Senior AI Lead

Antaes Consulting; Genf; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Antaes is seeking a Senior AI Lead – Engineering & Digital Transformation to shape the company-wide AI vision and drive its adoption across engineering, certification, quality and operations. You will work with senior management to translate business objectives into investment roadmaps.

You will establish governance for safe AI adoption, define reference architectures, coach teams, and run pilots to measure ROI before scaling, while ensuring compliance and traceability.

Qualifications

• You have at least 10 years of experience in software engineering, digital transformation, enterprise architecture, data or AI.
• Proven track record leading AI initiatives or enterprise-wide technology adoption programmes.
• Understanding of LLMs, RAG, agentic systems and enterprise AI platforms, plus cybersecurity, data governance, privacy and IP.
• Ability to define enterprise architectures and discuss strategy to technical design.
• Familiar with configuration management, lifecycle traceability and certification-oriented engineering; familiar with GitHub, Jira, CI/CD.
• Experience in ATM, aerospace, defence or safety-critical industries with standards like ED-153, ED-109A, ED-215, ED-205A or DO-178C is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Defining and maintaining the company-wide AI vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Establishing governance framework for safe, secure and compliant AI adoption and monitoring regulatory developments.
• Identifying and prioritising AI investment opportunities across engineering, certification, quality, operations and support.
• Benchmarking LLMs, agentic systems and AI platforms, defining selection criteria and supporting procurement decisions.
• Defining the AI reference architecture and integrating AI capabilities into the engineering toolchain while preserving traceability and configuration management.
• Defining best practices for AI-assisted activities, from requirements, software development and V&V to bid preparation and personal productivity.
• Coordinating pilots and proofs of concept, measuring benefits, risks and ROI before scaling.
• Supporting AI adoption across the company through coaching, workshops and awareness activities.

Skills

AI strategy

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

LLMs & AI

Data governance

Cybersecurity

Stakeholder influence

Git & CI/CD

Tools

GitHub

Jira

CI/CD

Documentation-as-code

Job description

Position: Senior AI Lead – Engineering & Digital Transformation

Location: Geneva

Activity rate: 100%

Start date: As soon as possible

Languages: Fluent English required, French strongly preferred, German a plus

Your main responsibilities:

You will be responsible for:

• Defining and maintaining the company-wide AI vision, strategy and roadmap, and acting as trusted advisor to senior management.
• Establishing the governance framework for a safe, secure and compliant adoption of AI, and monitoring AI regulatory developments.
• Identifying and prioritising AI investment opportunities across engineering, certification, quality, operations and support.
• Benchmarking LLMs, agentic systems and AI platforms, defining selection criteria and supporting procurement decisions.
• Defining the AI reference architecture and integrating AI capabilities into the engineering toolchain while preserving traceability and configuration management.
• Defining best practices for AI-assisted activities, from requirements, software development and V&V to bid preparation and personal productivity.
• Coordinating pilots and proofs of concept, measuring benefits, risks and return on investment before scaling.
• Supporting AI adoption across the company through coaching, workshops and awareness activities.

Required skills:

• You have at least 10 years of experience in software engineering, digital transformation, enterprise architecture, data or AI.
• You have a proven track record leading AI initiatives or enterprise-wide technology adoption programmes, and translating business objectives into investment roadmaps.
• You understand the strengths and limitations of LLMs, RAG, agentic systems and enterprise AI platforms, as well as related cybersecurity, data governance, privacy and IP considerations.
• You can define enterprise architectures and discuss topics ranging from executive strategy to detailed technical design.
• You are familiar with configuration management, change control, lifecycle traceability and certification-oriented engineering, and with GitHub, Jira, CI/CD and documentation-as-code.
• Experience in ATM, aerospace, defence or other safety-critical industries, and with standards such as ED-153, ED-109A, ED-215, ED-205A or DO-178C, is a strong advantage.

Your profile:

• You combine autonomy and rigour with a collaborative, service-oriented approach, and can challenge constructively.
• You communicate complex engineering and compliance topics clearly and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• You balance short-term business value with long-term architectural sustainability.

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.