Head (m/f/x) of Internal AI

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. We believe that AI Agents will be the dominant topic for AI in the near future and that appliedAI with its partner ecosystem will impact how this technology is being used in industry and beyond in Europe.

As the Head (m/f/x) of Internal AI, you will drive our commitment to transforming appliedAI into an AI-first company, serving as a role model for our customers and our own AI consulting practices. Your focus will be on developing innovative methods for creating agents and multi-agent systems, which will serve as the foundation for our services. 
In this role, you will closely collaborate with all appliedAI teams to understand their challenges in implementing and scaling AI solutions. You will establish a governance framework to ensure compliance with all legal requirements and manage the process of defining our company's AI strategy, steering the resulting internal roadmap. With your extensive expertise in Data and AI—especially in large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI—you will be recognized as a technology expert within appliedAI, as well as among our customers and partners. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage the internal AI use case portfolio
• Support appliedAI teams in developing and implementing automations, agents and multi-agent systems to optimize our collaboration and efficiency
• Select and maintain suitable AI tools and platforms to ensure effective application and integration into our internal workflows
• Ensure AI governance and compliance, including the creation and maintenance of policies as well as the selection and tracking of necessary qualifications
• Be responsible for the process of developing and implementing the AI strategy, defining clear goals and measures for internal application
• Work closely with the SME team to identify their use cases and collaborate with internal teams to pilot and evaluate them

• More than 10 years of professional background in implementing AI solutions, AI engineering or a related field, with proven references of implementation of AI products and solutions in corporate environments
• Excellent expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI techniques
• Ability and interest to holistically think about the impact of technology and Agentic AI in particular
• Experience in designing and implementing agentic systems using current Agent frameworks such as LangGraph, AutoGen,or crewAI
• Experience with platforms such as and Microsoft AI Foundry, as well as orchestration tools like LangChain, Divy, or similar technologies.
• Pragmatic customer centricity is your main driver for AI application and value creation
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and external partners
• Passion for continuous learning, innovation, and contributing to high-performing teams
• Experience in developing a governance framework to ensure compliance with all legal requirements
• Fluent English and German skills are required

• Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model: You can choose to work from our vibrant offices - either at the IPAI in Heilbronn or the House of Communication in Munich - while also enjoying the flexibility to work remotely a few days each week
• 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.

Lucas Fernandes - Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
appliedAI Initiative GmbH, August-Everding-Str. 25, 81671 München