AI Engineering Director (Chemicals)

About us At Visium, we enable enterprise executives in defining their AI & Data strategy, executing large scale transformations and implementing AI across operations, ensuring their organization becomes future-proof. With expertise in strategy, architecture, cloud engineering, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, we empower our clients to unleash and scale the power of their data. We’re on a mission to pioneer a bright future and build future-proof and ethical organizations. Join the curious, the ambitious, the doers, the good-hearted, the ones who build a world we’re all in awe of – our Visumees. Ready to become one? Role As an AI Director, you will lead strategic AI and data programs across key Specialty Chemicals accounts, acting as the senior client interface and ensuring successful delivery of high-impact engagements. Your mission is to drive account growth, oversee complex AI transformations, and serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across R&D, Digital, and Innovation, combining technical leadership with commercial ownership to deliver sustained client value and business expansion. You will also contribute to talent development and help shape the strategy and growth of Visium’s Specialty Chemicals organization. Key Responsibilities: Lead and grow strategic accounts across key Specialty Chemicals players, identifying opportunities to expand engagement scope and convert pipeline into long-term partnerships. Own and steer the delivery of complex, multi-stream AI and data programs, ensuring technical excellence, business alignment, and measurable impact. Act as executive sponsor and trusted advisor to senior stakeholders (including C-Level), building deep, long-term relationships across R&D, Digital, and Innovation teams. Provide hands-on technical and strategic guidance to delivery teams, ensuring high-quality execution, resolving blockers, and safeguarding outcomes. Mentor and develop consultants and engineers, fostering a high-performance culture and supporting career growth in collaboration with the People function. Contribute to the evolution of the Specialty Chemicals strategy, including hiring decisions, thought leadership, and shaping the firm’s positioning in the market.