AI Strategist – GenAI Advisory & Talent

# AI Strategist – GenAI Advisory & Talentiqbusiness South Africa Johannesburg, Gauteng Permanent Posted  
** 26 NOVEMBER 2025** - Closing Date
** 31 JANUARY 2026
** You won’t be writing code – but you
* will* be the person who connects strategy, operating model, talent, data and technology into one coherent GenAI story.

** Role

Purpose:

** Their core mission is to
** turn GenAI potential into performance** – helping clients build the systems that deliver
** meaningful, repeatable GenAI value, faster and more safely**.
They work with executive and senior leaders to:
* Business outcomes (value, productivity, experience, risk)
* Adoption and usage
* Data and platform readiness
* Risk and control adherence
* Priorities and trade-offs
* Capacity, skills and dependencies
* Risk and compliance implications
* Typically 7–10+ years in a combination of:+ Strategy / management consulting / digital / transformation roles, and+ AI / analytics / data / GenAI-related initiatives.
* Proven experience working directly with
** executive and senior stakeholders**.
* Demonstrated capability in:+ Vision and strategy development+ Operating-model and/or governance design+ Roadmap / acceleration planning+ Workshop design and facilitation+ Leading or contributing to change and adoption programmes.
* Experience in highly regulated industries (e.g. financial services, telco, public sector) where
** Secure & Responsible AI
** and integrated governance are critical.
* Experience with Agile / SAFe, product operating models, and quarterly/PI planning cycles.
* Exposure to AI/ML platforms, MLOps, or enterprise GenAI tooling.
* Strong understanding of
** GenAI, AI and data concepts**, their potential and limitations.
* Ability to discuss the E2E lifecycle of GenAI solutions with technical and business stakeholders.
* Appreciation of security, privacy, risk and responsible AI requirements.
* Strong business acumen; able to connect GenAI ideas to real value, cost, risk and experience impacts.
* Skilled in
** strategy design, prioritisation, OKR framing and roadmap development**.
* Comfortable with hypothesis-driven problem solving and structured narrative-building.
* Executive presence and confidence with senior audiences.
* Excellent storytelling and communication skills (written and verbal).
* Strong facilitation skills, able to lead Demystifying GenAI sessions, strategy workshops, roadmap co-design and quarterly planning.

The AI Strategist “wins” when clients move from
** GenAI hype and experimentation
** to a
** clear, governed and value-producing GenAI Operating System**.

- Work with leaders to define
** Strategic Intent**,
** Keys to Winning**, and
** Quick Wins
** that build belief early.
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