Executive
CTO
Chief Technology Officer for companies building with AI
34
2-4 weeks
$2.4k-3.6k / day
Sets model and build-vs-buy strategy | Leads ML platform and engineering teams | Owns AI reliability, cost and evaluation
Shipped LLM products in production | Scaled ML teams past 30 engineers | Experience at labs, infra or AI-first startups
Executive
COO
Chief Operating Officer for companies building with AI
18
2-3 weeks
$1.9k-2.8k / day
Redesigns workflows around AI agents | Owns automation roadmap and change management | Tracks productivity gains against cost
Led AI-driven ops transformations | Background in consulting or scale-ups | Comfortable with vendor and model contracts
Executive
CFO
Chief Financial Officer for companies building with AI
15
2-4 weeks
$1.8k-2.7k / day
Models compute spend and AI unit economics | Brings AI into forecasting and FP&A | Guides AI investment and M&A decisions
Finance leadership at AI or infra companies | Experience pricing usage-based products | Fluent in GPU and cloud cost structures
Executive
CMO
Chief Marketing Officer for companies building with AI
27
1-3 weeks
$1.8k-2.9k / day
Builds AI-native content and growth engines | Positions AI products in crowded markets | Sets brand rules for generative content
Launched AI products to market | Ran growth teams using generative tooling | Developer or B2B SaaS marketing depth
Executive
CIO
Chief Information Officer for companies building with AI
12
2-4 weeks
$2.0k-3.0k / day
Rolls out AI tools across the company | Owns data governance and access | Chooses enterprise AI vendors
Enterprise AI adoption programs | Regulated industry experience | Strong security and procurement partnerships
Executive
CISO
Chief Information Security Officer for companies building with AI
11
3-5 weeks
$2.3k-3.4k / day
Secures models, prompts and AI supply chain | Sets policy for employee AI use | Leads red-teaming and incident response
AI security or adversarial ML background | Compliance with the EU AI Act and SOC 2 | Experience securing LLM applications
Executive
CRO
Chief Revenue Officer for companies building with AI
21
2-3 weeks
$1.9k-3.1k / day
Sells AI products with usage-based pricing | Builds AI-assisted sales teams | Owns forecasting across new revenue models
Grew AI or infra revenue from early stage | Enterprise sales into technical buyers | Designed consumption pricing
Executive
CHRO
Chief Human Resources Officer for companies building with AI
14
2-4 weeks
$1.7k-2.5k / day
Reskills teams for AI-augmented work | Designs AI talent strategy and pay bands | Sets fair-use policy for AI in hiring
Led workforce change during AI adoption | Built technical talent brands | Understands algorithmic hiring regulation
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ML engineers, AI architects, research engineers
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Marketing
AI growth leads, content engineers, product marketers
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Sales
AI account executives, solutions engineers
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Product
AI product managers, heads of product, strategists
layers
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Operations
AI operations leads, automation managers
gear
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Finance
AI FP&A leads, compute cost analysts
dollar
Other
People
AI talent partners, heads of people
users
Other
Design
AI UX designers, conversation designers
pen
Other
Data
Chief data officers, data scientists, ML ops
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