Lead Advisor - Strategic AI Transformation

Description

As Lead Advisor – Strategic AI Transformation at SQUER, you are the person clients turn to when they want to fundamentally change how their organisation operates — not just to run AI experiments, but to become truly AI-native. You work directly with CIOs, CDOs, CPOs, and board-level stakeholders to shape strategy, redesign structures, and drive the kind of transformation that sticks. The impact you create here is not incremental — it's structural.

Your tasks

• Assess clients' AI readiness, develop their AI vision and target picture, and translate both into a concrete, prioritised transformation roadmap.
• Design AI-native operating models — rethinking team structures, ownership, value streams, and ways of working to make organisations genuinely fit for AI.
• Design and drive enterprise-wide AI adoption programs — from governance setup and enablement strategies to managing resistance and scaling AI initiatives across business units.
• Lead change enablement programs that drive real adoption: transformation narratives, leadership coaching, and communication strategies tailored to CxO and board audiences.
• Facilitate high-stakes strategic workshops, including Big Picture Event Storming, AI Readiness Assessments, and AI portfolio prioritisation sessions with senior stakeholders.
• Shape AI governance frameworks in line with EU AI Act requirements — covering risk classification, ethics guidelines, and auditability.
• Identify and develop new transformation opportunities within ongoing client engagements, and help shape SQUER's advisory offering in the AI space.

Your qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic consulting or transformation roles, with direct exposure to C-level stakeholders (CIO, CDO, CPO, or board level) — from financial services, insurance, or beyond.
• Comfortable in technical conversations — you understand modern software delivery, CI/CD, AI-assisted engineering, and architecture concepts.
• Fluent in AI — you don't just understand LLMs, Agents, RAG, and data architecture concepts, you actively use AI tools in your own work: custom workflows, agents, or automation that go well beyond ChatGPT. You translate between business and technology with confidence, without needing to build production systems yourself.
• You have arrived at a clear conviction: AI doesn't just change IT — it changes how entire organisations operate. You think in terms of parallel transformation across business, people, and technology, not sequential rollout.
• Solid command of change management frameworks such as ADKAR, and organisational design methods including Team Topologies, Value Stream Mapping, or Operating Model Design — the broader your toolkit, the better.
• Familiar with AI governance requirements, including the EU AI Act, risk assessment approaches, and ethics principles for AI deployment.
• A track record of identifying and shaping new opportunities within client relationships, and the confidence to drive these forward independently.
• Outstanding written and spoken communication skills in German and English — both are required.

Your Benefits

Why You'll Love Working at SQUER

• Ownership & Responsibility: at SQUER, we believe in empowering our team. In our flat hierarchies, your ideas and actions matter more than titles. Take the reins, make an impact and grow with us.
• Learn & Grow: Tap into a € 5.000 annual training budget to sharpen your skills and take advantage of our in-house Leadership Academy. Join and be part of our active tech community through meetups, hackathons and training sessions. Get up to 40h/year additional time off for your personal education.
• Exciting Challenges & Real Impact: Dive into diverse projects where your work truly makes a difference – for our clients and for SQUER.
• Flexibility for Performance: Benefit from hybrid work options, flexible hours, workations within the EU, and additional vacation days – giving you the freedom to perform at your best.
• Tailored Tools for Success: Choose your preferred hardware configuration and leverage our suite of AI tools and licenses (Anthropic, OpenAI, and more) to suit your working style.
• We Value You: Beyond perks and benefits, we offer a competitive annual salary to recognize your exceptional contributions.
• Be Part of a Thriving Team Culture: At SQUER, collaboration and connection are at the heart of what we do. Through open communication, shared successes, and meaningful team events – including our annual SQUER offsite – we cultivate a culture where everyone feels valued and inspired to grow together.
• A Perks-Packed Workplace: Work in a central office with a spacious terrace and BBQ, enjoy free lunch in the office, MyClubs sports membership, and either a free “Wiener Linien” ticket or a partial contribution to the “Klimaticket”. Plus, benefit from free massages, referral bonuses, Corporate Benefits, and JobRad. Annual employee presents and a monthly team breakfast add extra value to your work experience.

We believe in transparent and fair compensation. For this role, the annual gross salary ranges between € 75.000 and € 95.000 – the exact placement depends on the seniority level we assess together during the process.