Chief AI Officer
Remote
Head of AI (North America)
Atos · IT Services & Digital Transformation · 5000+ employees · 📍 Garden Home, OR
Atos is hiring a P&L-owning AI practice leader to build, scale, and commercialize its North America AI portfolio — spanning GenAI, MLOps, and industry verticals — as the company repositions itself as an AI-powered digital services provider post-restructuring.
AI Maturity
scaling
Reports To
Head of Data & AI - North America
Why Role Exists
Expansion
Company Stage
public
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute North America AI practice strategy with 12–24 month capability roadmap across GenAI, Agentic AI, ML, MLOps, and AI governance
- Own practice P&L including pipeline, bookings targets, utilization, and talent for the NA AI delivery team
- Build packaged offerings and accelerators (POC-to-production playbooks, reference architectures) in partnership with global and advisory teams
- Lead solutioning for strategic sales pursuits including executive proposals and value cases
- Represent Atos externally through thought leadership, speaking engagements, analyst briefings, and customer success storytelling
- Develop industry-specific AI solutions for verticals including banking, retail, healthcare, telecom, and public sector
Requirements
- Proven AI practice or delivery leadership at scale within a global IT services or consulting firm
- P&L ownership experience for a technology or AI-focused business unit
- Deep expertise across GenAI, applied ML, MLOps, and AI platforms
- Executive-level client engagement and sales pursuit leadership in North America
- Ability to manage and grow a matrix-structured delivery and technical team
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation range disclosed
- ⚠ Job description appears truncated — key sections cut off mid-sentence
- ⚠ Atos has undergone significant financial restructuring and brand splitting (Atos/Eviden), introducing organizational instability risk
- ⚠ Role reports to Head of Data & AI rather than C-suite, limiting strategic authority
- ✓ Clear P&L ownership with defined North America scope
- ✓ Existing AI practice infrastructure with leadership team already in place
- ✓ Strong market positioning — European #1 in cybersecurity, cloud, and HPC provides cross-sell opportunity
- ✓ Explicit roadmap mandate across high-demand areas: GenAI, Agentic AI, MLOps
- ✓ Global enterprise with €10B revenue provides significant resource base and client access