Director (m/f/x) AI Delivery & Teams, Professional Services München (81671) München (81671)

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 Director (m/f/x) AI Delivery & Teams you own how we deliver our AI consulting and engineering projects for clients, and how the people behind them grow. You lead a team of experienced leaders and the teams behind them, reporting directly to our Managing Director, Andreas Liebl. This is a newly created role and you will lead the area as an equal to our Director AI Solutions & Portfolio.

Please note: For this role, you can work from either of our offices, in Munich (House of Communication) or Heilbronn (IPAI Spaces), whichever suits you better. Both locations offer the same role and the same hybrid setup.

Your tasks

• Deciding who works on what, from the staffing rules to each individual project, balancing client needs, utilization and people's development, and co-signing every project before we commit to a client
• Being a client partner for a set of strategic accounts and stepping in when engagements get difficult, steering escalations with client leadership as a trusted role model
• Defining what great project work looks like at appliedAI: the methods, quality standards and review rituals that make our delivery robust, repeatable and better with every iteration
• Serving as line manager for the heads in appliedAI Delivery and turning them into a leadership team that sets clear priorities, decides fast and follows through
• Guiding our engineers and strategists through the biggest shift in how they work: less hands-on coding, more time with clients and new roles alongside AI agents, while bringing everyone along with clarity and confidence
• Designing team structures and ways of working that bring consultants, engineers and very different personalities together, so that projects get into a mode of flow
• Turning appliedAI's career paths and levels into real growth for individuals and teams in Professional Services, and deciding on promotions and salary development together with our People Partners

Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Substantial consulting experience leading AI, data or software engineering projects for clients end to end, from scoping to go-live; a hands-on engineering or technical delivery background is a strong plus
• Extensive leadership experience, including managing managers and leading mixed teams of consultants, engineers and other specialists across very different projects
• A track record of shaping how projects are organized: you have built team structures, methods or staffing models that made delivery work better
• A strong feel for people: you win others over, communicate clearly and bring very different personalities along through change
• Composure under pressure: you stay calm when things get intense and give your teams stability and direction
• A solid understanding of how a consulting business works, from client needs to utilization and margin, and a strong interest in how AI agents are changing consulting and engineering work
• Excellent communication skills in English and German
• A highly qualified and motivated team of ~90 people is on a journey to change the rapidly evolving European AI Landscape

Benefits

• 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
• A highly visible initiative that helps you build a large and high-level network of management level in corporates, SMEs, start-ups, partners, and tech companies
• A flexible development budget that's yours to shape - invest it in training, certifications, conferences, or new challenges, however you want to grow
• Sports membership with Wellpass to access thousands of sports facilities all over Germany (and beyond), as well as online courses
• JobRad: Lease a bike for a cheaper rate via JobRad and we cover the bike insurance on top
• Sabbatical option: You can take a sabbatical of up to 3 months after min. 3 years of employment - because sometimes 30 vacation days are not enough to explore the beauty of this world
• PME Familienservice: A 24/7 support for a successful work & life in any life situation. Benefit from free support in areas like life coaching, child care and many other options
• Mobility budget: Every month we contribute to your individual mobility usage with public transport or shared mobility offers within the app Moovster
• Workation: Work from anywhere for up to 3 months per year - combining working at a nice place and spending your leisure time in the evening like vacation