As Associate Director AI – Transformation & Enablement (m/f/d), you are the central driving force behind our AI strategy.
Your Responsibilities
- Develop and own the company-wide AI roadmap — from vision to execution
- Enable teams and leaders to truly use AI tools and processes — not just know about them
- Identify, prioritize, and drive concrete AI initiatives across the entire value chain (asset management, transactions, research, operations, corporate activities)
- Foster a culture in which AI is seen and used as a tool by everyone — not as a threat
- Report directly to executive leadership and act as a trusted advisor at eye level
- Support and further develop the AI Champions network by providing structure, coordination, and guidance
- Ensure that AI initiatives are implemented in line with internal governance, security, data protection, and regulatory requirements, in close collaboration with IT and compliance functions
- Continuously scan the organization for new AI opportunities, emerging needs, and scalability potential, ensuring momentum beyond initial rollout phases
What We Look For
- Excellent academic background in business, economics, (business) informatics, engineering, or a comparable discipline
- Proven experience in implementing and scaling AI within organizations
- Deep understanding of LLMs, automation, data, and AI infrastructure
- Ideally, knowledge of the real assets industry (real estate, infrastructure, private equity, or similar)
- Hands‑on mindset: you can prompt, test, iterate — and enable others to do the same
- Strong leadership skills and C-level communication capability
- Entrepreneurial mindset — you prefer building rather than managing
- Business‑fluent in German and English
What We Offer
- A strategically important role with direct exposure to senior leadership and tangible impact on key business decisions
- High visibility and close collaboration with top management, enabling accelerated learning and professional development
- Significant ownership of high-priority topics, shaping initiatives that drive business performance and transformation
- Flexible working model: hybrid set‑up with an average of two mobile working days per week
- Individual development: extensive training and development opportunities via the PATRIZIA Academy, complemented by continuous on-the-job learning and exposure to complex, high-impact topics
- An inclusive, equal‑opportunity workplace within an international company, actively promoted by our ED&I Council
- Attractive benefits: including JobRad leasing, childcare subsidies, and a monthly ShoppingCard allowance
- Time for social engagement: two additional days of paid leave, e.g. for projects of the PATRIZIA Foundation
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
