Chief AI Officer
Remote
Head of Data, Analytics & AI
Eppendorf SE · Life Sciences / Laboratory Equipment Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · 📍 Hamburg
Eppendorf SE needs a senior leader to own and build the entire data, analytics, and AI function across its global IT organization, driving transformation from strategy through production deployment.
AI Maturity
building
Reports To
CTO
Why Role Exists
Transformation
Company Stage
enterprise
Source
stepstone
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and own the enterprise-wide Data & AI strategy aligned to corporate direction
- Manage full AI initiative lifecycle from PoC through production, including Responsible AI governance
- Build high-quality, domain-specific data products and a consistent executive dashboard portfolio
- Establish enablement structures including Centers of Excellence, communities, and training programs
- Drive data and AI-led transformation across the Eppendorf Group within Global IT
Requirements
- Proven experience anchoring Data & AI capabilities in large organizations including organizational development
- Hands-on experience managing AI initiatives end-to-end (PoC to production)
- Experience building CoE structures, communities, and training/enablement programs
- Project, portfolio, and activity management expertise in a global IT context
Signals
- ⚠ No salary range disclosed despite salary being flagged as available
- ⚠ Team size not specified — scope of inherited organization unclear
- ⚠ Remote/hybrid policy not stated for a Hamburg-based enterprise role
- ✓ Group-wide mandate with explicit executive (Vorstand) dashboard ownership — strong board-level visibility
- ✓ Clear strategic scope: owns Data, Analytics, AND AI under one remit
- ✓ Company is a well-established global life sciences brand (Eppendorf is 75+ years old, globally recognized)
- ✓ Transformation-oriented role with budget for CoE buildout implied
- ✓ Responsible AI and data governance explicitly prioritized — signals organizational seriousness