AI & Data Senior Vice President - APAC

What you’ll do

As a Senior Vice President in our APAC AI Transformation team, you will lead complex AI workstreams and engagements, guide multidisciplinary teams and help senior clients move from AI ambition to scaled implementation and measurable value.

Your responsibilities will include:

AI Strategy & Transformation

• Shape enterprise AI strategies, investment priorities and implementation roadmaps.
• Identify and prioritize high-value AI opportunities across functions, industries and APAC markets.
• Design AI-enabled operating models, governance structures and transformation programmes.
• Advise senior executives on AI investment, risk, governance, adoption and value realization.
• Lead organisational change and implementation planning for enterprise AI transformation.

Build & Prototype

• Lead teams building Proofs of Concept and Minimum Viable Products using APIs from leading Large Language Models.
• Guide the development and deployment of AI agents in enterprise environments, including system integration, orchestration, monitoring and controls.
• Oversee Retrieval-Augmented Generation and knowledge solutions using vector databases and secure enterprise data.
• Set design principles for intelligent workflows, automation, responsible AI and security.
• Translate complex business challenges into scalable AI solutions and delivery programmes.

Deliver Business Impact

• Lead AI solution delivery alongside client executives, business owners and technical teams.
• Drive enterprise adoption, change management and capability transfer.
• Define and track business outcomes, value realization and solution performance.
• Resolve trade-offs between business priorities, technical feasibility, risk and time to value.
• Ensure solutions are responsible, secure, scalable and aligned with enterprise objectives.

Build the Practice

As our APAC AI Transformation capabilities grow, you will also contribute to:

• developing differentiated client offerings and sector-specific AI propositions;
• creating reusable methodologies, accelerators and intellectual property;
• leading proposal development and supporting business development;
• managing and mentoring teams of consultants and technical specialists;
• strengthening AlixPartners' market leadership in AI Transformation across APAC.

This description is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of responsibilities.

What you’ll need 

Your Profile

We are looking for an experienced AI transformation leader who combines consulting judgement, hands-on technical credibility and strong delivery leadership.

The successful candidate will be comfortable leading engagements, managing senior stakeholders and coaching teams across multiple APAC markets.

Relevant backgrounds may include leading IT consulting firms, commercial AI solution teams within technology companies, specialised AI firms, or senior corporate technology, digital, product and AI teams.

Successful candidates will typically demonstrate:

• about 10-14 years of working experience with outstanding structured problem-solving, programme leadership and commercial judgement;
• hands-on professional experience building Generative AI solutions using LLM APIs; hands-on professional experience and deep credibility in Generative AI solutions, Machine Learning, Data Modelling/analysis
• experience leading the development and deployment of enterprise AI agents;
• a strong record of moving AI solutions from prototype to production and adoption;
• excellent executive communication, stakeholder management and team leadership skills;
• the ability to bridge strategy, operations, data and technology;
• an entrepreneurial mindset, ownership and the ability to lead through ambiguity.

Technical Experience

The following capabilities are essential:

• Hands-on experience building enterprise GenAI solutions using LLM APIs, MLOps, cloud architectures etc. training or self-learning alone is not sufficient.
• Experience leading the development and deployment of AI agents in enterprise environments, including integration, orchestration, monitoring and controls.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI solutions from prototype or proof of concept into production at scale.
• Experience developing or commercializing AI products, AI-enabled devices or robotics is advantageous.
• Experience with RAG, vector databases, AI governance, responsible AI and security is advantageous.
• Technical credibility must be based on real professional delivery and deployment, not solely training, certification or personal experimentation.
• Consulting experience is a plus, but is not required where the candidate has strong enterprise AI leadership, commercialization and stakeholder experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English 
• Willingness to work outside of normal business hours, and in particular as unique projects/needs arise.
• Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday
• Must become familiar with, and promote and abide by, our Core Values as defined by the AlixPartners’ Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organisation

The firm offers market-leading benefits that provide flexible options to support our employee’s needs including health benefits to help prioritise their physical and emotional well-being, time-off policies to help to recharge and financial/ retirement benefits that offer income protection and support long-term planning.

The benefit type and level differ per location.

AlixPartners is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.

 

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