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The First AI Hire in a Non-AI Company: Scope the Role, Set the Terms

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What you need to know The call comes from somewhere unexpected. A tyre manufacturer in Pune. A regional retailer with forty stores across the Midlands. A logistics operator in Chennai, a law firm in Leeds, a hospital group, a mid-market SaaS company whose product has never had a model in it. The chief executive has decided the company needs AI, the board agrees, and the job description says Head of AI or Lead AI Engineer. There is no machine learning team, no data platform, and nobody in the building who can evaluate your work. These are the best and worst jobs in the market at the same time. Best, because you define a function from nothing, with direct access to the people who run the business. Worst, because the absence of structure that makes the role attractive is what usually kills…


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