About Atos Group Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 67,000 employees and annual revenue of c. €10 billion, operating in 61 countries under two brands — Atos for services and Eviden for products. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high performance computing, Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonized future and provides tailored AI-powered, end-to-end solutions for all industries. Atos Group is the brand under which Atos SE (Societas Europaea) operates. Atos SE is listed on Euronext Paris. The <a title="" href="https://atos.net/en/who-we-are#raison-etre" target="_self">purpose of Atos Group</a> is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.<div class="WordSection1"> <h1 style="margin:0.25in 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal"> </h1> <h1 style="margin:0.25in 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Position : Head of Artificial Intelligence</h1> <h1 style="margin:0.25in 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Role Summary</h1> The Head of Artificial Intelligence Practice (North America) leads strategy, growth, delivery excellence, and talent for the AI portfolio across U.S. and Canada. This executive role owns practice P&L, builds scalable offerings (GenAI, ML, data science, AI platforms, MLOps), and partners with sales and delivery leaders to expand revenue and customer impact across industries. <h1 style="margin:0.05pt 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Reporting and Scope</h1> <ul style="margin-top:2.7pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:2.7pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Reports to: Head of Data & AI - North America</li> <li style="margin:2.05pt 20.7pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Direct reports: AI practice leadership team (solution leads, delivery leaders, architects), plus dotted-line matrix teams</li> <li style="margin:0.8pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Geography: United States and Canada (remote/hybrid depending on location)</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Travel: Up to 25–40% (client sites, executive briefings, industry events)</li> </ul> <h1 style="margin:0.25in 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Key Responsibilities</h1> <h2 style="margin:2.5pt 0.0in 4.0pt 0.25in;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:16.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">· Practice strategy and roadmap</h2> <ul style="margin-top:12.35pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:12.35pt 37.45pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <ul style="margin-top:12.35pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:12.35pt 37.45pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Define the North America AI practice strategy aligned to corporate goals and market demand.</li> <li style="margin:0.8pt 21.3pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Build and maintain a 12–24 month capability roadmap across GenAI, Agentic AI, applied ML, AI engineering, MLOps, and AI governance.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 18.7pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Identify strategic bets (industries, partnerships, platforms) and prioritize investments for impact and scale.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 43.05pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Lead the delivery team for AI across NA including building and managing talent and ensuring ulitization targets for the team</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 style="margin:8.0pt 0.0in 4.0pt 0.25in;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:16.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">· Portfolio, offerings, and thought leadership</h2> <ul style="margin-top:12.15pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:12.15pt 31.2pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <ul style="margin-top:12.15pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:12.15pt 31.2pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Support Head of Advisory and Global Teams with packaged offerings and accelerators (POCs-to-production playbooks, reference architectures, reusable components).</li> <li style="margin:0.3pt 66.25pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Work with Head of Innovation industry-specific solutions (e.g., banking, retail, healthcare, telecom, public sector) with measurable outcomes.</li> <li style="margin:0.45pt 28.75pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Represent the company externally through speaking, publishing, analyst briefings, and customer success stories.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="WordSection2"> <h2 style="margin:4.0pt 0.0in 4.0pt 0.25in;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:16.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">· Go-to-market and revenue growth</h2> <ul style="margin-top:12.15pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:12.15pt 26.3pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <ul style="margin-top:12.15pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:12.15pt 26.3pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Own pipeline and bookings targets for AI services in North America; partner with sales, alliances, and marketing.</li> <li style="margin:0.5pt 23.3pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Help Represent the solutioning for strategic pursuits, including executive-level proposal narratives, value cases, and pricing models.</li> <li style="margin:0.75pt 29.95pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Help support the partner ecosystem with hyperscalers and AI platform vendors; drive co-sell motions where applicable.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 style="margin:10.4pt 0.0in 4.0pt 0.25in;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:16.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">· Delivery excellence and customer outcomes</h2> <ul style="margin-top:12.4pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:12.4pt 52.8pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <ul style="margin-top:12.4pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:12.4pt 52.8pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Ensure high-quality delivery across AI engagements, with strong governance, risk management, and stakeholder communication.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 79.85pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Standardize delivery methodology for AI programs (discovery, prototyping, productionization, monitoring, continuous improvement).</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 44.1pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Drive customer adoption, measurable business value, and referenceability through disciplined success management.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 style="margin:8.0pt 0.0in 4.0pt 0.25in;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:16.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">· Talent, org design, and culture</h2> <ul style="margin-top:12.15pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:12.15pt 23.3pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <ul style="margin-top:12.15pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:12.15pt 23.3pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Build and scale a high-performing AI team: hiring plans, skills frameworks, career paths, and mentorship.</li> <li style="margin:0.5pt 22.1pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Upskill broader delivery teams through training programs, communities of practice, and internal enablement.</li> <li style="margin:0.8pt 45.85pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Foster a culture of engineering rigor, responsible AI, collaboration, and continuous learning.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 style="margin:10.35pt 0.0in 4.0pt 0.25in;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:16.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">· Governance, security, and responsible AI</h2> <ul style="margin-top:12.4pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:12.4pt 45.15pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <ul style="margin-top:12.4pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:12.4pt 45.15pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Establish responsible AI standards (privacy, security, bias mitigation, explainability, model risk management).</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 35.5pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Partner with security, legal, and compliance teams to ensure AI solutions meet client and regulatory requirements.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 40.5pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Define and monitor AI practice quality standards, including data governance, model lifecycle controls, and audits.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 style="margin:10.1pt 0.0in 4.0pt 0.25in;text-indent:-0.25in;font-size:16.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">· Financial management and operations</h2> <ul style="margin-top:12.1pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:12.1pt 36.55pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> <ul style="margin-top:12.1pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:12.1pt 36.55pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Help support the Head of Data and AI P&L: revenue, gross margin, utilization, bench, subcontractor mix, and investment planning.</li> <li style="margin:0.3pt 32.15pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Set operating rhythm: QBRs, forecast accuracy, capacity planning, and delivery health dashboards.</li> <li style="margin:0.45pt 19.55pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Optimize delivery model (onshore/nearshore/offshore) to meet client needs and margin targets.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="WordSection3"> Required Qualifications <ul style="margin-top:2.7pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:2.7pt 54.7pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">15+ years of experience in technology consulting, product engineering, or enterprise technology leadership, with 8+ years in AI/ML/GenAI leadership.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 31.35pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Proven track record building and scaling an AI practice or portfolio with P&L responsibility and measurable revenue growth.</li> <li style="margin:0.2pt 18.6pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Strong understanding of modern AI stack: GenAI (LLMs), Agentic AI, ML, data engineering, AI platforms, MLOps/LLMOps, and cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP).</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 47.45pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Demonstrated experience delivering AI solutions end-to-end: discovery to production, monitoring, and continuous improvement.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 31.45pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Executive presence with ability to influence EVP-level stakeholders and lead complex deal pursuits.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 26.8pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams (AI Architects, AI Engineers, data scientists, ML engineers, architects, product managers, delivery leaders).</li> <li style="margin:0.5pt 69.0pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Knowledge of responsible AI, security, and privacy requirements for enterprise AI implementations.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="WordSection4"> <h1 style="margin:1.1pt 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Preferred Qualifications</h1> <ul style="margin-top:2.7pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:2.7pt 39.45pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Experience in IT services/consulting organizations operating with global delivery models (onshore/nearshore/offshore).</li> <li style="margin:0.3pt 55.3pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Domain expertise in one or more regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, telecom, government).</li> <li style="margin:0.2pt 46.1pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Partnership experience with hyperscalers and AI platform vendors; co-sell and alliance management success.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 66.9pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Hands-on experience with AI solution architecture, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, and agentic workflows.</li> <li style="margin:0.25pt 33.15pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field; MBA a plus.</li> </ul> <h1 style="margin:0.25in 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Core Competencies</h1> <ul style="margin-top:2.7pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:2.7pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Strategic leadership and business building</li> <li style="margin:2.1pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Consultative selling and executive stakeholder management</li> <li style="margin:2.05pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">AI engineering rigor and delivery governance</li> <li style="margin:2.1pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Productization mindset (offerings, accelerators, repeatability)</li> <li style="margin:2.05pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Talent development and organizational design</li> <li style="margin:1.85pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Cross-functional collaboration in matrix environments</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Strong communication: narrative building, proposals, and presentations</li> </ul> <h1 style="margin:0.25in 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Tools and Technologies (Representative)</h1> <ul style="margin-top:2.7pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:2.7pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Cloud: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform</li> <li style="margin:2.05pt 19.75pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">AI/ML: Agentic AI, Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, scikit-learn, MLflow (or equivalent), feature stores</li> <li style="margin:0.8pt 23.65pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">GenAI: LLM APIs and platforms, prompt engineering, RAG patterns, evaluation frameworks, guardrails</li> <li style="margin:0.8pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Data: SQL, modern data warehouses/lakehouse platforms, streaming where needed</li> <li style="margin:2.05pt 34.7pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:111%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">MLOps/LLMOps: CI/CD for models, monitoring/observability, model registry, governance tooling</li> </ul> <h1 style="margin:0.25in 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Work Environment</h1> <ul style="margin-top:2.95pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:2.95pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Remote or hybrid within North America; may require proximity to major client hubs.</li> <li style="margin:1.85pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Travel expectation up to 25–40% based on client needs and business development cycles.</li> <li style="margin:2.1pt 21.85pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;line-height:113%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-indent:0.0667px">This role may require occasional work outside standard business hours to support executive meetings across time zones.</li> </ul> </div> <h1 style="margin:1.1pt 0.0in 4.0pt;font-size:20.0pt;font-family:'Aptos Display', sans-serif;color:#0f4761;font-weight:normal">Equal Opportunity</h1> The organization is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Here at Atos, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our DNA. <a href="https://atos.net/en/careers/atos-today">Read more</a> about our commitment to a fair work environment for all. Atos is a recognized leader in its industry across Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. <a href="https://atos.net/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility-and-sustainability">Find out</a> more on our CSR commitment. Choose your future. Choose Atos.

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