Senior Associate, AI Strategy & Operations- Lisbon

Data intelligence and AI plays a transformational role in how we create value today and how we shape our future. We have a bold ambition to be a world-class data and AI driven business for our customers across all our regions and business functions.

This is a high-impact strategic operations role within our ASE Data & AI function, offering a clear trajectory toward Strategic Delivery Leadership. You will anchor the regional PMO function, orchestrating high-profile AI transformations across our entire ASE region, encompassing the Americas (Canada, Latam) and Southern Europe (France, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Georgia). Alongside managing portfolio execution, you will streamline enterprise operations—from vendor lifecycle management and enterprise access architecture to facilitating strategic planning events. By leveraging your strategic and operational background and actively using AI to hyper-automate your workflows, you'll drive seamless execution, accelerate time-to-value, and support regional growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Anchor the Strategic Delivery & PMO function for high-impact AI transformations across the ASE region, leveraging AI tools to hyper-scale portfolio tracking.
• Act as a bridge across business, technology, and data, driving alignment and prioritization of key initiatives.
• Facilitate executive forums, rituals, and training programs to drive leadership alignment and engagement on the AI agenda.
• Execute operational readiness assessments and rigorous risk mitigation strategies to ensure the uncompromising quality and scalability of AI deliverables.Orchestrate vendor lifecycle management, ensuring frictionless integration, strategic alignment, and rigorous compliance for external partners.
• Streamline critical operational infrastructure,  owning the end-to-end delivery of critical initiatives
• Architect and facilitate high-impact operational cadences—from quarterly strategic reviews to AI capability-building sessions and team-wide training sessions.
• Design and deploy scalable operational frameworks that accelerate the adoption of AI solutions across our Americas and Southern Europe markets.
• Drive regional portfolio governance, proactively neutralizing execution risks and orchestrating release roadmaps to maximize time-to-market.
• Pioneer your own productivity by aggressively deploying GenAI tools to automate routine administrative tasks and elevate your strategic output.
• Partner closely with engineering, data scientists and business leadership to eliminate friction points, forging a clear pathway toward a Strategic Program Manager role.