AI Expert – Digital Transformation in Private Equity (m/f/x) - Italy
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - Mutares SE KGaA in Italia
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich ( as a listed private equity holding company, acquires medium-sized companies in special situations, which show significant operational improvement potential and are sold again after undergoing a repositioning and stabilization process. Mutares actively supports its portfolio companies with its own investment and operations teams and through strategic add-on acquisitions. The focus is on companies with revenues ranging from EUR 100 million to EUR 750 million, across various industries. The aim is to achieve a clear value increase with a focus on sustainable, long-term growth of the portfolio company.
Your Tasks
- Conduct discovery workshops to identify AI opportunities addressing key pain points such as automation, analytics, NLP, and generative AI
- Define and prioritize use cases based on business impact, feasibility, and implementation effort
- Design scalable AI solutions and prototypes, ensuring cross-portfolio reusability
- Oversee implementation, including vendor selection, team coordination, and technical validation
- Develop toolkits and frameworks to accelerate AI adoption and enablement across Mutares and its portfolio companies
Your Profile
- Successfully completed a degree in Computer Science, Data Science,
Engineeringor a similar field with outstanding results
- At least 3 years of experience in designing and implementing AI solutions in business contexts, delivering large-scale AI or digital transformation projects in leading management consulting firms
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with an entrepreneurial mindset and hands-on approach
- Strong understanding of machine learning, LLMs, MLOps, data pipelines, and cloud-based AI architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP)
- Business fluency in Italian and English, with the ability to communicate in a well-structured and concise manner
- Willingness to travel up to 4 days per week (typically Monday – Thursday) and to work in an international environment
What Mutares offers
- Work in a highly motivated, international, committed, and agile team that enjoys working together
- Exciting work environment with varied challenges, strategic influence, and tasks for continuous personal and professional development
- Flat hierarchies, fast decision-making processes, and room for your own ideas
- Regular team events and offsites
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