Artificial Intelligence Transformation Manager
Country: Spain
Senior Talent Recruiter | IT Recruiter | Technology Passionate
Santander is evolving from a high‐impact global brand to a technology‐driven organization, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together we drive a customer‐centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what's possible. This is an opportunity for motivated professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.
As part of the global AI Transformation team you will lead and manage strategic AI initiatives that drive impact across global companies and key functions. Your role connects business, AI, and technology, ensuring AI solutions create measurable value.
Main Responsibilities
Strategy and Definition
Identify, assess, and translate high‐impact business challenges into technically feasible and value‐driven AI use cases.
Evaluate and recommend AI architectures, platforms, and vendors, ensuring alignment with Santander's enterprise AI standards.
Propose business and technical roadmaps to scale AI adoption.
Design and Execution
Coordinate the technical design of AI and agentic solutions in collaboration with AI, data and engineering teams.
Oversee design and implementation squads with multidisciplinary teams across AI, data, technology, and operations.
Validate the quality, performance, risk, and regulatory compliance of developments.
Drive iterative prototyping, agile experimentation, and production deployment to ensure rapid and compliant AI delivery.
Business Alignment
Translate business decisions into technical requirements and communicate their implications clearly to non‐technical stakeholders.
Build project business cases and ensure that solutions deliver measurable and scalable value.
Develop and monitor KPIs to track AI adoption, model performance, and business ROI, ensuring accountability for measurable outcomes.
Governance and Best Practices
Promote standards for responsible AI, security, and regulatory compliance.
Ensure traceability, explainability, and quality across AI solutions.
Participate in technical and transformation committees.
Establish best practices for model lifecycle management, including documentation, monitoring, and risk assessment.
Qualifications
Professional Experience
8+ years of experience managing large transformations and cross‐functional projects. (Required)
5+ years of experience designing and implementing AI ecosystems, ideally in banking or financial services. (Required)
Experience deploying AI solutions in production environments under strict governance and data protection standards. (Preferred)
Education
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field. (Required)
Master's degree or complementary certifications in Business Administration. (Preferred)
Languages
Very high proficiency in English and Spanish. (Required)
Hard Skills
Translate business challenges into technical problem statements and build impactful AI solutions that deliver business impact. (Required)
Strong knowledge in AI architectures, platforms, Generative AI, LLMs, vector databases, and MLOps. (Required)
Strong track record in project delivery, and global and local squads (AI / Data Engineers, MLOps Engineers, and Business Stakeholders) management in an agile environment able to foster an AI‐first culture and promote transformation across diverse teams and geographies. (Required)
Soft Skills
Excellent communication and influencing skills to engage both Business and Technical teams. (Required)
Benefits & Rewards
We enable our teams to go further through global opportunities and broad career paths.
Hybrid work models with flexible schedules.
Access hundreds of courses on our platforms, including exclusive access to Santander Open Academy.
Competitive salary with performance‐based bonuses.
Preferential banking terms, special interest rates on loans, life insurance, and more.
Global wellness program (BeHealthy) promoting holistic wellness.
Child care support and family programs.
Legal, emotional and administrative advice services through Santander Contigo.
Gym, WellHub membership, medical centers, meal allowance, parking, shuttle service, and discounts for Santander employees.
Santander is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates and values equal opportunities regardless of age, gender, disability, marital status, race, religion or sexual orientation.
If this sounds like the position you're interested in, apply now.
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