Specialized AI, Data, and Technology Talent — Delivered with Quality and Precision.
From Chief AI Officers and analytics executives to embedded practitioners and delivery teams, Burtch Works connects organizations with the specialized talent required to execute transformation initiatives and accelerate measurable business outcomes.
We don't source from a generic pool. We draw from an exclusive network of specialized relationships and proprietary market intelligence to deliver candidates who are ready to perform — not just ready to interview.
The Leaders Who Align Strategy, Talent, and Execution.
We identify and place transformational executives — CDOs, CAIOs, VP-level analytics and data science leaders, and enterprise technology officers — who can build capability, drive alignment, and deliver results across complex organizations.
Our retained search practice is built on 15+ years of deep relationships with specialized leaders across AI, analytics, data science, and enterprise technology.
Architecting What's Next — In the Age of AI
For 15+ years, Burtch Works has helped organizations build, scale, and operationalize high-performing analytics and AI capabilities.
Today, we do more than place talent. We architect transformation — combining specialized workforce strategy, expert consulting, and managed execution to help organizations move forward with confidence in the age of AI.
Trusted by private equity firms, enterprise organizations, and growth-stage leaders navigating transformation at scale.
Burtch Works architects what's next— designing the systems, activating the workforce, and delivering the outcomes that power AI-driven growth.
Whether you’re modernizing infrastructure, scaling teams, hiring leadership, or executing a critical initiative, Burtch Works provides tailored pathways aligned with your business goals. We're focused on helping organizations accelerate transformation by aligning talent, technology, and execution to deliver measurable business outcomes.
Tell us what you’re solving — we’ll guide you in the right direction.
Transform AI & Data Capabilities
ACTIVE →80% of CEOs expect AI to fundamentally reshape their organization's operating capabilities—making AI-ready leadership and technical talent a strategic priority.
Gartner CEO Survey, April 2026.
Access Specialized Expertise
By 2027, half of enterprises without a people-centric AI strategy are expected to lose critical AI talent to competitors investing in workforce enablement.
Gartner Strategic Predictions 2026.
Execute a Critical Initiative
Half of CEOs believe their job depends on AI delivering measurable business value—raising the stakes for leaders building the right teams to execute AI successfully.
BCG AI Radar 2026
Build or Scale Your Team
By 2030, 39% of workers' core skills are expected to change, requiring organizations to rethink hiring, workforce planning, and leadership development.
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025
Transform AI & Data Capabilities
Design and operationalize AI-driven systems that align strategy, talent, and execution. From workforce modernization to interoperable infrastructure and AI readiness, we help organizations create scalable foundations for growth.
Access Specialized Expertise
Access experienced executives, technical practitioners, and specialized operators across AI, data science, analytics, engineering, and enterprise technology.
Whether you need a fractional Chief AI Officer, a retained search for a permanent analytics leader, or embedded practitioners for a critical initiative, our network is built from 15+ years of specialized relationships, not a database of resumes.
Execute a Critical Initiative
Move transformation initiatives forward with milestone-driven delivery models designed around measurable outcomes. Whether you're operationalizing an AI program, modernizing your analytics infrastructure, or scaling delivery across portfolio companies — we take accountability for outcomes, not just activity. We reduce execution risk while accelerating speed to impact.
Build or Scale Your Team
From C-suite executive placements to embedded project teams and staff augmentation, Burtch Works helps organizations rapidly deploy the specialized talent needed to scale transformation initiatives — confidently and on time. We match talent decisions to business outcomes, not isolated hiring transactions.
Trusted by organizations navigating transformation at scale.
Since 2009, Burtch Works has helped private equity firms, growth-stage companies, and enterprise organizations navigate transformation through specialized expertise, utilizing proprietary market intelligence, and outcome-focused delivery models.
Backed by a proprietary network of more than 100,000 executive leaders, technical experts, and highly specialized practitioners, Burtch Works is consistently recognized as a trusted industry leader in workforce and transformation solutions.
The architecture behind every Burtch Works engagement.
Burtch Works offers flexible models focused on measurable outcomes.
Advisory & Consulting
Strategic guidance designed to align workforce, technology, and operating models for scalable AI-driven growth.
From capability assessments and org design to CAIO alignment and transformation roadmaps — we help organizations move from ambition to actionable strategy.
AI Workforce Orchestration
Deploy the right executive leaders, technical practitioners, and embedded delivery teams to activate AI capabilities and execute critical business initiatives.
Contract, retained search, staff augmentation, and interim leadership — aligned to your transformation timeline, not isolated headcount decisions.
Managed Outcomes
Outcome-defined delivery models are built around measurable milestones, quality in execution, and accountability.
We take ownership of the initiative — not just the staffing — so your organization can move forward without absorbing the full execution risk.
Salary Reports
2024 Analytics & Data Science Salary Report
Benchmark compensation across 50+ analytics and data science roles. Built from real placement data — not survey estimates.
Hiring Trends
Where Analytics Hiring Is Headed in 2025
Demand signals, emerging skill gaps, and the roles companies are prioritizing as AI reshapes the analytics function.
Role Evolution
How the Data Scientist Role Has Changed
From pure modeling to AI product ownership — how analytics roles are evolving and what that means for your hiring strategy.
Organizational Design
Centralized vs. Federated: Structuring Your Analytics Team
The org model you choose shapes everything — talent, speed, and ROI. Here's how leading companies are making the call.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Analytics advisory consulting helps organizations design, build, and operationalize high-performing analytics and AI capabilities. This includes capability assessments that diagnose current-state maturity, operating model design that defines team structures and governance, transformation roadmaps that prioritize investments against business outcomes, and embedded advisory support that stays through execution—not just strategy. BurtchWorks advisory engagements are designed to deliver working capabilities, not strategy documents.
Building an analytics Center of Excellence typically involves four stages: assessment of current capabilities, talent, and technology; operating model design that defines the COE structure, governance, and decision rights; talent activation through executive search and practitioner deployment; and capability transfer that ensures the function operates independently after the engagement. Burtch Works has built analytics Centers of Excellence across industries, including financial services, healthcare, CPG, and private equity portfolio companies — typically from assessment to operations in seven weeks.
A Chief AI Officer advisory engagement with BurtchWorks typically begins with an AI readiness assessment that evaluates leadership alignment, technology infrastructure, talent capability, and strategic clarity. From there, we design the organizational and governance model for the AI function, identify the right internal or external leader for the CAIO role, and support the onboarding and alignment process. We work with both organizations, hiring their first CAIO and those looking to optimize an existing AI leadership structure.