Specialized AI, Data, and Technology Talent — Delivered with Speed and Precision.
From executive leadership to specialized practitioners and embedded delivery teams, Burtch Works helps organizations find the talent to execute transformation initiatives and accelerate business outcomes.
Retained Executive Search
Our services empower clients to create, implement, and manage high-impact teams with flexible talent solutions tailored to meet your needs.
Access A Curated Expert Network
Our services empower clients to create, implement, and manage high-impact teams with flexible talent solutions tailored to meet your needs.
BurtchWorks architects what's next— designing the systems, activating the workforce, and delivering the outcomesthat 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
While 74% of organizations are increasing AI investment, 46% report that their initiatives have not met expectations
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Access Specialized Expertise
McKinsey & Company research indicates an intense AI talent bottleneck, with technology leadership roles frequently exceeding 90 days
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Execute a Critical Initiative
Managed Outcomes & Delivery
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Build or Scale Your Team
Workforce & Talent
ACTIVE →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 — available for strategic guidance or embedded execution.
Execute a Critical Initiative
Move transformation initiatives forward with milestone-driven delivery models designed around measurable outcomes. We help organizations reduce execution risk while accelerating speed to impact.
Build or Scale Your Team
From executive leadership to project-based teams and staff augmentation, Burtch Works helps organizations rapidly deploy the talent needed to scale transformation initiatives — confidently.
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.
Three ways we help organizations move forward:
- Advisory & Consulting for strategic transformation
- Workforce Orchestration for rapid team scaling
- Managed Outcomes for end-to-end accountability.
How we bring you the talent you need
Advisory Consulting
Strategic guidance designed to align workforce, technology, and operating models for scalable AI-driven growth.
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Workforce Orchestration
Deploy the right executive leaders, practitioners, and embedded teams to execute critical business initiatives.
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Managed Outcomes
Outcome-defined delivery models are designed around measurable milestones, speed, and accountability.
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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
BurtchWorks places specialized talent across the full AI and analytics leadership and practitioner spectrum —including Chief AI Officers, Chief Data Officers, VP and Director-level analytics leaders, Principal Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, AI Architects, Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and specialized practitioners in quantitative modeling, marketing analytics, and decision science. We also deploy delivery teams and embedded practitioners for project-scoped and staff augmentation engagements.
For senior analytics and AI leadership roles — including C-suite and VP-level positions — BurtchWorks typically presents qualified candidates within the first 72 hours of engagement start for actively networked roles. Our 15+ years of specialized relationship-building means we're not starting searches from scratch. We're activating existing relationships with candidates who are pre-vetted for both technical capability and cultural fit, which significantly reduces time-to-hire versus traditional executive search firms.
Yes. BurtchWorks works extensively with private equity operating teams to deploy scalable, repeatable talent frameworks across multiple portfolio companies simultaneously. We build standardized role profiles, compensation benchmarks, and hiring processes that can be adapted to individual portfolio company contexts — reducing time-to-hire, improving quality of hire, and creating consistency across the portfolio's analytics and AI capabilities.