Strategy & roadmap
TCO-based AI strategy, prioritisation of use cases, updating of the roadmap.
What a Chief AI Officer is responsible for
The CAIO connects management, departments and IT. He or she determines where AI is used and where not, selects providers and models, owns the AI policy and steers the implementation of the prioritised use cases. In short: one person where the threads come together.
Filling such a role full-time is neither necessary nor realistic for many companies. As a service you get the same responsibility in the scope your company actually needs.
What the service includes
The scope is defined together. Typical components:
Governance & policy
AI policy, roles and approval processes, classification under the EU AI Act, alignment with data protection and IT security.
Providers & architecture
Selection and evaluation of models, tools and service providers; architecture decisions.
Implementation management
Steering internal and external teams, milestones, KPIs, reporting to management.
Capability building
Training planning, enabling multipliers, meeting the AI literacy obligation.
Market monitoring
Evaluation of new models, prices and regulation — translated into decisions for your company.
Models of collaboration
The service is set up as a fixed capacity per month — typically one to several days — with defined appointments at the company and availability in between. It starts with a more intensive phase for taking stock and strategy, followed by regular operation of steering, reviews and reporting.
- Interim: building the AI organisation until an internal person takes over
- Ongoing: a permanent part-time role alongside existing management
- Project-based: responsibility for a defined transformation initiative
Why as a service
You get experience from many AI projects instead of a learning curve at your own expense, independence from providers and clear accountability to management — at plannable cost and without long-term staffing commitments. And if the role is to be filled internally, we hand over in a structured way.
What the CAIO is not
No substitute for management: decisions on business model and investments stay with you. No development team: implementation is carried out by internal teams, Sellium teams or partners under the CAIO's direction. No legal adviser: for legal questions we work with your law firms.