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# Strategy Lead - Data & AI

- **Company:** Datashift
- **Location:** Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Information Systems, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers.datashift.eu/o/data-ai-strategy-lead

## About the Role

* Master's degree in Business Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics or a related field.
 * 6-10 years of relevant experience, preferably in strategy consulting with exposure to Data, Analytics or AI projects.
 * A deep understanding of how Data & AI impact organizations, their operating models and ways of working.
 * A proven track record of leading complex client engagements and the multidisciplinary teams behind them.
 * Experience translating strategic recommendations into concrete roadmaps and steering their implementation.
 * Credibility with C-level and senior management, while remaining close to day-to-day project delivery.
 * Commercial and business-development responsibility: you have grown client accounts, led proposals and won new business.
 * Excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.
 * In-depth technical knowledge or coding experience is welcome, but not required.
 * Fluent in English and Dutch or French.

## Description

Demand for data & AI projects is growing fast. To keep up, we are looking for a Strategy Lead - Data & AI to lead engagements, accounts and teams. You take Data & AI engagements from strategy through implementation and make sure clients get real, measurable value out of data and AI. First, you manage a team of strategy consultants to shape the strategy with the client; selecting the right use cases, defining the roadmap, aligning stakeholders and validating the business impact. Then you lead the implementation track that turns that strategy into reality, steering a mix of strategy, implementation and expert profiles. You also 'debug' Data & AI organizations, for example by reshaping their operating model or ways of working.

In this role, you're the go-to partner for C-level and senior management, and you work hand in hand with technical experts from Datashift and the client. You own key client relationships and accounts, lead your own teams and help grow our Data & AI Strategy practice.

A few examples of recent engagements (anonymized):

 * A large multinational struggled to get value from a fragmented landscape of AI initiatives. We led the team that defined a short- and long-term AI roadmap, which brought focus and delivered early value.
 * The Belgian branch of a large multinational wanted to use AI to return to profitability but struggled to find the right use cases. We helped select them, then guided the build of a voicebot and scaled it to production.
 * After a merger of several data and IT teams, a client asked us to identify pain points and opportunities for improvement. Together with our technical experts, we defined a target architecture and redesigned the roles and ways of working across the organization., As a Strategy Lead - Data & AI, you will:
 * Lead a portfolio of Data & AI engagements and own the client relationships behind them, from framing the business challenge to driving implementation.
 * Act as a trusted advisor to C-level and senior stakeholders, challenging their thinking and shaping their Data & AI agenda.
 * Design the operating models, governance and ways of working that allow Data & AI organizations to deliver real value.
 * Bridge strategy and delivery: work hand in hand with Datashift's technical teams and steer execution on business outcomes.
 * Grow the practice: win new business, shape our offering and thought leadership, and build and coach a high-performing team.