AI Strategist

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for AI and its transformative potential? Do you excel at connecting cutting‑edge technology with real business value? Then join us as our new AI Strategist, where you will shape, guide, and accelerate the organisation’s AI vision.

The AI Strategist defines and drives the organisation’s AI vision, ensuring all AI initiatives are aligned with business strategy, ethically sound, and delivering measurable value.

About Projective Group

Welcome to Projective Group, a leading Financial Services Consultancy firm where innovation and technology meet business. Our exclusive focus on the financial industry has allowed us to develop comprehensive solutions in multiple domains, including Data, Risk & Compliance, Pensions & Insurance, Payments, Transformation, and Talent. Within the Data Practice, we help our clients tackle their data related challenges. We bring a combination of Engineering (data management, governance, analytics, architecture) and Consulting (strategy, use-case definition, transformation) to support cloud, digital transformation, and AI initiatives across the financial sector.

Your profile

·       Develop and maintain an AI strategy, roadmap aligned with corporate goals and the target operating model.

·       Identify, assess, and prioritise AI use cases in collaboration with business units and technical teams.

·       Build business cases for AI initiatives, including value hypotheses, cost estimations, and risk assessments.

·       Work with data, engineering, and product teams to guide solution design, platform choices, and architectural decisions.

·       Define success metrics for AI solutions and oversee measurement and continuous optimisation.

·       Ensure responsible and ethical AI practices, including bias mitigation, transparency, and regulatory compliance.

·       Act as a change agent: drive AI literacy, evangelise use cases, and support adoption across business teams.

Your minimum skill set

Hard skills

·     Solid understanding of AI and machine learning concepts (supervised/unsupervised learning, NLP, computer vision, generative models).

·     Familiarity with data science workflows and MLOps/LLMOps (data prep, model development, deployment, monitoring).

·     Ability to evaluate AI technologies and platforms (cloud AI services, LLMs, vector databases, orchestration tools).

·     Strong business and strategic analysis skills (market analysis, value modeling, prioritisation frameworks).

·     Understanding of data governance, security, and privacy in the context of AI usage.

·      Experience with project or program management (Agile, SAFe, or similar) for cross‑functional initiatives.

·     Ability to read technical documentation and discuss architecture with engineers and data scientists.

Soft skills

·       Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, with great attention to detail.

·       Excellent communication skills to bridge business and technical stakeholders.

·       Confident in stakeholder management; able to challenge, align, and advise.

·       Structured working style with strong documentation habits.

·       Proactive attitude, driving issues from identification through resolution.

·       Comfortable working cross‑functionally with business, IT, risk, and compliance.

·       High sense of ownership and integrity, especially with sensitive data.

Bonus

We will be even more impressed if you have:

·    University or HBO degree in a technical field.

·       Experience with multiple cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, Cloudera).

·       Experience bringing AI applications or advanced analytics into production.

·       Experience teaching, presenting, or coaching.

·       An active network in the Dutch Financial Services & Insurance sector

Ok, I'm interested, what can I expect?

·      A good salary with variable component and company bonus.

·      No micromanagement, no office politics, a clean, flat structure.

·      Great benefits, pension, bonus, a training budget and social events.

·      Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career, you will have a substantial annual training budget.

·      IT budget for laptop etc.

·      Company car or mobility budget/NS business card

·      A healthy work-life balance, with a hybrid mix of office and home-based working options.

·      Modern offices in Driebergen.

Ok, I'm sold; what happens next?

Hit apply or reach out to recruitment_nl@projectivegroup.com – We are happy to hear your motivation and tell you all about this position, our company and culture! For more information on ProjectiveGroup – see https://www.projectivegroup.com/