AI Development and Deployment Manager v Česko

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The AI Development and Deployment Manager will lead the identification, development, deployment, and adoption of AI solutions across Global Financial Shared Services (GFSS). This role is responsible for building the AI use case pipeline, facilitating workshops and brainstorming sessions, managing proofs-of-concept, pilots, and full implementations, and ensuring successful transition from experimentation to sustained business usage. The position serves as a key liaison between GFSS, internal business partners, the AI Center of Excellence, IT teams, and external providers to align AI initiatives with operational priorities, data readiness, governance requirements, and measurable business outcomes.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promote AI adoption within GFSS by conducting hands-on workshops and training programs that help GFSS Services teams progress from initial experimentation to sustained, productive usage.
• Identify potential AI use cases through process flow reviews, brainstorming sessions, and collaboration with GFSS teams and related internal partners.
• Create, maintain, and periodically update an AI use case funnel with new ideas and opportunities.
• Manage GFSS AI projects from initiation through stabilization, including planning, coordination, execution, and rollout of new AI initiatives. Serve as a key bridge between technical teams and GFSS, identifying potential technical roadblocks, establishing contingency strategies, and ensuring stability during transitions.
• Organize and support the assessment of AI options within third-party software and manage implementation of selected AI capabilities.
• Propose and implement appropriate guardrails and audit logs for AI use cases.
• Structure and lead proofs-of-concept (POCs) and pilots, aligning AI capabilities with specific business outcomes and operational constraints.
• Prepare GFSS teams for current and future AI applications.
• Lead change and communication management for GFSS and internal and external customers to support effective rollout of AI implementations.
• Liaise with the AI Center of Excellence and IT teams to align solution requirements, technical feasibility, governance expectations, and delivery plans.
• Promote and monitor benefit realization from AI initiatives by tracking expected outcomes, adoption levels, efficiency gains, and other agreed performance measures.
• Coordinate data readiness activities for AI use cases, including identification of required data, validation of availability and quality, and alignment with privacy, security, and governance requirements.
• Ensure AI projects align with Ingersoll Rand AI governance policy, including responsible AI practices, required approvals, risk controls, auditability, and ongoing compliance expectations.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant AI, automation, data, or project management certification preferred.
• 5+ years of experience leading technology-enabled transformation, automation, digital, AI, analytics, or process improvement initiatives in a global business services, shared services, finance operations, or enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of AI concepts, including generative AI, large language models, prompt engineering, AI agents, workflow automation, data readiness, model limitations, and responsible AI practices.
• Proven ability to identify, assess, prioritize, and manage AI use cases from ideation through proof-of-concept, pilot, implementation, stabilization, and benefit realization.
• Demonstrated project management capability, including planning, milestone tracking, stakeholder coordination, risk mitigation, issue resolution, and delivery across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical AI solution concepts and communicate effectively with technical teams, business leaders, end users, IT, vendors, and governance stakeholders.
• Experience supporting change management, communications, training, user adoption, and operational readiness for new technology deployments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process-mapping skills, with the ability to evaluate data quality, process suitability, risks, controls, and measurable business value.
• Knowledge of governance, auditability, access controls, data privacy, security, and compliance considerations related to AI or automation solutions.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to lead workshops, align diverse stakeholders, and drive adoption across global teams.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Motivating salary and annual bonuses
• Equity grant (company shares)
• Meal vouchers
• Flexipass vouchers 750 CZK or Multisport Card for free
• 5 weeks of holiday, sick days, volunteering day
• Celebrate your birthday (day off)
• Flexible working hours
• Up to 50% of HO after the probation period
• Contribution to language/professional courses 6000 CZK
• Contribution to pension and life insurance
• Mobile service employee program
• Pleasant and modern working environment close to the city center
• Refreshments at the workplace for free
• Employee assistance program
• LinkedIn Learning free access