# Ensemble Partners — Chief AI & Data Officer

- Generated: 2026-09-24 02:14:43 PM EDT
- Original/canonical posting: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4469729317/
- Provider: LinkedIn
- Posting time: 8 hours ago
- Applicants: 109 applicants
- Work model/location: Hybrid — New York, New York
- Compensation: $350,000-$425,000 base plus significant bonus and equity
- Travel: Not disclosed
- Positioning track: Executive leader
- Fit outcome: FAIL — 88%

## Evidence map and direct-match strengths

- Strong match for AI/data strategy, function building, leadership hiring, platforms, products, executive/board communication, partnerships, and high-growth operating environments.

## Hard or material gaps

Hard location conflict: the posting is New York hybrid, outside Keith's remote-or-Massachusetts requirement. The 109-applicant count would not independently exclude an 80%+ fit, but it does not override the location conflict.

## Full normalized job description

Chief AI & Data Officer
New York | High-Growth Scale-Up
$350k to $425k base + significant bonus + meaningful equity
A fast-growing technology scale-up is making a major investment into AI and Data as it enters its next stage of growth.
They are looking for a senior leader to build and own the function from the top.
This is not a maintenance role.
You will have the freedom, budget and executive backing to shape the AI and Data strategy, build the team and turn the capability into a major part of the company’s growth story.
What you’ll own
AI and Data strategy
Building the leadership team
Hiring and scaling the wider function
New AI products and capabilities
Data platform and transformation strategy
Commercial opportunities created through AI
Executive and board-level decision making
Major strategic partnerships
Long-term direction of the function
What makes it interesting
The company already has strong momentum, an ambitious leadership team and significant investment behind the next phase of growth.
They are now at the stage where AI and Data can materially change the trajectory of the business.
You would be joining early enough to genuinely shape it.
Who could fit
You could currently be a:
Chief AI Officer
Chief Data Officer
VP / SVP Data & AI
Head of AI
AI Founder
Senior AI / Data leader from a successful scale-up
Partner or MD looking to move into an operating role
You should have a track record of building teams, creating strategy and turning AI or Data into something commercially meaningful.
Industry is flexible.
The bigger focus is on people who have operated in fast-moving, high-growth environments and are comfortable building rather than inheriting.
Significant annual bonus
Meaningful equity
Executive benefits
New York
Hybrid flexibility
For someone who wants to build a major AI function, hire their own leadership team and have genuine influence over where a high-growth company goes next, this is a rare mandate.