IT Capability Lead AI Engineering

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Prepare your next career move with Yomost, This role owns the engineering backbone that turns validated AI use cases into secure, reliable, production-grade AI products across FrieslandCampina.

Why this role stands out

• You lead enterprise AI engineering and MLOps, not experiments. Production, scale, and reliability and reusability are the bar.
• You combine hands-on AI engineering with practice and team leadership, setting standards, architectures, and quality across domains.
• You operate at the intersection of AI, platform engineering, and Responsible AI, with direct exposure to D&A leadership and strategic decisions.

Your impact

• Design and run scalable AI and MLOps pipelines on Azure that power real business decisions.
• Turn business value levers into measurable AI product outcomes.
• Ensure AI solutions are secure, explainable, observable, and compliant by design.
• Build and lead a strong AI engineering team that raises the technical bar globally., * This role turns AI ambition into production reality. The focus is on designing, building, and operating enterprise-grade AI and MLOps pipelines that are reliable, secure, and used daily in core business decisions. Experimentation is the starting point, not the end state.
• The role leads the global AI Engineering and MLOps capability, combining hands-on engineering with clear technical ownership. Day to day work includes setting architectures and engineering standards, resolving complex production issues, reviewing critical code and pipelines, and coaching a small senior team that sets the technical bar for AI delivery.
• Work happens in close partnership with Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Architecture, Security, and business domain teams across FrieslandCampina. Real use cases such as forecasting, pricing, and supply chain optimization are translated into scalable AI products that teams

• You take ownership end to end, act with speed and decisiveness, and look beyond your own role to create impact aligned with our strategic priorities. You are pragmatic, accountable, and push ideas into production.

• You are a hands-on AI engineering leader with strong judgment, able to balance innovation with reliability, security, and Responsible AI in an enterprise context.

• Deep expertise in AI engineering and MLOps, including designing and running production-grade AI pipelines and platforms on Azure, with strong collaboration across data, platform, and business teams.

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 10+ years of experience in Data & Analytics, with a proven track record of scaling AI solutions from experimentation to sustained business value in production.

• Salary between €6,500 and €8,900 per month, depending on knowledge and experience (full-time);
• Full-time workweek of 40 hours, 15% bonus, and a pension;
• Flexible working hours, hybrid working, plus either a train pass or a travel allowance of €0.23 per km (up to 30 km one way).
• 200 hours of annual leave, the option to buy or sell 40 extra hours, and 8% holiday allowance;
• Free milk & cheese during lunch and delicious barista coffee at our headquarters.

For this particular opportunity, you can also expect

• A global, senior role based in Amersfoort, working with strong AI, data, and platform engineering colleagues across business domains and IT.
• Continuous personal and professional development through exposure to complex, first-of-kind AI challenges, senior leadership forums, and cutting-edge AI and cloud technologies.
• Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with a Hay 18 global leadership role, including flexibility to support sustainable performance.
• The opportunity to make visible, material impact by turning AI into a reliable, enterprise capability that drives business value across FrieslandCampina.
• A purpose-driven environment where your work directly supports "Nourishing by Nature" by embedding responsible, scalable AI into how the company operates.

Staying true to who you really are, that is your starting point at FrieslandCampina. Because it is precisely by embracing our differences that we can grow together. We want to create a working environment that allows all employees to bring their best and authentic selves. If who we are suits you, but you're not sure if you're the best fit for the role, we still encourage you to apply so we can help you find the role that fits you best., For thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are. We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.