About us
The appliedAI Initiative elevates Europe’s industry to become shapers in the age of AI, creating a future that we desire to live in. Through our ecosystem of strong partners, comprehensive programs, services and solutions we advance companies holistically on their AI journey. With our uniquely diverse, interdisciplinary, and driven team, we build on deep technical expertise while specializing on applicability of the solutions. We share a mindset of collaboration and openness with our ecosystem of leading companies and tech players. Our common goal is to strengthen the European landscape, jointly creating unique knowledge for applying trustworthy AI.
Your mission
As an AI Program Manager you operate at the interface of business and technology and work backwards from customer challenges to plan and deliver game-changing AI Programs. You are passionate about applying AI in a real world setting and tackling the manifold challenges that come along. As an AI Program Manager you will work closely with our AI Engineering teams and AI Strategists as well as a diverse ecosystem of external partners to realize AI value for customers. You don’t accept AI for the sake of AI but only as an application to improve the status quo across organizations.
* You focus on strategically working together with our partners & customers across industries to enhance their business and operational outcomes by helping them to reach their ambitious AI goals through a systematic AI acceleration approach
* Responsibility for scoping customer AI programs based on their specific needs and leading the execution as a program manager
* Insisting on the highest standards for customer workshops, you build deep and trustworthy relationships with customers and identify additional AI opportunities to get customers to the next AI maturity level
* Bridging the gap between our partners’ needs and the appliedAI assets, individual solutions engineering, as well as external resources
* Taking a leading role in designing next-generation AI architectures for customers, leveraging advancements in AI technologies like AI agents to drive customer value.
Your profile
* You combine strategic project management with a strong technical background in AI.
* Several years of experience as a Management Consultant, AI Engineer, (Technical) Product Manager, or comparable and have an academic background in Data Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics or similar
* Excellent technical, analytical and problem-solving skills and paired with strong presence and communication skills
* Experience in designing and implementing scalable IT architectures, with a strong focus on integrating advanced AI capabilities
* You enjoy developing your existing business and AI skills in order to make significant contributions to impactful business decisions
* Ambition to look beyond the technology and ability to translate the impact of AI to senior customer stakeholders in their own language (“Why & How”)
* You work best in a high-performing team and have the drive & willingness to learn new things and to continuously improve yourself and appliedAI
* Fluent English and German is required
* Depending on individual skills, relevant experience and seniority, this role can be either Senior or Principal AI Program Manager
What we offer
A highly qualified and motivated team of ~80 people on a journey to change the rapidly evolving European AI Landscape.
Flexibility to choose / switch between our amazing office space in the House of Communication in Munich, IPAI in Heilbronn and work from home options.
* Opportunity to shape a variety of projects and the development of new, original content based on the latest developments in AI and its adoption in businesses
* An atmosphere that encourages to think and experiment in new ways with software, hardware, and processes
* Hottest topics of the next decade and freedom and trust to initiate own activities
* A highly visible initiative that helps you build a large and high-level network of start-ups, partners, and tech companies
* Sports membership with Wellpass to access thousands of sports facilities all over Germany (and beyond)
* JobRad leasing option
* You can take a sabbatical of up to 3 months after 3 years of employment - because sometimes 30 vacation days are not enough to explore the beauty of this world.
Contact
Lucas Fernandes - Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
appliedAI Initiative GmbH, August-Everding-Str. 25, 81671 München
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