AI Transformation Leader (DACH) – Hybrid & Equity

Texterous; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Equity potential

Team retreats

Hybrid working

Job summary

Texterous is seeking a Chief AI Officer to translate business needs into practical, safe AI within Austria and the DACH region. You’ll embed with client teams, ship prototypes, and present AI roadmaps to boards, guiding transformations from the inside.

You should bring a technical background in AI or related fields, strong English and German communication, and an entrepreneurial mindset suitable for a scale-up. Hybrid work and growth-oriented benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• You have a technical background or demonstrable affinity with AI, engineering, software development and/or consultancy.
• You don't need to be a deep-tech specialist, but you do need to genuinely understand the subject.
• You communicate and present confidently in English and German, Dutch is a big plus!
• You're entrepreneurial and enjoy the social side of the job just as much as the technical side.
• You're able to build client trust and make complex tech clear to non-technical people.

Responsibilities

• Translate business challenges into concrete, achievable AI use cases, prioritized on impact, feasibility and risk.
• Build prototypes, proofs of concept and working solutions with modern AI tooling, together with a team.
• Create AI roadmaps and implementation plans, and make sure they actually land with clients.
• Deliver workshops, training and presentations on AI and responsible AI use.
• Act as the primary AI point of contact, from leadership to development team.
• Help build our own service offering, playbooks and frameworks.

Skills

AI strategy

Prototype development

Roadmap creation

Public speaking

Client relationship

Job description

Texterous is seeking a Chief AI Officer to translate business needs into practical, safe AI within Austria and the DACH region. You’ll embed with client teams, ship prototypes, and present AI roadmaps to boards, guiding transformations from the inside.

You should bring a technical background in AI or related fields, strong English and German communication, and an entrepreneurial mindset suitable for a scale-up. Hybrid work and growth-oriented benefits are offered.