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AI Strategy Lead

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  • Level
    Experienced
  • Job Field
    Data, Project
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment
  • Salary
    from 70.000 € Gross/Year
  • Location
    Vienna
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Summary

    In this role, you will develop the AI roadmap for Retail, coordinate long-term strategies, and promote the integration of innovative AI solutions while considering compliance and scaling.

    Your role in the team

    • Own and coordinate the Retail AI roadmap across RBI Group, ensuring alignment with Retail Acquire-Engage-Monetize strategy and ongoing transformation initiatives.
    • Shape the future operating model for AI in Retail, balancing innovation speed with scalability, reuse, and regulatory compliance.
    • Patterns and blueprints identification to foster reuse and faster scaling.
    • Coordinate with network banks to prioritize, sequence, and scale Retail Agentic/AI use cases, avoiding duplication and maximizing group synergies.
    • Work together with Retail Strategy & Digital Transformation, Retail Data & AI Delivery Team, CIO area and AI CoE to define standards (architecture, data, connectivity) building on already well-established standards.
    • Drive communication and adoption of AI in Retail in coordination with PCO area.
    • Monitor emerging AI and agentic trends and assess their strategic relevance for RBI Retail.
    • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g.; EU AI Act readiness) and ethical AI principles and governance frameworks.
    • Build internal AI literacy across leadership and business teams.
    • Drive standardization and adoption of AI standards e.g. data, platforms, AI Ops with technology leaders.

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    Our expectations of you

    Qualifications

    • Strong understanding of AI, agentic systems, modern data management, API/MCP connectivity.
    • Knowledge about Retail banking business (products, customer segments, channels, market trends).
    • Ability to structure complex problem spaces, define roadmaps, and align diverse stakeholders around a common direction.
    • Strategic mindset combined with execution focus: comfortable moving from vision to concrete initiatives, milestones, and KPIs.
    • Excellent communication and facilitation skills; fluent English required, German is an advantage.

    Experience

    • Proven experience in strategy, transformation, or product roles at the intersection of business and technology (typically 3+ years), ideally within financial services.
    • Experience working with data, AI, IT and architecture teams.

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    What we offer

    • Flexible hours, work-from-home options from Austria, and 30 days/year remote work from any EU country.
    • 75+ nationalities, English as the company language, and work permit support.
    • Continuous learning and proactive career development.
    • Subsidized canteen, well-being programs, check-ups, and sport allowances.
    • Discounts, exclusive banking terms, and a free public transport pass.
    • Child allowances, gender-neutral parental leave, bilingual company kindergarten, and holiday childcare.
    • Competitive salary starting at EUR 70,000 gross p.a. excluding overtime, with market-compliant overpayment based on experience and qualifications.

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    Raiffeisen Bank International AG

    Raiffeisen Bank International AG

    Wien, Wien

    The Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) is a leading commercial and investment bank in Austria and also considers Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to be its home market. In CEE, the RBI has a tightly knit network of subsidiaries, leasing companies, and a variety of specialized financial service providers in 17 markets.

    Description

  • Company Size
    250+ Employees
  • Founding year
    2010
  • Language
    English
  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Banking, Finance, Insurance
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    Salary
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    Location
    Vienna
    Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
    Diversity
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