Senior Digital & AI Delivery Leader

BDO; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International travel opportunities

Job summary

BDO is seeking a Senior Manager, Digital & AI Delivery to lead delivery of digital and AI-enabled capabilities across the Catalyst programme. You translate priorities into executable plans, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and ensure governance, quality, security, and responsible AI controls.

The role works with technology, data, architecture, QA and business stakeholders to manage dependencies, risks and progress, while evolving the delivery capability for scalable digital and AI services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree desirable.
• 10+ years in digital/technology/product/programme/delivery management with leadership responsibility.
• At least 3 years in a senior management role within programme delivery.
• Experience delivering complex digital products or platforms across distributed teams.
• Practical experience of AI-enabled solution delivery, including governance, data, assurance, testing and operational considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of digital and AI-enabled capabilities within Catalyst from mobilisation through release.
• Translate priorities into integrated delivery plans with milestones and dependencies.
• Apply delivery governance, controls and reporting; escalate risks and decisions.
• Provide delivery assurance across internal teams and third-party partners; challenge plans as needed.
• Embed responsible AI assessment, governance, security, privacy, data and assurance into planning and release readiness.
• Coordinate product owners, business analysts, architects, engineers, data specialists, QA, service management, change and adoption, and vendors.
• Maintain an integrated view of scope, schedule, funding, capacity, dependencies and readiness across workstreams.
• Ensure acceptance criteria, test evidence, ownership and adoption needs are addressed before release.
• Drive resolution of blockers and cross-team dependencies; support disciplined release planning.
• Monitor AI use cases for measurable outcomes; coordinate reviews with architecture, cyber security, privacy, and legal.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Programme management

Stakeholder management

AI governance

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT/Business or related field

Advanced degree or professional qualification desirable

Job description

BDO is seeking a Senior Manager, Digital & AI Delivery to lead delivery of digital and AI-enabled capabilities across the Catalyst programme. You translate priorities into executable plans, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and ensure governance, quality, security, and responsible AI controls.

The role works with technology, data, architecture, QA and business stakeholders to manage dependencies, risks and progress, while evolving the delivery capability for scalable digital and AI services.