About the role
AI summarisedLead end-to-end AI deployment projects in industry settings, bridging the gap between advanced research and practical manufacturing application. This role requires orchestrating cross-functional teams to translate operational pain points into successful, governed deployments while measuring tangible business impact.
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Key Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, monitor, and close concurrent AI deployment projects across manufacturing partners, ensuring delivery on scope, schedule, cost, quality, and readiness.
- Deep-dive with technical/research teams and industry stakeholders to convert operational pain points into clear requirements, milestones, and acceptance criteria.
- Act as the execution integrator across AI researchers, domain experts, engineering teams, and business units to ensure smooth delivery.
- Ensure compliance with programme governance and grantor requirements while driving disciplined reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
- Proactively manage delivery risks (e.g., data readiness, integration constraints, scope creep) and execute change control to protect project outcomes.
- Define and track project outcome indicators (e.g., time savings, productivity) and package evidence for programme impact reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Systems, or Manufacturing-related discipline.
- 5+ years of project management experience delivering technology projects in manufacturing/production environments (e.g., automation, Industry 4.0).
- Demonstrated experience delivering cross-functional, multi-party projects involving AI/analytics or industrial software deployments.
- Strong project execution discipline including scope/schedule/cost control, risk management, and governance compliance.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills to interface with industry leaders and internal teams.
- High adaptability and structured problem-solving ability to navigate R&D-to-deployment ambiguity.
- Working understanding of manufacturing operations and production technologies (e.g., MES/ERP, shopfloor data, process flows).