FlowBaasAI portfolios that keep working.
Nisse Klaaijsen — 20+ years of IT transformation, ex-AI Portfolio Lead at a top-3 Dutch bank. Available on a freelance basis for interim assignments in financial services, insurance and complex SME programmes. Enterprise discipline, SME pace.
A guide for the AI programme, not yet another consultant.
Three kinds of organisations where an interim AI Implementation Manager makes the difference. Not standalone advisory engagements, but someone who leads the programme, carries the decisions and helps the team move forward.
FS & regulated
Banks, insurers, mortgage chain, brokers. Interim steering of an AI programme under DNB, AFM and the EU AI Act, with the discipline to pass the assessment, not to work around it.
Scale-up to 2,500 FTE
Organisations with a growing AI portfolio that need both tactical and operational steering. Someone who leads the programme without adding yet another consulting team.
CIO / programme leadership
An open vacancy, a sabbatical, a reorganisation or a programme running too hot. An interim who steps in the same day, communicates concisely and keeps the operation moving.
Six disciplines, one role.
Strategic thinking and hands-on execution, in the same week. An interim AI Implementation Manager touches all of these disciplines; not a pure strategy advisor, not a pure developer.
AI strategy & portfolio steering
From scattered use cases to one measurable portfolio. Roadmap, KPIs, phasing, go/no-go each quarter.
AI Governance & EU AI Act
Living AI register, data-flow traceability, an owner per obligation, audit-readiness, built, not promised.
AI Implementation Framework
A scalable implementation frame for the entire chain, from acceptance to compliance. Including explainability.
Workflow automation
N8N, Power Automate, Make, Anthropic and OpenAI in production flows. Built in the same week it's conceived.
Change & AI adoption
Bringing people along through AI change. Workshops, training, coaching for frontrunners. Adoption over delivery.
Programme & project management
Complex transformations from strategy to working result, including stakeholder orchestration and steering-group cadence.
The numbers behind the work.
Four concrete enterprise roles. No names on this page, some engagements call for discretion, but the scale and the impact are real.
Steering AI roadmaps, governance and adoption tracks across an engineering organisation of 5,000+ developers.
Banks, insurers and brokers, transformation and AI programmes under DNB/AFM supervision.
Developed at SmartFaster for the mortgage chain, from acceptance to compliance, scalable across parties.
Programme management and governance in financial services, insurance and healthcare.
Step in → steer → secure.
Three phases, each with a checkpoint and a deliverable. No open ended commitment, no "let's do another quarter" without a reason, but an extension option when the assignment calls for it.
Intake & scope
Goals, scope, governance team, stakeholder interviews. What are the real deadlines, who is at the table, where do the use cases stand now?
→ scope document + go/no-goBuild & steer
Hands-on portfolio, programme or governance steering. KPIs weekly, steering group monthly. Carrying decisions, not just preparing them.
→ working programme + measurement planHandover & embedding
Documentation, dashboard, onboarding of the successor. The knowledge stays in-house, the organisation can carry on independently, even when I'm no longer around next month.
→ embedding playbookShort lines. No agency in between.
On a freelance basis, directly contractable. One spot available in Q2/Q3 2026, ideal match: organisations that can start within 1 to 2 weeks and genuinely want to get the programme running.
What fits, and what doesn't.
An honest pre-selection saves everyone time. A short list we test against your situation in an exploratory call.
- Good fit — interim portfolio, programme or governance role with a direct steering mandate.
- Good fit — a regulated or compliance-sensitive environment where enterprise discipline is wanted.
- Good fit — organisations that want to see working automation alongside strategy.
- Less of a fit — a pure-play developer role or a generic project PMO with no AI component.
- Less of a fit — a research assignment without an execution mandate (FlowBaas is not an advisory firm).
What's on the table at the end?
An interim who hasn't only "advised". Four deliverables that the steering group and, when it matters, the regulator can review.
Living AI register
Owner, purpose, data type, supplier, risk class per system. Mapped out in two weeks, no more loose spreadsheets.
AI roadmap with phasing
Use cases ranked by value × risk × feasibility. Re-prioritised each quarter; no year-long fixed plan that's outdated after three months.
EU AI Act readiness report
Self-assessment, gap analysis, an owner per obligation. Ready for review by the board or the regulator.
KPI dashboard & reporting cadence
Monthly steering-group input with numbers that hold up, not a slide deck that only holds up on slide 7.
An honest 30-minute conversation.
We look at where you stand, which deadlines are coming at you and whether an interim AI Implementation Manager, or a smaller slice of that, is right for you. If it isn't a fit, we'll say so honestly and help you think about who is.