AI Manager (m/w/d) Heidelberg

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead projects using expertise in data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to develop innovative solutions for complex business problems, ensuring high client satisfaction.
• Define objectives, scope, timelines, and ensure successful outcomes.
• Break down intricate business challenges, devise effective solutions, and focus on client needs.
• Develop innovative solutions for complex business problems, prioritizing high client satisfaction.
• Bring innovative thinking and resourcefulness to achieve successful client outcomes.
• Utilize best practices and creativity to address challenges and deliver impactful solutions.
• Conduct market research, formulate perspectives, and communicate insights to clients and stakeholders.
• Establish strong client relationships, gaining insights into project requirements and challenges.
• Interact at appropriate levels to ensure client satisfaction and project success.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Provide regular updates and comprehensive reports to clients on project progress.
• Handle data sets of varying complexity, processing massive data streams in distributed computing environments.
• Implement batch and real-time model scoring for effective decision-making.
• Assemble large, complex data sets meeting functional and non-functional business requirements.
• Apply business acumen to analyze data, develop insightful reports, and solve problems.
• Perform ad hoc analyses based on evolving business needs.
• Participate in the analysis and resolution of issues related to information flow and data content.
• Collaborate with data stakeholders to address challenges and enhance data quality.
• Mentor junior data scientists, fostering professional growth within the team.
• Conduct training sessions to enhance overall data science skills within the organization.
Basic Qualifications:
• 8+ years of experience supporting data science projects in a consulting environment.
• 8+ year(s) of experience participating in projects that focused on one or more of the following areas:
• Predictive Analytics
• Data Design
• Statistics
• AI/ML
• ML Ops
• 3+ years of experience using Python and/or R to analyze disparate datasets.
• Good understanding of how to integrate major AI and GenAI providers offerings: OpenAI/ Azure OpenAI, AWS, Google, etc.
• Ability to travel at least 25%.
 
Preferred Skills:
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Demonstrates sound judgment with minimal support from practice executives through structured problem identification, mitigation, and resolution.
• Exhibits strong teamwork, consistently performing as a dependable team member with an excellent work ethic.
• Maintains a flexible "can-do" attitude and a commitment to success.
• Professional verbal and written communication.
• Undergraduate or Graduate degree preferred