Chris Paterson new role with Scottish Rugby includes ambassadorial and coaching responsibilities.
Scotland's joint cap and points record holder ended his 13-year professional career in style at Murrayfield on Saturday contributing a try in his final outing for Edinburgh Rugby.
On Tuesday it was confirmed 34-year-old Paterson's inspirational qualities will remain on tap to Scottish Rugby in a new off-field role.
Scottish Rugby's director of communications and public affairs, Dominic McKay, said: "Chris Paterson's years of service to Scottish Rugby as an all-time great player have come to an end but now there is an opportunity to forge a new and exciting career and enable future generations to benefit from his unparalleled experience.
"One of the reasons Mossy has inspired so many people, is because of his personality.
"Whether in the boardroom or the changing room, the shopping centre or the classroom, Chris is recognised as the embodiment of all that is good about our sport and our country and having discussed with him his career beyond rugby we wanted to expand the concept of 'ambassador' which we have used at specific events and bring it to all the facets of Scottish Rugby.
"Chris will play an important role in promoting the many positive values that rugby offers and through his wealth of experiences both on and off the park he will assist in inspiring the rugby players of the future."
On the coaching side, Graham Lowe, Scottish Rugby's high performance director, said: "We are taking up the opportunity of exploring how best we can help Chris's transition from player to coach.
"We know from, for example, speaking to young players within the Edinburgh set-up the extent of the influence that Chris has and his ability to articulate the knowledge and skills he has acquired throughout his career is already evident.
"Chris has a teaching background, having studied PE before he became a professional player, and we've already seen his ability to mentor players - Tom Brown through the Winning Scotland Foundation initiative - and I firmly believe we can develop Chris as a specialist coach and, in turn, infuse our best young talent with the best practice and work ethic which made Chris the player he was."
Paterson will come under the wing of Duncan Hodge, his former team-mate with Edinburgh and Scotland.
Hodge now has a full-time role as national team kicking coach - which extends to working with players in the pro-teams and with age-grade squads.
Paterson's transition from seasoned player to learning the skills of a specialist coach begins this weekend when, courtesy of the support of the Macphail Scholarship, he will fly to New Zealand on a fact-finding mission to Canterbury Crusaders.
Kenneth Ferguson, director of the Robertson Scholarship Trust, said: "The Macphail scholarship was started in 2004 as a means of assisting in the development of some of our best young playing talent by testing them in the intense environment of New Zealand rugby.
"In the last few years we have extended this concept by also supporting coaches in their development and we are absolutely delighted to be able to further Chris's desire to transition from playing to coaching."
Paterson, who won 109 caps for Scotland between 1999 and 2011, and who scored a record-breaking 809 points during that time, said: "I'm delighted to take on this new role and can't wait to get my teeth into it.
"I'm really excited about going to New Zealand and looking to get lots from it. The first really obvious thing would be what it's like to approach games as a coach and not a player.
"I'm interested in learning about planning, long-term and short-term and how flexible the long term plans are depending on how the season differs to what you'd planned for."
