Product Owner AI Portfolio & Delivery — Emil Frey

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What you should know about us

Emil Frey Gruppe is not only a Swiss family-owned company with over 100 years of experience, but also one of the leading companies in the automotive industry. Quality, tradition, innovation and customer focus are the supporting pillars of the company. The focus of its activities is on importing automotive brands, operating garages, the logistics of spare and accessory parts, and providing financial services. Emil Frey Digital AG belongs to Emil Frey Gruppe and is a full-service communications provider for the automotive industry, as well as being responsible for digitalization within Emil Frey Gruppe.

We are building the AI division at Emil Frey

Help us build the AI division at Emil Frey Gruppe. As a newly formed team, we shape the AI strategy and the Operating Model, develop governance standards together with Security, Legal, IT and Data, and support the business units in ensuring that AI has a measurable impact on the business. From the business case and risk analysis to the evaluation of partners and technical solutions. We manage the AI portfolio in Switzerland, lead projects, and build AI agents and automated workflows. Internationally, we ensure transparency regarding the initiatives of the country organizations so that synergies can be leveraged across the entire group. As part of the AI team, you will help build the new division, contribute to decisions, take responsibility for your own projects and shape how AI works at Emil Frey. If you bring a hands-on mentality, technical understanding of AI, a structured approach and a pragmatic mindset, we look forward to receiving your application for:

Product Owner AI Portfolio & Delivery

Your responsibilities

• Operational management of the intake gate: recording, completeness and plausibility checks of incoming AI initiatives (Epic), and sending them back to the business units with specific questions
• Plans and maintains the CH AI backlog and prioritizes initiatives according to the predefined prioritization logic
• Implementation & coordination of the risk classification and requirements matrix
• Obtaining and following up on specialist approvals (CISO, Legal, IT and Enterprise Architect)
• Creates classifications for the governance recommendation for specific use cases
• Implementation & coordination of the initial technical assessment in consultation with the Product Manager
• Takes on project management for a prioritized AI initiative, from analysis through go-live and measuring success
• Cross-functional stakeholder management with the business units and specialist functions
• Creates and maintains the foundational materials and documentation (Confluence) and keeps them up to date
• Conducts market and vendor analyses in the AI field to provide a basis for decisions
• Implementation & coordination of process improvements in the AI intake and governance process
• Review & reporting on the success of implemented projects based on the defined success criteria

Your profile

• Completed degree (ETH, university, university of applied sciences) in business information systems, business administration, or equivalent further education
• Min. 3 years of professional experience in (agile) project management of complex IT/digital projects, ideally with AI product experience
• Leadership skills (operational management of a project team)
• Strong interest in new technologies and continuously stays up to date Ability to design and build AI agents
• Willingness and ability to build processes and governance from the ground up
• Experience in data-driven prioritization and backlog management
• Good interpersonal skills with strong abilities in the areas of: communication, collaboration, organization, and motivation
• Pragmatic mindset & ability to recognize connections
• Business and entrepreneurial thinking
• Independent, structured person with assertiveness
• Very good spoken and written German and English skills

What we offer you

At our company, you will find a new challenge with exciting tasks and much more:

• Numerous discounts (new and used cars, service work and spare parts, vehicle and health insurance, fuel cards, hotels and much more)
• A company-owned, attractive pension fund as an independent pension institution
• A long-term perspective within the company
• Individual training and development opportunities
• At least 25 days of vacation

How you can contact us

We look forward to receiving a complete application (including CV, employment references, etc.) via the link "Apply now!". For the sake of readability, the simultaneous use of the masculine, feminine, and diverse (m/f/d) language forms is omitted. Women and other gender identities are expressly included. For us, diversity also means that people work together in teams that achieve the best possible results through their uniqueness and differences. We are convinced that a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture enable us to realize our full potential.

• Day-to-day operation of the Intake Gate: receiving, checking the completeness and plausibility of incoming AI initiatives (Epic), returning them to the business units with specific follow-up questions
• Plans and maintains the CH AI backlog and prioritizes initiatives according to the specified prioritization logic
• Implementation & coordination of risk classification and the requirements matrix
• Obtaining and following up on specialist approvals (CISO, Legal, IT and Enterprise Architect)
• Creates classifications for the governance recommendation for specific use cases
• Implementation & coordination of the initial technical assessment in coordination with the Product Manager
• Assumes project leadership for a prioritized AI initiative, from analysis through go-live and success measurement
• Cross-functional stakeholder management with the business units and specialist functions
• Creates and maintains the foundations and documentation (Confluence) and keeps them up to date
• Conducts market and vendor analyses in the AI field to support decision-making
• Implementation & coordination of process optimizations in the AI intake and governance process
• Review & reporting on the success of the implemented projects based on the defined Success Criteria

• Completed degree (ETH, university, university of applied sciences) in business information systems, business administration or equivalent further education
• At least 3 years of professional experience in (agile) project management of complex IT/digital projects, ideally with AI product experience
• Leadership skills (operational leadership of a project team)
• Strong interest in new technologies and continuously keeping up to date Ability to design and build AI agents
• Willingness and ability to build processes and governance from the ground up
• Experience in data-driven prioritization and backlog management
• Good interpersonal skills with strong abilities in the areas of: communication, cooperation, organization, motivation
• Pragmatic mindset & recognizing connections
• Business and entrepreneurial thinking
• Independent, structured person with assertiveness
• Very good spoken and written language skills in German and English

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