Senior AI Lead – Engineering & Digital Transformation
Location: Geneva
Activity Rate: 100%
Start Date: ASAP
Languages: Fluent English – French strongly preferred – German is a plus
Responsibilities
As part of a company-wide digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence adoption programme, you will be responsible for defining and driving the organisation’s AI strategy.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Define and drive the company-wide AI vision, strategy and roadmap.
- Establish an AI governance framework to ensure secure, controlled and compliant adoption of AI technologies.
- Identify, assess and prioritise high-value AI use cases and investment opportunities.
- Evaluate emerging technologies including LLMs, RAG, agentic systems and Enterprise AI platforms.
- Define the company’s AI reference architecture and ensure consistency across AI-enabled solutions.
- Establish best practices for AI-assisted activities across engineering, architecture, software development, verification & validation, documentation and project management.
- Support the selection of AI platforms, services and tools, as well as related investment decisions.
- Lead PoCs, pilot projects and innovation initiatives, and support their transition towards production and wider adoption.
- Define processes and KPIs to measure the benefits, risks and ROI of AI initiatives.
- Ensure that cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, intellectual property and compliance requirements are properly addressed.
- Support teams in adopting AI through workshops, coaching and awareness initiatives.
- Monitor technological and regulatory developments related to Artificial Intelligence.
- Act as a trusted AI advisor to senior management and to technical and business teams.
Profile
- At least 10 years of experience in Software Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Data & AI, Digital Transformation or a related field.
- Proven experience leading AI initiatives, digital transformation programmes or enterprise-wide technology adoption programmes.
- Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, including LLMs, RAG, agentic systems and Enterprise AI platforms.
- Ability to translate business objectives into technology strategies, target architectures and investment roadmaps.
- Proven experience evaluating and selecting technologies and platforms based on technical, business and operational criteria.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture and integrated technology landscapes.
- Good understanding of cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, intellectual property and compliance considerations related to AI.
- Experience managing PoCs, innovation portfolios and technology investment decisions.
- Knowledge of modern engineering environments and tools such as GitHub, Jira, CI/CD, documentation-as-code and artifact repositories.
- Good understanding of configuration management, change control, lifecycle traceability, verification and certification practices.
- Experience within aerospace, transportation, defence or another safety-critical / highly regulated industry would be a significant advantage.
- Knowledge of standards such as ED-153, ED-109A, ED-215, ED-205A, DO-178C or comparable frameworks would be a strong asset.
- Ability to operate effectively with both senior management and highly technical engineering teams.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with a rigorous, autonomous and collaborative approach.
Founded in 2007, Antaes is a Swiss management and technology consulting firm and one of Switzerland’s leading consulting companies. Today, more than 320 experienced engineers and consultants share our passion for delivering high-quality solutions to our clients.
With offices in Switzerland, Singapore and France, we support both Swiss and international clients across three main areas:
- Organization and Transformation Consulting
- Information Systems Management
By joining Antaes, you will become part of:
- A dynamic and entrepreneurial team
- A people-oriented environment with personalized career support and development opportunities
- Challenging projects that will help you grow your expertise and expand your professional network
- Regular company events, including team-building activities, meet-ups, workshops and our annual Summer Event
- A company certified @HappyAtWork and committed to a strong CSR strategy, recognized with an EcoVadis Gold Medal in 2025
We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest in Antaes. Please note that only candidates selected for the next stage of the recruitment process will be contacted.
For readability purposes, where gendered wording is used, it is intended to be inclusive of all gender identities.