No he doesn't. He's here because he's the smartest and most important one working there and his farts smell like fresh lavender. The AI told him so.

I saw a headline where one of the big AI people said AI could do everything better than a human... Except make decisions. So the "executive" class is the only class that is "fine" by the logic.

I don't think they half the self awareness to realize they are in fact frequently pretty pointless even ignoring AI.