AI Project Manager

Faktion; Antwerpen; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Company car and fuel card or mobility budget

Comprehensive hospitalization and group insurance

Top-tier laptop and smartphone

Innovation budget for engaging projects

Team-building activities and gatherings

Flexible hybrid working policy

Résumé du poste

A leading AI solutions company in Antwerp is seeking an experienced A.I. Project Manager to lead projects aligning with client needs. You will collaborate with machine learning experts and manage resources effectively, ensuring successful project delivery. The ideal candidate boasts over 5 years of experience in IT project management, proficiency in agile methodologies, and the capability to guide data science teams towards innovative AI solutions. This role offers a competitive salary and flexible working options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management in IT, with a strong track record in managing data- or IT-projects.
• Ability to understand and clarify client requirements.
• Experience with agile project management methodologies and tools.
• You can provide references for defining, creating, and implementing AI and ML solutions.

Responsabilités

• Identify requirements with clients and stakeholders using ideation techniques.
• Translate client requirements into tangible goals for the technical team.
• Check deliverables and follow up on resource planning and timelines.
• Create project documentation and facilitate post-project meetings.
• Coach squad members on projects and ensure quality of delivery.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Project management in IT

Agile methodologies

Understanding of AI concepts

Client requirement understanding

Leadership and accountability

Formation

Master’s degree or equivalent experience

Outils

AWS

Azure

Python

R

JavaScript

Spark

Scala

Java

C++

Description du poste

Overview

Join Faktion, a leader in designing and developing enterprise-level AI solutions across various sectors. In the role of A.I. Project Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring project objectives are meticulously aligned with our clients' desires and requirements, while efficiently managing resources, timelines, and various project needs. You'll be at the forefront, collaborating with a team of exceptional machine learning experts to bring forth groundbreaking AI innovations. Your responsibilities include identifying and pursuing (advanced) analytics opportunities, overseeing their implementation, and ensuring their successful integration into production. You possess a keen ability to understand and interpret corporate needs, converting them into robust analytics solutions with a clear projection of ROI. Your critical eye evaluates business cases, implementation strategies, and project feasibility to provide our clients with unparalleled guidance in shaping their AI strategies. As a key player in the development process, you will guide our data (science) team, simplifying complex concepts into business-relevant insights. In addition, you\'ll co-lead a team of skilled data scientists, ensuring each project is executed with precision and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Identify requirements with clients and stakeholders using ideation and prioritization techniques (e.g. interviews, workshops, refinements)

• Translate client\'s requirements and preferences into tangible goals for the technical team

• Create task backlog and planning

• Check deliverables and follow up resource planning, timelines and budgets

• Set up and coordinate meetings with stakeholders and technical experts

• Safeguard user, technical, legal, ethical, security and other requirements

• Effectively pitch solutions, present results - adjust complex technical messaging to the audience at the customer

• Probe clients for other opportunities

• Flexibly interact with client\'s ways of working, agile tooling

• Create project documentation

• Facilitate post project meetings to establish project takeaways

• Coach squad members on projects and in their goals

• Ensure clear responsibilities and quality of delivery on projects

• You are a born communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills in native-English and/or native-Dutch (French is a plus)

• You can provide multiple references in which you played a role in defining, creating and implementing AI and ML solutions

• Master’s degree or similar required through relevant experience

• You know the data science lifecycle with its major challenges and can offer advice in this area

• You can explain most concepts and models from the world of AI such as deep learning, computer vision, churn modeling, etc.

• Min. 5 years of experience as a project manager in IT, strong track record in managing data- or IT-projects

• Experience with agile project management methodologies and tools

• Ability to understand and refine client requirements

• Ability to hold team members accountable for goals, and take responsibility for the work

• Ability to plan, schedule, coordinate, and organize an interdisciplinary team

• Flexible, curious, and willing to embrace change for the better.

Following experiences are a plus:

• Familiarity with data processing, machine learning is a strong plus

• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

• Having worked in corporate environments in similar positions

• Notions of the following languages: Python, R, JavaScript, Spark, Scala, Java or C++

• Familiar with basic cloud concepts and tools. Experience with AWS and Azure are considered a plus

• Experience in mentoring and leading multidisciplinary teams.

• Experience in one of our focus industries: Manufacturing, FSI, Healthcare

We offer:

• A rewarding salary package that includes additional perks like a company car and fuel card or a mobility budget, comprehensive hospitalization and group insurance, along with a top-tier laptop and smartphone.

• Benefit from a company culture that stimulates both individual and team development, fostering your professional growth.

• Utilize your innovation budget for engaging in exciting, educational, and challenging open-source projects within your guild.

• Participate in (virtual) team-building activities and gatherings, a great opportunity to unwind and engage with our vibrant team initiatives.

• A flexible hybrid working-policy to choose where, how, and when you want to work.