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Senior Advanced Analytics & AI Community Lead (f/m/x)

Join the AI Center of Excellence Tribe at RBI Group, where innovation meets the stability of an established financial institution. We are building a comprehensive Hub & Spoke model to drive the AI transformation across our network. We are seeking a community-driven leader to build and scale our AI Innovation Guild, curate a high-quality catalog of AI use cases, and accelerate AI adoption across Central and Eastern Europe through strategic knowledge management and community engagement.

If you are passionate about connecting people, structuring knowledge, driving organizational change, and prioritizing the most impactful AI initiatives that deliver measurable business value, this role is for you.

Your mission at RBI:

Lead and grow the Advanced Analytics & AI Community across network banks and Landesbanken, fostering collaboration between data scientists, business analysts, and business stakeholders.
Operate the use case intake and review process: consult teams, guide submissions, de-duplicate, standardize documentation, and ensure high-quality, reusable records.
Facilitate community forums, showcases, and workshops to accelerate discovery, scoping, and scaling of use cases.
Create and maintain playbooks, blueprints, and reusable assets to speed up delivery and adoption across network banks.
Align portfolio priorities with business strategy, platform capabilities (e.g., Databricks on AWS), and budget; coordinate with product owners and delivery teams on roadmaps.
Track and report community and portfolio KPIs to senior stakeholders.
Champion clear communication and connect to Change Management to drive engagement and measurable impact.

Your core competencies:

Proven experience managing data science teams, data‑science products, or data‑science communities (typical background: 4–7 years), or equivalent practical experience
Applied knowledge of advanced analytics concepts and architectures, with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Hands‑on Python Programming and SQL
Practical experience with classic ML and Generative AI, and familiarity with MLOps / LLMOps workflows
Demonstrated backtesting and model evaluation experience with documented outcomes
Hands‑on use of catalog/knowledge and workflow tools (Confluence, Jira, SharePoint) and data visualization (Power BI); familiarity with Databricks on AWS
Experience facilitating workshops, presenting findings, and managing stakeholder relationships; English fluency; German is a plus

Nice to Have:

Knowledge of AI governance and regulatory topics (e.g., EU AI Act, model risk, data privacy) and experience operationalizing related guidelines.
Experience designing and running training, hackathons, and communities of practice for analytics and AI.
Exposure to cloud cost management, portfolio KPIs, and benefits tracking.

What´s in it for you:

Flexible work week: Flexible hours, work-from-home options from Austria, and 30 days/year remote work from any EU country.
Global community: 75+ nationalities, English as the company language, and work permit support. Find out more about international applications here.
Career growth: We believe in continuous learning and proactive career development. Take on challenging work that stretches your abilities, attend trainings, and use new technologies to make a lasting impact.
Stay healthy: Subsidized canteen, well-being programs, check-ups, and sport allowances.
Save money: Discounts, exclusive banking terms, and a heavily subsidized public transport pass.
Family support: Child allowances, gender-neutral parental leave, bilingual company kindergarten, and holiday childcare.
Competitive salary: Starting at EUR 67.400 gross p.a. including overtime, with market-compliant overpayment based on experience and qualifications. We are happy to discuss your actual salary in person.

If you have questions regarding our application process, feel free to check out our FAQ or our page for international applicants.

Your contact:

Alice Sulzer
Talent Acquisition Team

Build a career where your work truly matters. At Raiffeisen Bank International, with more than 17 million customers across Austria and CEE, it’s our people who make the difference. From day one, you’ll take responsibility, grow beyond ladders and org charts, and help us deliver lasting value to our customers. We are dedicated to fostering diversity, inclusiveness, and equity — striving to create a culture where every voice is heard and every individual feels valued and respected.

Your benefits at one sight:

Join a team that values your well-being and professional development, offering a variety of benefits to support your success.

We offer public transport benefits for commuters within and outside of Vienna – for instance, we sponsor the Wiener Linien annual ticket.

Our staff restaurants offers a wide variety of meal options with a strong focus on healthy and organic food, vegetarian and vegan options included. And the prices are heavily subsidized.

Benefit from numerous subsidies and discounts for cultural events and in the sports sector, e.g. subsidies for concert tickets or fitness centers

As an integral component of our company's DNA, we provide internal learning and growth opportunities, allowing for advancement within our organization.

We offer flexible working hours without a core time requirement, as well as extensive hybrid work options. Additionally, employees are entitled to 30 days per year of remote work from any EU country outside Austria.

Recognizing the significance of family to our employees, we provide family allowances, gender-neutral parental leave, a bilingual company kindergarten, and childcare during holidays.

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