AI & Data Platform Lead (m/w/d)

One Thousand; Kreis Stabio; Hybrid; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work model

Direct access to leadership

Growth & learning budget

Zusammenfassung

Montanstahl SA in Ticino, Switzerland seeks a senior AI and data architect to own the enterprise data foundation, integrate ERP and cloud services, and drive governance. You will report to C-level and collaborate with IT, ERP specialists, and external partners to deliver high-value AI initiatives.

The role demands hands-on leadership, security-first design, and strong communication across technical and business stakeholders. Hybrid work is offered in Ticino near Lake Lugano.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in enterprise applications architecture, integration or related technical role.
• Strong REST APIs, ETL/ELT, orchestration, monitoring and error handling experience.
• Experience designing, building or operating a data platform in production.
• Solid data governance: quality, ownership, classification, lineage, retention, access, DLP.
• Built LLM apps with real users including retrieval, agentic workflows and evaluation.
• Ability to weigh value vs. feasibility, security, data protection and maintainability.
• Clear communication of complex concepts to technical and business stakeholders.
• Working with high autonomy across departments and partners.
• Fluent Italian and English working proficiency.

Aufgaben

• Define architecture and standards; build AI solutions with IT, ERP and partners.
• Lead secure system integration across ERP, legacy apps, M365 and cloud via APIs/ETL/ELT.
• Drive data governance: quality, ownership, cataloguing, lineage and access control.
• Own AI initiative portfolio end-to-end from prototype to production.
• Serve as technical reference for LLMs (OpenAI, Claude) and manage access.
• Evaluate new AI/data tools for value, feasibility, security and compliance.
• Guide development standards and collaborate with internal teams and external partners.

Kenntnisse

Enterprise architecture

APIs & data integration

Data platform

Data governance

GenAI shipping

Technology risk

Cross-functional communication

Autonomy

Italian & English

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure AI Foundry

M365

SharePoint Online

Power Platform

OpenAI

Anthropic

Jobbeschreibung

One Thousand for Montanstahl SA Stabio, Ticino, Switzerland (Hybrid)

Lake Lugano on your doorstep, the Alps at your back, Milan under an hour away: welcome to an office most people only see on their summer holidays. We're looking for someone who'd rather build the plumbing than talk about it. For one of our clients.

At One Thousand, we create AI breakthroughs with our clients: fast, hands-on, without the hype. Here, we're recruiting for our breakthrough client Montanstahl SA, a leading manufacturer of customized steel profiles headquartered in Stabio (Ticino) and part of an international industrial group with operations across Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the US.

Montanstahl is going all-in on AI: a company-wide rollout is already underway, and a portfolio of AI initiatives is taking shape across every department. They're now creating a senior role to own the technical foundation behind it, and we're recruiting on their behalf.

What the role is about

This is a hands-on role. You define the architecture and standards, while building AI solutions yourself, working closely with IT, developers, ERP specialists, business process owners and external partners. You report directly into the C-level suite.

• You will evolve the architecture connecting enterprise data, applications, analytics and AI services.
• You will lead secure system integration across ERP, legacy apps, Microsoft 365 and cloud, via APIs and ETL/ELT.
• You will drive data governance: quality, ownership, classification, cataloguing, lineage, retention and access control.
• You will own the AI initiative portfolio end to end: scoping, prioritizing and delivering initiatives with measurable value, from prototype to production.
• You will be the technical reference for approved LLMs (OpenAI, Claude), enabling use cases, training users and managing access.
• You will make the calls on new AI and data tools: value, feasibility, security, data protection, compliance.
• You will define architecture principles and development standards, guide the technical team, and support collaboration with internal teams and external partners.

Immediate priorities

• Information migration & governance: Lead the migration from on-premises file servers to SharePoint Online, covering architecture, ownership, permissions, retention, governance and DLP.
• Applied AI solutions: Deliver focused AI projects with real operational value, for example extracting data from supplier quality certificates into the ERP via APIs.
• Responsible AI adoption: Support departments in adopting approved AI tools, turning experimentation into repeatable, governed processes.
• AI-ready data platform: Evaluate, and if appropriate implement, a governed data platform (such as a data lake) for reliable, secure, traceable data.

What you bring

• Building enterprise architecture: You have 5+ years in enterprise applications architecture, integration or a related technical role.
• Owning APIs & data integration: You know REST APIs, ETL/ELT, orchestration, monitoring and error handling inside out.
• Running a data platform: You've designed, built or operated one in production, not just read about it.
• Practicing real data governance: Quality, ownership, classification, cataloguing, lineage, retention, access, DLP.
• Shipping practical GenAI: You've built LLM apps with real users, covering retrieval, agentic workflows, structured extraction and evaluation.
• Judging technology & risk: You weigh value against feasibility, security, data protection and maintainability.
• Communicating across audiences: You can explain complex concepts clearly to technical and business stakeholders alike.
• Working with high autonomy: You lead initiatives across departments, internal teams and external partners.
• Speaking Italian and English: Good working proficiency in both.

Nice to have: Microsoft ecosystem experience (Fabric, Azure AI Foundry, M365, SharePoint Online, Power Platform), hands-on work with OpenAI & Anthropic platforms, and a background in industrial or manufacturing environments with ERP/MES systems.

How the role works

• AI-native approach: You use AI tools effectively and keep finding ways they improve your own work.
• Hands-on leadership: You set direction and turn it into working solutions, lifting others along the way.
• Pragmatic solving: Solutions that deliver measurable value and stay maintainable.
• User orientation: You translate business needs into clear technical solutions.
• Security by design: Security, data protection, governance and risk are part of every initiative.
• Ownership & collaboration: Responsibility for outcomes, and clear work across teams and partners.

What Montanstahl offers

• High-Impact Role: Shape the AI, data and integration architecture.
• Established Environment: Experienced IT, developers and ERP specialists.
• Growth & Learning: Time and budget for the latest AI tooling.
• Direct Access to Leadership: A C-level reporting line and short decision paths.
• Work-Life Balance: A hybrid, flexible working model.
• Work Where Others Vacation: Based in Ticino on the Swiss-Italian border, minutes from Lake Lugano, with Milan under an hour away.

This search is run by One Thousand on behalf of Montanstahl SA. You'd be joining Montanstahl's team directly, not ours.

Sounds like a "wow" opportunity? We can't wait to hear from you.