AI Transformation Lead

Role purpose:

Vodafone Czech Republic is accelerating its AI transformation to improve customer experience, drive growth, increase productivity, and redefine how work gets done across the organization. This role is direct subordinate of Vodafone CEO. As AI Transformation Lead, you will be responsible for orchestrating and accelerating Vodafone CZ's enterprise-wide AI transformation. Working closely with the CEO, Executive Committee, business leaders, and AI Centre of Excellence, you will turn AI opportunities into measurable business outcomes and help shape the future Human + AI operating model across the company.

The role does not own technical engineering delivery. It is, however, accountable for ensuring that business, technology, data, risk, people, and overall transformation workstreams come together into executable outcomes.

This is a strategic leadership role focused on transformation, adoption, value realization, and business impact rather than technical delivery.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and govern Vodafone CZ's AI transformation portfolio, ensuring focus on the highest-value opportunities.
• Drive cross-functional transformation initiatives that redesign end-to-end processes and ways of working.
• Accelerate adoption of AI solutions, including Microsoft Copilot and other approved technologies, across the organization.
• Partner with business leaders, Finance, HR, and technology teams to deliver measurable improvements in productivity, customer experience, revenue growth, and operational efficiency.
• Define and embed future Human + AI operating models within key business domains.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and Executive Committee on AI strategy, priorities, investments, and transformation progress.
• Ensure Vodafone CZ maximizes the value of Vodafone Group AI capabilities while identifying opportunities for local innovation.

Why this role matters:

This is a unique opportunity to work directly with the CEO and Executive Committee to lead one of Vodafone CZ's most important strategic priorities. Your success will be measured not by the number of AI initiatives launched, but by the tangible improvements AI delivers in customer experience, business performance, productivity, and the way work gets done across the company.

Who you are:

• You combine strategic thinking with strong execution. You are comfortable operating in ambiguity, turning complex challenges into clear priorities, decisions, and outcomes. You are highly data-driven and outcome-focused, able to build strong partnerships across business and technology teams. influence without direct authority, and communicate complex topics with clarity and credibility.
• Most importantly, you're passionate about using AI to create tangible business value and shape the future of work.

What we're looking for:

• 10+ years of leadership experience in business transformation, strategy, consulting, operational excellence, digital transformation, or large-scale change programmes.
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise-wide transformation initiatives with measurable business results.
• Experience with AI, automation, analytics, digital transformation, or emerging technologies.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including business case development and value realization.
• Experience engaging and influencing C-level executives.
• Outstanding programme leadership, stakeholder management, and execution skills.
• Ability to operate across business, technology, operations, and people agendas.
• Experience in telecommunications, technology, consulting, banking, or other large and complex organizations is an advantage.

And we offer you:

And we offer you:

• We currently work in a roughly 3 days from home, 2 days in the office mode,
• Here, we address each other informally and aren’t really bothered about a dress code… It suits us all just fine, and we hope you’ll feel good among us too.
• Annual bonus
• We keep up with the times or even a step ahead, so with us you can enjoy 5 weeks of vacation, 5 personal days
• We also think about parents, with 16 weeks vacations for new parents
• If Vodafone, then full on – you will get a mobile phone and a great unlimited tariff, plus 24 000 benefit points per year which you can use in the cafeteria to buy vacations, educational courses or just to invite your dearest to the cinema.
• Option to use the uLékaře.cz service
• We’re located on a metro line – right at the entrance actually – our headquarters are in Stodůlky. You’ll find everything you need in the building and the vicinity for your lunch break or coffee break, and you can even shop in the nearby stores.
• And if you need to shake it off after work, you can grab one of the bikes we rent, or go to our gym located in the building.

At Vodafone, we’re passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where everyone can be themselves and achieve their best. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, age, genders, gender identities, abilities, sexual orientation, and everything that makes us unique. We want the best people to join us and make their difference, so we will always consider requests for flexible working (such as full-time, part-time, home-working).

Band*: Senior management
TW Grade: 14
* We provide this information in the interest of transparency regarding remuneration. It expresses classification according to internal classification and does not refer to a managerial role in the sense of managing people.