AI Factory Operations Manager
Pubblicato il 25-10-2026 - ABB in Trieste
Overview
As AI Factory Operations Manager, you will run ABB’s AI Transformation Engine for Energy Industries, turning governance and capability-building into a scalable delivery machine. You’ll maintain portfolio visibility, enforce stage-gate execution, and optimize capacity across a global, virtual delivery network. You partner with AI leads, delivery teams, and external vendors to accelerate AI initiatives from prioritization to deployment. This role shapes how ABB scales AI capabilities and drives measurable performance improvements. You’ll operate in a dynamic, cross-functional environment and report to the AI Factory Steering Committee.
Responsabilità
- Operate and continuously improve the day-to-day AI Factory delivery framework
- Maintain portfolio visibility with clear performance reporting
- Establish governance practices and working methods
- Coordinate delivery activities across the AI portfolio
- Monitor status, risks, dependencies, capacity and delivery performance
- Ensure stage-gate execution within cost, time and quality targets
- Support portfolio prioritization and capacity planning
- Evaluate delivery team capability and performance; identify improvement opportunities
- Coordinate external delivery partners and vendors
- Collaborate with AI Lead Architect on delivery approach
- Manage operational delivery within AI Factory Steering Committee authority
- Coordinate AI Academy initiatives and ensure effective training delivery
- Monitor progress of AI capabilities across Energy Industries
- Prepare reporting and decision-support materials
- Ensure adherence to governance processes and investment governance
- Support business-case governance and portfolio transparency
- Coordinate a global network of delivery teams, project managers, architects, SMEs and vendors
- Operate within a complex virtual delivery ecosystem
- Lead with operational planning, governance, and execution for impact
Requisiti fondamentali
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Technology, Program Management or related field
- At least 5 years’ experience in program delivery, operations management, PMO leadership, transformation or equivalent
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary or virtual delivery teams
- Experience working with executive stakeholders
- Strong planning, governance and operational management capabilities
- Experience managing delivery risks, dependencies, capacity and performance
- Professional fluency in English
- Willingness to travel internationally approximately 20%
- builder mindset
- data-driven problem solving
- delivery discipline
- AI delivery and governance
- portfolio and program management
- stakeholder management