively at the CxO level.
• Strong Academic Foundations : A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a closely related field. A PhD in a relevant area would be highly regarded.

Benefits

At our organisation, we pride ourselves on offering meaningful work and opportunities for growth. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance.

Our organisation is committed to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. We strongly encourage applications from all sectors of the community, including the Veterans, Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander community.

Work rights and background checks

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks.