AI Lead

Omya Group; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ticket Restaurant

Flexible retribution (Kindergarten &…)

30 Labor Days of Holidays

Language Lessons

Medical Insurance (60% company-subsid)

Job summary

Omya is seeking an AI Lead to drive development and deployment of AI and advanced analytics use cases across the organization. You will prepare and curate data for AI workloads, ensure quality and governance of AI outputs, and collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to scale AI responsibly.

The role demands strong leadership, cross-functional communication, and a pragmatic approach to delivering business impact through AI in a manufacturing context.

Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise AI/analytics use cases at scale.
• Ability to translate AI concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of EU AI Act, privacy and compliance considerations.
• Cross-functional collaboration with data engineering, analytics, and business units.

Responsibilities

• Support development and deployment of AI and advanced analytics use cases.
• Prepare, validate, and curate data for AI workloads.
• Ensure quality, performance, and governance of AI outputs.
• Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams.
• Support responsible and scalable AI adoption.

Skills

LLM orchestration

MLOps

Prompt engineering

Azure AI Services

Feature engineering

Responsible AI

API integration

Data curation

LangChain

Semantic Kernel

Education

Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate

Azure AI Fundamentals

Databricks ML Professional

Generative AI for Business Leaders

Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate

Tools

Databricks Feature Store

MLflow

Azure ML

FastAPI

Azure API Management

Job description

## AI LeadApplylocations: Barcelonatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 30+ Days Agojob requisition id: JR017644## **Job main responsibilities:*** Support development and deployment of AI and advanced analytics use cases* Prepare, validate, and curate data for AI workloads* Ensure quality, performance, and governance of AI outputs* Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams* Support responsible and scalable AI adoption## **Technical Skills & Technology Landscape:*** Machine learning and advanced analytics concepts* Analytics-ready and AI-ready datasets* Model validation, monitoring, and performance tracking* Cloud-based analytics and AI platforms## **Qualifications and Skills:**1. Core Technical* LLM orchestration frameworks: LangChain, Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Foundry* MLOps practices: model versioning, deployment pipelines, monitoring (MLflow, Azure ML)* Prompt engineering: few-shot, chain-of-thought, structured output, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)* Azure AI Services: Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services, AI Search (vector and hybrid)* Feature engineering and ML pipeline development (Databricks Feature Store, MLflow)* Responsible AI: bias detection, explainability, AI governance frameworks* AI-ready data design: embedding generation, vector store management, data curation for AI* API integration: exposing AI capabilities as enterprise services (FastAPI, Azure API Management)2. Certifications* Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate — Preferred* Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals — Preferred* Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional — Preferred* Generative AI for Business Leaders (Microsoft / Coursera / DeepLearning.AI) - Strongly Preferred* Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate — Preferred3. Industry & Business Knowledge* Industrial AI use cases: predictive maintenance, quality control, demand sensing* SAP data context for AI inputs: finance forecasting, procurement analytics, production data* Responsible AI governance in a global manufacturing enterprise* Understanding of data privacy, AI regulation (EU AI Act), and compliance requirements* Business value framing: translating AI capabilities into operational impact4. Behavioral & Leadership* Innovation mindset balanced with pragmatic delivery* Ability to translate AI concepts for non-technical business audiences* Responsible AI advocacy — champions governance alongside capability* Hypothesis-driven experimentation: tests before scaling* Strong cross-domain collaboration with data engineering, analytics, and business units**What do we offer?*** **Hybrid Work Model**: Flexibility to work from home and in the office, according to the policy, helping you achieve a healthy work-life balance.* **Ticket Restaurant**: Enjoy a daily meal allowance to support your well-being.* **Flexible retribution**: Kindergarten & Transport* **30 Labor Days of Holidays**: Ample time off to relax and recharge.* **Language Lessons**: Access to language lessons to help you grow both personally and professionally.* **Medical Insurance**: 60% company-subsidized medical insurance for employees, with the option to extend coverage to family members at a highly competitive rate.* **Open and Modern Office Environment**: Work in a collaborative, innovative, and comfortable space designed for your success.### OmyaOmya is a leading global producer of industrial minerals and a worldwide distributor of specialty materials.Our company was founded 140 years ago and remains a privately-owned, independent company headquartered in Switzerland but with offices and plants in more than 50 countries.### Thinking of tomorrow. TogetherWhen you join Omya, you become part of a global team that uses its creativity, expertise and experience to make a difference to people's lives. Thinking of Tomorrow means focusing on the challenges of the future and how we can develop mineral products to solve them. This is a collaborative environment where people work towards common goals, with a common purpose### Making life better through our passion for minerals and chemistryOur purpose, combined with our values of **modesty, courtesy, integrity and perseverance**, is the foundation of our business. Our values are relevant to our lives, not just our work. All Omya employees, partners and suppliers are bound by a **Code of Conduct** which reflects our values and guides our behavior.