Chief AI Strategy & Transformation Leader

LBC; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct interaction with CEO & senior客户

Lead strategic growth area

International exposure

Job summary

LBC is seeking a Head of AI Center of Competence to lead the development and operationalization of the company’s AI strategy. You will drive strategy, governance, and delivery across consulting, digital and product development, building a scalable portfolio of AI services and solutions.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, manage client engagements, and partner with executive leadership to accelerate LBC’s transformation into an AI-powered professional-services firm.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience with 5+ years in AI, data or digital transformation projects.
• Proven experience in business development or strategic consulting.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams with technical profiles.
• Strong commercial, financial and delivery-management judgement.

Responsibilities

• Own and update LBC’s AI strategy, priorities, investment roadmap and operating model.
• Build and scale a portfolio of AI enablement services, solutions, accelerators, managed services and products.
• Develop AI pipeline with Partners and Marketing; shape major proposals.
• Oversee flagship AI engagements with clear business outcomes and client satisfaction.
• Lead LBC’s internal AI transformation across proposals, projects, knowledge management, finance, HR, marketing and resource allocation.
• Establish governance for AI risk, privacy, cybersecurity and oversight.
• Create reusable assets and performance indicators across the AI portfolio.
• Recruit, coach and develop a multidisciplinary AI team and foster an AI champion community across LBC.
• Represent LBC externally with clients, partners, conferences and ecosystems.

Skills

AI strategy

Business development

Team leadership

Proposal development

Delivery governance

Client relationship management

Strategic communication

English proficiency

Portuguese/German language

Azure AI Services

AI governance & risk

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Economics, Industrial Engineering and Management

Master's degree in Information Systems or Artificial Intelligence

Tools

Azure AI Services (Azure OpenAI, MS Foundry, Azure AI Search)

Job description

LBC is seeking a Head of AI Center of Competence to lead the development and operationalization of the company’s AI strategy. You will drive strategy, governance, and delivery across consulting, digital and product development, building a scalable portfolio of AI services and solutions.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, manage client engagements, and partner with executive leadership to accelerate LBC’s transformation into an AI-powered professional-services firm.