Chief AI Officer

This is a remote position.

Perficient is seeking an experienced Chief AI Officer to join their senior executive team. This full-time US-based position is location-flexible (with expectations to be close to and working from a Perficient office) with travel to major Perficient offices as needed, and very frequent travel to clients across the US.

CLIENT

Perficient is a global, AI-first digital consultancy with over 7,000 employees across the U.S., Latin America, India, and Europe. They help the world’s most innovative and respected brands practically build and apply AI to create strategic advantage. Their deep strategic partnerships with AI leaders—AWS, Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, Adobe, Databricks, Snowflake, Sitecore—guide their client-centric strategy on using data, technology, and AI to drive growth, productivity, and customer experience. 

As they enter their next chapter under new CEO Yusuf Tayob, they are doubling down on their AI-first strategy: embedding data and AI into how they run the company, how they deliver to clients, and how they help their clients become AI-first. They are everything they deliver, scaling global talent, and accelerating outcomes for their clients.

Why Perficient?

• Join a global digital consultancy with the scale and ambition to lead
  

• Work directly with a CEO deeply committed to AI as the core growth strategy
  

• Build from a strong foundation: 7,000+ consultants, enterprise clients, tier-one partners
  

• Shape the future of consulting services in an AI-native world
  

WHY NOW, WHY THIS ROLE

When Yusuf Tayob joined Perficient as CEO in 2025, he saw a rare combination: scale, agility, and client centricity. Enough scale to lead. Enough agility to disrupt. And a culture rooted in relationships and results.

Their clients are already feeling the pull of generative AI, machine learning, and intelligent automation. These aren’t theoretical ideas. They’re real forces demanding new ways of building, buying, and delivering technology. And Perficient is committed to walking alongside their clients in this journey, not just advising from the sidelines.

This is not a predefined playbook. It’s an opportunity to co-create. As Chief AI Officer, you will shape their enterprise-wide AI agenda, define their offerings, scale their capabilities, and lead them into a new era of client-centered innovation.

In Yusuf’s words:

 “The common denominator in every one of these conversations is talent—who can we bring to the table to do this with us, not for us.”

ROLE

Perficient is hiring their first Chief AI Officer to serve as a key architect of their AI-first transformation. This role blends vision with execution, client intimacy with global scale, and innovation with operational rigor. Reporting to the CEO, you will work alongside their executive team, global practice leaders, and technology partners to shape, deliver, and scale their AI capabilities across industries and regions.

You will be expected to:

• Lead with urgency and humility
  

• Build scalable systems, not just point solutions
  

• Thrive in ambiguity while creating clarity for others
  

• Act as a force multiplier for delivery, growth, and brand
  

This is a strategic, externally facing, and operationally rigorous role with CxO visibility, investor exposure, and global impact.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead high-value client engagements and shape AI use cases in early-stage or undefined domains
   

• Act as a trusted advisor to CxOs, helping clients co-create AI-driven transformation
  

2. Define and continuously evolve Perficient’s AI vision, offerings, and go-to-market strategy
   

• Ensure alignment with client needs, market trends, and partner ecosystem developments
  

3. Deepen strategic partnerships with cloud, data, and platform providers
   

• Leverage partner relationships to build differentiated, scalable AI solutions
  

4. Amplify Perficient’s AI voice in the market
   

• Represent the company at industry events, in media, and with analysts to grow brand awareness and credibility
  

5. Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO and executive team
   

• Contribute to board- and investor-facing narratives supporting AI-first value creation
  

6. Partner with delivery teams to ensure operational excellence and scale across regions
   

• Collaborate cross-functionally to embed AI capabilities into delivery frameworks
  

7. Drive AI enablement across the firm
   

• Lead talent development, training programs, and internal AI best practices
  

CANDIDATE 

Qualifications 

1. Experience leading high-impact client-facing AI initiatives
   

• Demonstrated ability to influence and advise C-suite executives and clients on AI strategy and execution
  

2. Proven success in defining and scaling AI go-to-market offerings
   

• Experience developing commercial AI solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes
  

3. Strong strategic partnership management skills
   

• Deep familiarity with cloud and platform ecosystems and ability to build co-innovation models
  

4. Executive presence and investor communication skills
   

• Comfortable engaging with CEOs, boards, and private equity investors on strategy and performance
  

5. Operational expertise in scaling AI teams and delivery
   

• Ability to build repeatable systems, frameworks, and scalable capabilities across global teams
  

6. Deep technical fluency in AI/ML and emerging technologies
   

• Hands-on understanding of AI tools, generative AI, and data frameworks
  

7. Bias for collaboration, urgency, and outcome-oriented execution
   

• Low ego, high ownership, and a track record of driving action in ambiguous environments
  

The compensation for this role to commensurate with experience.