Senior AI Consultant / Project Lead (m/f/x)

The appliedAI Initiative elevates Europe’s industry to become shapers in the age of AI, creating a future that we desire to live in. Through our ecosystem of strong partners, comprehensive programs, services and solutions we advance companies holistically on their AI journey. With our uniquely diverse, interdisciplinary, and driven team, we build on deep technical expertise while specializing on applicability of the solutions. We share a mindset of collaboration and openness with our ecosystem of leading companies and tech players. Our common goal is to strengthen the European landscape, jointly creating unique knowledge for applying trustworthy AI. We believe that AI Agents will be the dominant topic for AI in the near future and that appliedAI with its partner ecosystem will impact how this technology is being used in industry and beyond in Europe.

We're looking for a Senior AI Consultant ready to take ownership of strategic AI engagements with our partner companies - from DAX corporations to leading “Mittelstand” businesses. You'll become the day-to-day face of delivery for your clients and the go-to owner for a focus topic internally, designing solutions for novel and ambiguous problems while coaching the people around you. You'll work closely with our (Technical) AI Consultants, AI Engineers, and adjacent teams such as Enablement & Change and Trustworthy AI.

Your tasks will include:

• Own delivery end-to-end across scoping, planning, staffing, execution, and risk - orchestrating multi-workstream engagements and creating clarity for the team in ambiguous situations
• Drive the development and implementation of AI strategies, effective operating models, and high-value (agentic) AI use case portfolios for DAX and “Mittelstand” clients
• Navigate and align the full stakeholder landscape, facilitating resolution of conflicting agendas and delivering difficult messages diplomatically - building relationships where you're seen as a partner, not a vendor
• Lead cross-functional project teams, assign responsibilities, coach team members, and create teachable moments
• Identify expansion opportunities during delivery, contribute to proposals with meaningful ownership, and supply credible sizing, staffing, and timeline options while protecting margin
• Build a recognized specialization in a topic or industry, design custom approaches for novel client situations, and stay at the frontier of state-of-the-art AI research and emerging capabilities
• Co-own topics within the Strategy & Transformation team, develop assets that scale our offering, and share patterns and lessons learned through case shares

• An outstanding academic record in a business- or tech-related subject
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in Strategy Consulting and/or Management Consulting, w