AI Lead

About the Position

Centric Romania is building its AI capability from a strong engineering foundation and has set a clear ambition: to become the reference center of excellence for AI adoption across the entire Centric group. We are seeking a Senior AI Lead to define strategy, lead the AI function, and drive AI adoption across Centric Romania.

Responsibilities

• Setting the vision and roadmap for AI, from AI-augmented delivery toward agentic AI
• Championing and embedding the use of AI across existing engineering and delivery teams
• Contributing to creation of AI-first products and reusable assets
• Establishing and leading the group-wide AI center of excellence
• Client facing advisory and commercial impact
• Defining and standing up dedicated AI roles (AI Architect, AI Engineers) as the function grows
• Driving measurable progress in AI adoption and ROI - from experimentation to AI embedded in delivery and production
• Overseeing the deployment of AI-assisted work and features into production
• Drives the adoption of AI initiatives and proven PoC’s into existing products - influencing product and delivery stakeholders to move validated experiments into production
• Ensuring ethical and compliant use of AI and data (EU AI Act, GDPR)
• Owning the AI PoC framework - timeboxed, business-case-driven pilots
• Evaluating and selecting AI tooling, vendors, cloud, and infrastructure
• Driving innovation through partnerships, pilots, and emerging tech
• Reporting AI outcomes, ROI, and progress to executive leadership
• Leading upskilling, certifications, and the AI Champions Network
• Integrating AI competencies into the positioning-level career ladder
• Collaborating with stakeholders across delivery, product, legal, and engineering

Requirements

• 15+ years in software engineering, solution architecture
• Experience leading technical teams and driving technology adoption
• Track record delivering AI capabilities into production
• Strong understanding of LLMs, RAG, AI-assisted development, and agentic AI
• Experience setting technical direction and metrics for success
• Proven ability to influence and drive change across the organization - securing executive buy-in and building broad adoption of AI across teams
• Familiarity with ethical AI and regulatory frameworks (EU AI Act, GDPR)
• Confidence working with product and engineering leadership
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, and platforms
• Ability to build capability at scale - upskilling and communities of practice

We Offer

• Salary package based on your level of expertise and experience
• Extensive career development opportunities (technical, soft skills, and foreign language courses; conferences; certifications)
• Hybrid type of work: the possibility of working from home and from the office
• Health insurance with Arcadia for you and your significant other
• 25 vacation days a year
• Loyalty days – additional vacation days for people employed for a certain number of years
• Sports package
• Yearly vouchers for glasses
• Free parking space at Palas or free public transportation
• Meal tickets
• Anniversary bonus
• Pillar III pension fund plan
• CSR involvement - yearly budget for donations & a day off for volunteering
• Company events

About the Company

At Centric, we build IT solutions powering everyday life. Whether you're signing in to a government portal, checking out at the register, or getting work done in a digital workspace, our IT services support the moments that matter for millions of people. Our clients span government, finance, retail, and logistics. Across these domains, every day brings new challenges and opportunities to grow.