AI Academy Project Manager (m/f/x)

About us

At appliedAI, we tackle the largest AI-challenges by applying the latest artificial intelligence technology to real use cases. appliedAI is already the largest AI Initiative in Europe and we are aiming to lift all of Germany to the AI age. Our training and workshop team is working with world-changing companies (Google, NVIDIA, Siemens, Allianz, and others) and is using state-of-the-art methodologies to reach a variety of target groups across multiple channels.

appliedAI is part of the UnternehmerTUM ecosystem. UnternehmerTUM is one of the largest innovation centers in Europe and non-profit. As a neutral platform for entrepreneurship and innovation, more than 200 employees serve more than 2500 individuals, >100 startups, and >100 companies per year.

At appliedAI you will be involved in developing and managing a large-scale training program involving multiple channels (high-quality in-person training) as well as blended learning and MOOCs) that will be rolled out over a multitude of companies and available to the general public.

Your mission

We are looking for an academy project manager to help transform the AI strategy of our partner companies. Our Academy program targets companies in all of Germany and is using different channels and methods (online, offline, 1-on-1, blended, flipped) to deliver highly valuable and original content to our partners.

We support our partner companies with a full and cohesive curriculum targeting multiple roles (engineers, managers, all employees, train the trainer). Together with members of our engineering and strategy teams, you will be responsible for managing academy projects, encompassing everything from the development of new material to the rollout of in-house AI academies for our partners.

You will work as part of the Academy team with all parts of appliedAI to make our mission “lifting Germany to the AI age” possible.

Candidates should have experience in managing educational projects both online and offline, as well as running trainings with state-of-the-art methodologies by themselves. It would be advantageous to have a good understanding of learning theories and curriculum development processes.


SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL:

• Engage with appliedAI’s partner companies to analyze and understand their requirements holistically
• Bring your project management expertise into the AI Academy domain
• Support the scaling of appliedAIs training and educational program to all of Germany
• Support and improve the education and training program we run at the moment

Your profile

• 2-3 years experience in Project Management
• Proven track record of managing educational/training projects
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Team player with a willingness to learn new things.
• Strong PowerPoint, Excel and Word skills
• Fluent English and conversational German

It would be advantageous to have:

• Understanding of the domain of Machine Learning
• Experience and interest in conducting trainings
• Ability to independently manage critical situations and handle customers.
• Experience with programming languages and software development
• Experience with unusual teaching/workshop formats such as hackathons

What we offer

A highly qualified and motivated team of ~40 people is on a journey to change the European AI-Landscape that is growing quickly. ~25 of us have a strong engineering or computer science background, ~10 have a consulting background.

• Opportunity to work on a variety of projects and developing new, original content based on the latest developments in AI and its adoption in businesses
• Want to learn about robotics, autonomous drones or smart factories? All of this is happening at appliedAI
• You will have access to the newest technologies in the AI domain, budget to drive the education program and peers to develop with
• An atmosphere that encourages to think and experiment in new ways with software, hardware, and processes
• Hottest topics of the next decade and freedom and trust to initiate own activities
• A highly visible initiative that helps you build a large and high-level network of start-ups, partners, and tech companies
• Budget to visit important conferences, read up on papers and develop your skills with the team - potentially showcasing results at e.g. GTC
• Internal seminar in machine learning and computer science
• Hackathons organized by UTUM
• Pick your own hardware

Contact

Juliane Haspel (Consultant Recruiting)
UnternehmerTUM GmbH, Lichtenbergstraße 6, 85748 Garching bei München
Tel.: 089/189469-1249