Digital Transformation & AI Project Lead

Magna International Limited; Lannach; Hybrid; EUR 46,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-Life Balance

Bonus and profit sharing

Health offerings

Training and development

International collaboration

Job summary

Magna Powertrain is seeking a driven IT leader to drive digitalization and AI initiatives across the global organization. You will guide IT projects end-to-end, from scoping to rollout and handover, coordinating business owners, architects and partners across plants and central functions. You will manage timelines, budgets and risks, while shaping the digital strategy with Business Project Managers.

Occasional regional and international travel (approx. 5-10%) is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with agile, hybrid and/or traditional project-management approaches.
• Practical experience with Jira/Confluence and certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2 or ITIL are an advantage.
• Working understanding of AI/ML, digital twins, smart factory, data analytics, cloud and enterprise integration.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant professional experience including responsibility for complex IT, digitalization, data, AI or enterprise‑software projects.
• Strong communication skills in German and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of digitalization and AI projects, from initial scoping and requirements alignment through planning, implementation, rollout, stabilization and operational handover.
• Translate business needs into actionable IT project scope, requirements and solution documents together with Business Owners, key users, architects and technical experts.
• Manage IT project planning, timelines, budgets, quality, risks, dependencies, resources and suppliers, and align stakeholders across plants, engineering locations and central functions.
• Work closely with the Business Project Manager and Business Owner on priorities, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate and manage external suppliers and implementation partners.
• Coordinate technical implementation activities, pilot executions, productive deployments and multi-site rollouts.
• Support Magna Powertrain’s Digitalization & AI strategy.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of our IT project delivery practices and support a collaborative digital mindset across the organization.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Travel readiness

Education

Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Innovation Management / Computer Science / Informatics

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Magna Powertrain is seeking a driven IT leader to drive digitalization and AI initiatives across the global organization. You will guide IT projects end-to-end, from scoping to rollout and handover, coordinating business owners, architects and partners across plants and central functions. You will manage timelines, budgets and risks, while shaping the digital strategy with Business Project Managers.

Occasional regional and international travel (approx. 5-10%) is required.