Transformation & AI Delivery Lead

Cartan Trade; Paris; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cartan Trade is seeking a Senior Programme Lead to support the CTO and oversee the core-system replacement in a regulated financial environment. You will work with the Head of Information Systems, the tech team and business heads to land the programme without disruption and to govern AI as a measured, responsible capability.

You will drive delivery, manage dependencies and budget, lead change with process redesign and training, and identify AI use cases with cross‑functional teams; turn pilots

Qualifications

• 7+ years in IS transformation, programme or change management, ideally in insurance, banking or a regulated financial environment.
• Experience with core-system replacement or data migration on the business side, from requirements to cut-over.
• Experience rolling out AI or automation tools to business users with measured outcomes.
• Understanding of LLMs and their limits, and GDPR / the EU AI Act as they apply to business use.
• Pedagogical, rigorous, autonomous within a delegated scope, and clear-eyed about AI value.
• Fluent French, professional English.

Responsibilities

• Drive programme delivery — integrated plan, dependencies, risks, budget, steering-committee prep; acceptance testing and data reconciliation with the business; cut-over readiness.
• Lead the change — impact analysis, process redesign with the business, training, key-user network, go-live support.
• Bring AI to the business — identify and prioritise use cases with Sales, Underwriting, Risk, Claims and Finance; write the usage charter; train and animate a champions network; turn pilots into industrialised workflows with the engineering team; measure adoption and value monthly.

Job description

Cartan Trade is seeking a Senior Programme Lead to support the CTO and oversee the core-system replacement in a regulated financial environment. You will work with the Head of Information Systems, the tech team and business heads to land the programme without disruption and to govern AI as a measured, responsible capability.

You will drive delivery, manage dependencies and budget, lead change with process redesign and training, and identify AI use cases with cross‑functional teams; turn pilots