CDI - AI Strategist Manager - Paris

Lead missions where major groups make AI bets, and transform them into measurable results
AI, and particularly agentic AI, is among the priorities of executive committees. At Artefact, we are makers. “We Make AI Work”: our job is not to comment on AI, it is to make it work, at scale, at the heart of large groups.

And it all starts with you.

 

Missions

As an AI Strategist Manager, you will build with our clients' leaders a credible AI strategy, a suitable operating model, and a transformation program that generates measurable value. You are the engine of our AI Strategy missions: you manage them autonomously, guarantee their quality, deadlines, and profitability, grow the consultants staffed on them, and develop your accounts alongside Directors and Partners.

You start where any AI transformation begins: with the client's ambition, their industry, and their business processes, not with the technology. And you remain a maker: you don't stop at the slide. You will build analyses, business cases, and functional demos (coding vibe, low-code, no-code) yourself that the client can touch, and you will develop solid expertise in a sector or business function.

You will work hand-in-hand with our Engineering teams (who build and deliver agentic AI solutions) and our AI Adoption teams (who promote their adoption): you will define target processes and the roadmap, Engineering will build and deliver them, and AI Adoption will support people through change, from day one.

 

Activities & Responsibilities

I. Design of AI Strategy and Transformation

You will define the AI vision and the prioritized roadmap of use cases, challenge the relevance of AI, and make decisions. When relevant, you will lead end-to-end business process redesigns, thinking lean before deploying AI and mobilizing Engineering and AI Adoption teams to deliver them. You will design the target operating model and secure its conditions for success.

II. Analyses, Business Cases & Prototyping

You will design and manage the mission's analysis work, including business cases, to secure decisions based on data and facts, and you will review the team's work. You will rapidly prototype use cases to illustrate value through demos and help clients envision the final solution.

III. Delivery, Deliverables & Collaboration

You will manage missions daily by providing visibility to client sponsors: you will break down each mission into streams, anticipate risks, and challenge the client when relevant. You will independently produce C-suite level deliverables and executive summaries, structure the storyline, and ensure compliance with Artefact's quality standards. You will orchestrate Engineering teams for technical feasibility and AI Adoption teams to anchor adoption in the field.

IV. Client Relationship & Business Development

You will be the trusted contact for business directors and project managers (Comex-1): you will map stakeholder power dynamics, lead presentations to gain buy-in and maximize client NPS, and manage tensions and escalations while preserving trust. You will identify new needs in the field, build the account development plan with the Director or Partner, and proactively initiate proposals to develop existing accounts, contributing to commercial proposals and presentations.

V. Team & Knowledge

You will manage and grow junior and senior consultants, be a counselor to several colleagues, and participate in recruiting future talents. You will also contribute to the internal knowledge base through articles and feedback, and lead internal training sessions.

 

Profile Sought
You will recognize yourself if… you enjoy managing demanding missions end-to-end, growing a team, and earning the trust of leaders, and if you prefer to put a demo in their hands rather than describe a vision.

• 5 to 8 years of experience within a strategy, management, or data/AI transformation consulting firm.
• Higher education degree (licence or master's) from an excellent academic program.
• Experience managing complex missions, from vision to results, with business cases that withstand Comex scrutiny.
• A solid understanding of the operational challenges of AI (generative and agentic AI, governance, business use cases), with the ability to explain it simply to leaders.
• Experience managing business process redesign projects, with proven mastery of certain business processes.
• Experience in business development (proposals, account development, relationship with high-level decision-makers).
• Experience managing a team of consultants, with a passion for growth, delegation, and elevating the team.
• A maker's mindset: comfortable with current technological tools and the ability to quickly prototype functional demos (low-code, no-code, agentic tools) that make value tangible for the client.
• Perfect command of French and English (oral and written).

 

About Artefact

Artefact is a consulting firm specialized in data and artificial intelligence, which supports companies in transforming these technologies into concrete and measurable business impact. At the crossroads of consulting, data, and technology, our 2,500 employees in 27 countries pool their expertise to design, develop, and deploy solutions that address our clients' transformation challenges.

Our support covers the entire value chain: AI Strategy (strategic framework, high-impact opportunities, trajectories, operating models), Engineering (industrialization, agentic architectures, data products), and AI Adoption (change management, skill development, daily AI usage).

To learn more about Artefact, our expertise, and our culture: https://www.artefact.com

 

Why join us?

• From strategy to execution

Don't stop at recommendations: participate in the design and realization of AI solutions that address real business challenges.

• Collaboration across expertise

Occupy a role at the intersection of strategy (AI Strategy), technology (Engineering), and people (AI Adoption).

• Lead what matters

End-to-end AI transformation missions, at the heart of major groups' challenges, with real autonomy, a team to grow, and accounts to develop.

• An accelerating trajectory

A clear path to Senior Manager then Director, in a continuous learning environment focused on knowledge transfer and technological pragmatism.

 

Recruitment Process

1. A HR fit interview (45') with HR / Talent Acquisition
2. An AI-driven business case (60') with a Senior AI Strategist Manager or Director
3. A hands-on AI prototyping business case (60') with a Senior AI Strategist Manager or Director
4. An AI Strategist Manager role-play (45'-60') with an AI Strategist Director or Partner
5. A final fit interview (30') with an AI Strategist Partner or Managing Partner

 

Compensation: €66,000 to €75,000 gross annual salary (fixed) + €10,000 variable, depending on experience and seniority

 

At Artefact, we are convinced that the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives enriches our teams. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment and equitable opportunities where everyone can grow and express their full potential. Our recruitment is based on skills, potential, and fit for the role.