[Hiring] Enterprise AI Transformation Lead Consultant @CGIAR

Role Description

The objective of this consultancy is to provide product level coordination and hands on delivery enablement for Enterprise AI Transformation. The consultant will ensure that the AI Strategy is translated into a structured, governed, and phased product delivery, with clear milestones, aligned stakeholders, managed risks, and measurable outcomes.

The role combines two complementary dimensions:

• Working Agents Delivery: hands on delivery of the design, build, and operation of AI solutions, leveraging Microsoft low code platforms (notably Microsoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry), in close collaboration with internal teams and external vendors.
• AI product coordination: structuring, coordinating, and governing AI initiatives across the System Organization to ensure coherence, prioritization, and alignment with enterprise governance and strategic objectives; and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience leading or managing complex digital, data, or AI transformation products or initiatives in an enterprise context.
• Demonstrated experience working closely with senior leadership and governance bodies, translating strategic objectives into actionable delivery.
• Proven hands on experience designing, building, and operating AI agents using Microsoft low code platforms—particularly Copilot Studio and Foundry—or comparable enterprise AI platforms.
• Practical experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise data sources and delivering AI enabled decision support or operational use cases.
• Strong coordination, communication, and executive level reporting skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Support the integration of AI solutions with enterprise data sources and systems, ensuring architectural coherence, security, compliance, and alignment with enterprise data and AI standards.
• Identify and manage cross product risks and dependencies, including data readiness, security, capacity, and adoption risks.
• Support change management activities to enable adoption of AI solutions, with a focus on senior leadership and governance users.
• Support oversight of external vendors and consultants, monitoring delivery against agreed scope, milestones, and outcomes.
• Track delivery against the approved investment envelope and flag deviations or risks early.

Deliverables

• Working agents in Copilot Studio and Foundry
• Enterprise AI Transformation Product Plan
• AI Product governance and reporting framework
• Consolidated risk, dependency, and issue register
• Regular status reports and executive dashboards
• Inventory of deployed AI agents and documented AI use cases (as applicable)
• Phase end reviews and lessons learned documentation

Key Performance Indicators

• Quality of Work: Accuracy, completeness, and overall quality of submitted deliverables, including product plans, AI use cases, governance artefacts, and documentation.
• Timeliness: Ability to meet agreed milestones and deadlines as outlined in the 6 month delivery timeline and any subsequently approved workplan.
• Client and Stakeholder Satisfaction: Feedback from key stakeholders (senior leadership, governance users, functional teams, and technical counterparts) regarding professionalism, effectiveness, and collaboration.
• Adherence to Scope and Budget: Delivery of agreed outputs within the approved scope, level of effort, and budget, with proactive management and early escalation of risks or deviations.

Desirable

• Experience working in international and/or multi entity organizations, with an understanding of complex governance and operating models.
• Familiarity with the Microsoft enterprise ecosystem, including Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure AI services.
• Demonstrated experience managing and coordinating external vendors and consultants, ensuring delivery against agreed scope, timelines, and outcomes.