AI Opportunity Lead

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and incentives

Well-being and care

Paid and unpaid leave

Flexible work options

Benefits that support financial safety

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in Kraków is seeking an AI Opportunity Lead to identify and shape AI opportunities, frame validation questions, and coordinate early validation work with the Technology Validation team.

You will collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to translate emerging capabilities into credible Hitachi Energy scenarios, building partnerships and coordinating selected validation activities from first question to recommendation.

Qualifications

• Passion for AI with initiative to build or try new tools.
• 3+ years in innovation, tech opportunity development, product/program mgmt, AI or strategy in tech.
• Strong working knowledge of current AI and hands-on tool use.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Identify and shape promising AI opportunities and turn them into validation questions.
• Collaborate with AI researchers/engineers to translate technologies into Hitachi Energy scenarios.
• Build relationships with DAAI teams, Hitachi Group peers, vendors and suppliers.
• Coordinate validations across the team and maintain a concise pipeline with the Global Technology Validation Manager.

Skills

AI strategy

Innovation management

Stakeholder influence

Communication

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The opportunity

Identify and shape promising AI opportunities for Hitachi Energy and turn them into focused, testable validation questions. As AI Opportunity Lead in the Technology Validation team, part of Hitachi Energy's Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence (DAAI) organization, you connect emerging AI capabilities to credible Hitachi Energy scenarios, build internal and external partnerships and coordinate selected validation work from first question to recommendation. You will also help shape how a newly established team works with its stakeholders.

The opportunity

Identify and shape promising AI opportunities for Hitachi Energy and turn them into focused, testable validation questions. As AI Opportunity Lead in the Technology Validation team, part of Hitachi Energy's Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence (DAAI) organization, you connect emerging AI capabilities to credible Hitachi Energy scenarios, build internal and external partnerships and coordinate selected validation work from first question to recommendation. You will also help shape how a newly established team works with its stakeholders.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Proactively explore emerging AI capabilities (GenAI, agentic AI, multimodal models, selected ML), including through hands-on prototyping and AI-assisted coding. Identify those worth validating before any formal demand exists.
• Work with the AI Research Engineer and AI Experimentation Engineer to turn promising technologies into plausible Hitachi Energy scenarios and focused validation questions, distinguishing confirmed demand from opportunity hypotheses.
• Build working relationships with DAAI teams, Hitachi Group peers, strategic vendors, startups and approved suppliers, in line with procurement, confidentiality and security processes.
• Assess technology, vendor capability and practical constraints to decide which opportunities merit hands-on validation.
• Coordinate selected validations across the team (sequencing, evidence synthesis, demonstrations, next-step recommendations) without line-management authority. Keep a concise, visible pipeline with the Global Technology Validation Manager.
• Help establish the team's working practices, stakeholder interfaces and partnerships.

Your background

• A genuine passion for AI: you try new tools and models on your own initiative and can show a recent example of something you built or tried.
• 3+ years of experience in innovation, technology opportunity development, product or program management, AI, or strategy in a technology setting.
• Strong working knowledge of current AI with hands-on use of the tools. You can frame an unclear idea as a focused question with defined evidence.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence without formal authority, in a team that is still shaping its processes.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. A degree in computer science, data science, engineering or business informatics is an advantage.
• Fluent English.

The final offer will be based on candidate location, skills and qualifications, experience, and aligned with internal pay structures.

This role may be open in multiple locations. If the salary information listed is not applicable for your current home location, salary details relevant to your location will be discussed with you at a later stage.

Our benefit offering is tailored based on your country of employment and generally includes:

• Competitive salary and incentives
• Well-being and care
• Paid and unpaid leave
• Flexible work options
• Benefits that support your financial security

You will receive more specific information during the recruitment process.

Publication date : 2026-10-15