Job Description
AI Transformation Consultant
Join our company and be part of a 130-year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. Based in Prague, Czech Republic, you will be part of the AI Innovation Studio, a hands-on team focused on discovering, shaping, and validating high-value AI opportunities across the enterprise. We help business teams move beyond symptoms and surface-level solutions by uncovering root causes, identifying transformational opportunities, and ensuring initiatives are aligned across business, technology, and enterprise stakeholders before investment decisions are made.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate discovery workshops, stakeholder interviews, and current-state assessments to understand business challenges and transformation opportunities.
- Challenge initial requests and assumptions to uncover underlying business problems and root causes.
- Analyze business processes, workflows, pain points, and organizational constraints to identify improvement opportunities.
- Develop structured problem statements and clearly articulate desired business outcomes.
- Translate business challenges into well-defined opportunities and actionable recommendations.
- Assess whether AI, automation, process redesign, or alternative approaches represent the most appropriate solution.
- Identify high-value use cases that align with strategic business priorities.
- Define desired outcomes, success metrics, and measurable business benefits.
- Support prioritization of opportunities based on value potential, feasibility, risk, and organizational readiness.
- Partner business functions, enterprise technology organizations, architecture teams, and other relevant enterprise divisions throughout discovery activities.
- Identify existing initiatives, technologies, platforms, and capabilities before recommending new solutions.
- Drive decision-making and achieve alignment across complex enterprise environments.
- Develop business cases, value hypotheses, ROI estimates, and investment recommendations.
- Define assumptions, benefits, risks, dependencies, and success measurements.
- Quantify opportunity value through process analysis, productivity insights, cost savings, risk reduction, and business impact assessments.
- Maintain traceability from business challenge through discovery findings to recommended path forward.
- Evaluate process, technology, data, governance, compliance, and organizational considerations.
- Identify transformation requirements necessary for successful implementation and adoption.
- Define opportunity scope, requirements, assumptions, and recommended implementation approach.
- Establish clear readiness criteria for Proof of Concept (PoC), Minimum Viable Product (MVP), or development activities.
- Support smooth transition of validated opportunities to Product Owners, engineering teams, or delivery organizations.
- Facilitate discussions with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
- Present complex analyses and recommendations in a clear and concise manner.
- Build executive-level presentations, decision frameworks, and opportunity assessments.
- Communicate findings effectively to both business and technical audiences.
- Maintain momentum and transparency throughout discovery engagements.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree or higher.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in management consulting, business transformation, strategy, innovation, business analysis, digital transformation, or related roles.
- Experience leading discovery activities, opportunity assessments, business process analysis, or transformation initiatives.
- Proven ability to translate ambiguous business challenges into actionable recommendations.
- Experience facilitating workshops and working with senior stakeholders.
- Experience developing business cases, value assessments, or ROI analyses.
- Understanding of AI, automation, digital technologies, and enterprise platforms.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking capabilities.
- Experience working in complex, cross-functional enterprise environments.
Preferred
- Experience with AI, Generative AI, automation, or digital transformation programs.
- Consulting experience within healthcare, life sciences, biopharma, or regulated industries.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery approaches and product development lifecycles.
- Experience supporting enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
What we offer:
- Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
- Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
- Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern
- Competitive salary & incentive pay
- Pension and health insurance contributions
- Internal reward system and referral scheme
- 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
- Cafeteria for tax-free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
- Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programmes
- Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
- Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner
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Required Skills:
AI Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence Software, Business Transformation, Communication, Design Thinking, Responsible AI
Preferred Skills:
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Job Posting End Date:
09/1/2026
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