Title:  AI & Digital Transformation Advisory

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Chain IQ is a global AI-powered leader in indirect procurement, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across major delivery centers and 26 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters, bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

To learn more about Chain IQ, our services, and the clients we support around the world, please visit our website at https://chainiq.com/about-us/.

Role purpose

Over the past decade, Chain IQ has primarily focused on indirect procurement managed services and sourcing-as-a-service. Recently, the company introduced and is expanding its Transformation Services unit.
We are currently looking for a lead to build our AI & Digital Transformation Advisory capability, connecting clients and business leaders with Digital Solutions, AI and technology delivery. As we continue to expand, we aim to strengthen our team to provide best-in-class support to our growing client base.

In this role, you will lead the advisory capability, translating business ambitions and client challenges into actionable transformation strategies, service blueprints, and scalable, secure solutions. Combining strategic leadership, product management, and business development, you will help position Chain IQ as a trusted advisor in procurement excellence, leveraging technology, analytics, and innovation to deliver sustainable value for global clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead senior client engagements, assessing business challenges, technology landscapes, and digital and AI maturity to identify transformation opportunities.
• Act as the strategic link between business and technology, translating priorities into service blueprints, solution concepts, and executable transformation roadmaps.
• Partner with Transformation Services and Tech Services teams to shape product structures, management processes, and business-driven input into the digital roadmap.
• Define and evolve service portfolios and revenue models across Digital Solutions, Technology Advisory, and (Co-)Innovation Services.
• Shape and govern the AI and digital use case portfolio, ensuring initiatives are valuable, feasible, secure, and aligned with business priorities.
• Establish client and solution readiness prior to onboarding by addressing critical requirements, architectural decisions, dependencies, and risks.
• Build and develop the AI & Digital Transformation Advisory capability, including its strategy, methodology, governance, and quality standards.
• Guide and support the wider Digital Solutions organization through coaching, collaboration, and capability development.
• Drive alignment between client needs, business strategy, and technology delivery.
• Support the growth and positioning of Chain IQ's Transformation Services offering through advisory leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

• Significant experience in digital transformation, technology advisory, solution design, or management consulting.
• Proven ability to lead senior client engagements and advise executive-level stakeholders.
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to connect business strategy, processes, technology, data, and AI into pragmatic and scalable solutions.
• Experience conducting maturity assessments and identifying transformation opportunities.
• Proven experience developing service blueprints, solution concepts, and transformation roadmaps.
• Understanding of digital product, service, and portfolio management principles.
• Experience defining or managing advisory, digital, or technology service offerings.
• Demonstrated ability to build new capabilities, establish methodologies, and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication in English, influencing, and relationship-building skills in complex business environments.

Join a truly global team.

We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let’s shape the future of procurement - together.

Chain IQ – Create. Lead. Make an impact.

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