Looking for “someone with AI experience” is a bit like looking for someone who “knows the internet.” It says everything and nothing at the same time.
AI is such a broad and rapidly evolving field that “AI experience” can mean anything. Prompt engineering, MLOps, data science, LLM fine-tuning, Agentic AI… someone can have years of AI experience and still not be the right fit for how your company thinks about AI.
As Head of Engineering, that’s the real challenge. Not finding people with AI on their CV. But finding people whose AI philosophy aligns with your company’s.