Director of artificial intelligence

Director of AI | Enterprise AI Products & Agentic Solutions | Cologne/Bonn OR Berlin (Hybrid)

AI Futures Ltd has been exclusively retained to appoint a Director of AI for a leading global organisation.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining, building, and scaling a portfolio of AI-powered products, platforms, and agentic solutions across a complex enterprise environment. The mandate is to transform AI from isolated initiatives into enterprise products that deliver measurable business value, drive adoption, and create sustainable competitive advantage.

You will own the vision, strategy, roadmap, and operating model for enterprise AI products, ensuring that AI capabilities are translated into scalable solutions that improve productivity, enhance decision-making, and unlock new opportunities across the organisation.

Hybrid: 2 days per week onsite in Cologne/Bonn OR Berlin

Remuneration: Up to €300k total package

The Role

• Define and execute the enterprise AI product strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities
• Lead and scale the AI Competence Center as a product-driven organisation focused on delivering business outcomes
• Own the lifecycle of enterprise AI products, platforms, and agentic solutions from concept through adoption and optimisation
• Partner with executive stakeholders to identify, prioritise, and deliver high-impact AI use cases across business functions
• Drive the development of reusable AI capabilities, shared platforms, and productised AI services that accelerate enterprise-wide adoption
• Establish product operating models, success metrics, governance frameworks, and adoption strategies to maximise value creation
• Build and lead high-performing multidisciplinary teams spanning product, AI, engineering, data, and business domains
• Act as the executive sponsor for enterprise AI initiatives, ensuring alignment between business strategy, customer needs, and technology delivery

The Candidate

• 10+ years of leadership experience in AI, Product Management, Data, or Technology within large and complex organisations
• Proven track record of building, scaling, and commercialising AI-powered products, platforms, or digital capabilities
• Strong product leadership background with experience defining vision, strategy, roadmaps, and business cases
• Demonstrated success delivering measurable business outcomes through AI, automation, and digital innovation
• Deep understanding of AI/ML, GenAI, agentic systems, enterprise platforms, and modern product operating models
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence executive leadership and drive organisational change
• Language: English (additional languages a plus)

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