The decision is already made: An AI teammate is joining your FinOps practice. The question becomes, “How do you onboard them effectively?”
This session explores what it looks like to bring an AI teammate into the team using a familiar model of onboarding and growth. What do you give them on day one? How do you structure their work? What do you expect them to take on first, and how does their role expand over time?
Early on, you provide clear direction and well-defined tasks, expecting fast, consistent responses to targeted questions. As you build confidence, you involve them in problem solving, and use them to break down analysis, test scenarios, and extend your own capacity. Over time, you assign broader responsibilities, expecting them to support and execute parts of real FinOps workflows alongside the team.
Like any new hire, introducing an AI teammate changes how the team operates. You bring them in to assist, which shifts your focus to the more human elements of the work: decision-making, trade-offs, and alignment with the business. The work evolves as the team adapts to new capabilities.
If you are looking to move beyond experimenting with AI and start integrating it into your team, this session provides a clear and grounded path forward. Join us as we walk through the AI onboarding journey, provide practical ways to get started, and explore the common pitfalls that make a new hire harder to manage than they are to scale.