Director of Applied AI
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Director of Applied AI
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.
Job summary: We're looking for a technical enterprise operator who can improve how work gets done and translate that into measurable business results.
What this role is accountable for
- Prioritize workflows based on business value, feasibility, and adoption potential
- Work with business stakeholders to map priority workflows end-to-end, diagnose where performance breaks down, identify what needs to improve, and determine where AI can add value
- Make build, buy, or partner decisions based on strong knowledge of the AI tool landscape
- Lead the development and deployment of solutions into real workflows and systems
- Define baselines, targets, and metrics tied to business outcomes
- Build internal capability so teams can work with AI effectively and responsibly through hackathons, training, and practical guidance.
Ideal profile
- A technical enterprise operator who can translate AI capability into measurable business results
- Combines strategic thinking with strong program leadership and execution
- Experienced in redesigning end-to-end workflows and embedding AI
- Strong judgment on where AI can improve workflow performance and business outcomes
- Fluent in the current AI tooling landscape and able to guide build vs buy decisions
- Understands enterprise architecture and application stacks well enough to design and deploy workflow solutions
- Track record of deploying production solutions in enterprise environments
- Strong understanding of tooling, integration, governance, and adoption
- Can teach, influence, and build capability across teams
- Communicates clearly with senior leadership and works effectively across functions
What success looks like
- Key workflows are redesigned and measurably better (improvements in speed, quality, margin)
- AI is embedded where it improves business performance
- Teams across functions are increasingly able to build with AI directly in their own work
- Clear adoption, governance, and impact metrics are in place
What we offer
At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we care about our employees as much as we care about the planet. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is not just an employer, we are a Team. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] does not just offer people a job, we offer you a career. By joining our team, you will find strong purpose and deep meaning in everything you do. You will have the chance to make a real difference for our clients and for the planet, working alongside a passionate team of like-minded colleagues, while building your knowledge/skills and developing your career in a fun, dynamic, international and fast-growing organisation.
What makes us unique
At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we are first and foremost a purpose-driven Company. People join us because they believe in our mission and want to be part of a community that fights together for our shared values and beliefs.
About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
Our story began in Zurich, with 5 friends in 2002. They had a belief and a vision to shape and change the future of the world through climate empowerment, education and projects with their non-profit organisation; MyClimate. These 'social entrepreneurs' went on to pioneer climate change with the introduction of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] in 2006. More than 20 years on, with the support of some of the most passionate and talented entrepreneurs around them, who are empowered to all play their part and with their founding belief in aligning purpose with passion, people and profit, they have created [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], an organisation that has gone onto positively impact the lives of over 20 million people across the world through its projects, saving over 20,000 km2 of forests from deforestation.
Department: Corporate Services
Locations: London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Florence, Milan, North America, Flexible location in the US, Flexible location in Europe
Remote status: Hybrid