Aistra Talent
Aistra Talent
Aistra Talent
AI-native talent that takes enterprise AI from strategy to deployed outcome.
One Accountable Pod,
from Business Case to
Business-as-Usual
01
Frame
The business case and success metrics, agreed before a line of code.
02
Prove
A working prototype on your data, with real cost numbers attached.
03
Harden
Evaluation, guardrails and integration built for production.
04
Hand over
The program lands with a named owner from your team.
The Five Roles, One Accountable Unit
AIDM
AI Deployment Manager.
AI Deployment Manager.
Owns the program end to end. Governs scope, schedule, and risk from boardroom to frontline.
Owns the program end to end. Governs scope, schedule, and risk from boardroom to frontline.
FDC
Forward Deployed Consultant.
Turns boardroom ambition into a sequenced, fundable program. Builds the ROI case and leads change.
FDE
Forward Deployed Engineer.
Builds and ships production-grade AI that survives your stack. Owns evaluation, observability, rollout.
AIDE
AI and Data Engineer.
Builds the data foundation every deployment depends on. Owns retrieval architecture and governance.
FDO
Forward Deployed Operator.
Runs AI in business-as-usual. Validates outputs, drives adoption, closes the feedback loop.
All five backed by Aistra's engineering and integration bench.
One Accountable Pod, from Business Case to Business-as-Usual
Frame
The business case and success metrics, agreed before a line of code.
01
Prove
A working prototype on your data, with real cost numbers attached.
02
Harden
Evaluation, guardrails and integration built for production.
03
Hand over
The program lands with a named owner from your team.
04
The Five Roles, One Accountable Unit
AIDM
AI Deployment Manager.
Owns the program end to end. Governs scope, schedule, and risk from boardroom to frontline.
FDC
Forward Deployed Consultant.
Turns boardroom ambition into a sequenced, fundable program. Builds the ROI case and leads change.
FDE
Forward Deployed Engineer.
Builds and ships production-grade AI that survives your stack. Owns evaluation, observability, rollout.
AIDE
AI and Data Engineer.
Builds the data foundation every deployment depends on. Owns retrieval architecture and governance.
FDO
Forward Deployed Operator.
Runs AI in business-as-usual. Validates outputs, drives adoption, closes the feedback loop.
All five backed by Aistra's engineering and integration bench.
AI Execution Stalls on People, not Models
AI Execution Stalls on People, not Models
Individuals Already love AI
Individuals Already love AI
Every knowledge worker in your organisation has already seen what AI can do on their own laptop.
Every knowledge worker in your organisation has already seen what AI can do on their own laptop.
But Inside Enterprises, AI Clogs
But Inside Enterprises, AI Clogs
These are talent gaps before they are technology gaps. Aistra Talent closes them.
These are talent gaps before they are technology gaps. Aistra Talent closes them.
What Aistra Talent Provides
What Aistra Talent Provides
Productive in week one, with no three-month ramp.
Productive in week one, with no three-month ramp.
The shape flexes: scale up, scale down, change the mix.
The shape flexes: scale up, scale down, change the mix.
Accelerators, playbooks and toolkits arrive with the team.
Accelerators, playbooks and toolkits arrive with the team.
Aistra's full delivery capability behind whoever is on site.
Aistra's full delivery capability behind whoever is on site.
One owner accountable for the business case.
One owner accountable for the business case.
How Engagements Flex
How Engagements Flex
A pod is a recommended shape, not a fixed one. We build it around your business case, so the mix and the number of roles change with it. The three patterns below are simply the ones we see most often.
A pod is a recommended shape, not a fixed one. We build it around your business case, so the mix and the number of roles change with it. The three patterns below are simply the ones we see most often.
12-16 weeks
12-16 weeks
Pilot Pod
Pilot Pod
One business case, one prototype, one go/no-go decision. Prove the model before you commit headcount.
One business case, one prototype, one go/no-go decision. Prove the model before you commit headcount.
6-9 months
6-9 months
Full Pod
Full Pod
All five roles, from prototype to hardened production and BAU handover.
All five roles, from prototype to hardened production and BAU handover.
12 months+
12 months+
Scale Pod
Scale Pod
Multiple pods across functions, with talent benchmarking and training for your own teams.
Multiple pods across functions, with talent benchmarking and training for your own teams.
Not every engagement needs all five roles; we size the pod to the work in front of it. Whatever the shape, it works inside your existing governance and reporting lines, and hands everything back to your team.
Not every engagement needs all five roles; we size the pod to the work in front of it. Whatever the shape, it works inside your existing governance and reporting lines, and hands everything back to your team.
How We Train Talent
How We Train Talent
Every role has a defined parameter set: the skills and judgement that seat actually needs. We source, score and train against it, and nobody reaches a client until they clear it.
Every role has a defined parameter set: the skills and judgement that seat actually needs. We source, score and train against it, and nobody reaches a client until they clear it.
Sourcing
Sourcing
Narrow by design. We screen against a role's parameter set rather than a generic CV, over three rounds, and roughly 1 in 10 candidates get through.
Narrow by design. We screen against a role's parameter set rather than a generic CV, over three rounds, and roughly 1 in 10 candidates get through.
Bootcamp
Bootcamp
A separate bootcamp for each role, built around that role's parameter set. About 30 days, ending in an apprenticeship on live client work, not classroomm exercises.
A separate bootcamp for each role, built around that role's parameter set. About 30 days, ending in an apprenticeship on live client work, not classroomm exercises.
The Standard
The Standard
Scored parameter by parameter on live deliverables. Anything short of deploy-ready is trained up before they meet a client.
Scored parameter by parameter on live deliverables. Anything short of deploy-ready is trained up before they meet a client.
The Network
The Network
Once deployed, every hire stays sharp: peer support, refresher training, coaching and escalation back-up.
Once deployed, every hire stays sharp: peer support, refresher training, coaching and escalation back-up.
CONTACT
CONTACT
Find Your Talent Gaps in One Week
Find Your Talent Gaps in One Week
Find Your Talent Gaps in One Week
Every engagement begins with a one-week talent gap review. We map the roles you are missing, then propose the pod that fills them.
Every engagement begins with a one-week talent gap review. We map the roles you are missing, then propose the pod that fills them.
info@aistra.com
info@aistra.com
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