Senior AI Project Lead (Technical)
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
iGenius
Power your business with AI solutions designed for mission-critical use cases in regulated industries.We’re looking for an exceptional Senior AI Project Lead (Technical) to join our iGenius Team in Spain.
In this role you will be at the forefront of managing high-impact AI customer deployments, influencing cross-functional teams working on cutting-edge AI deployments including but not limited to agentic system development and foundational model deployment. You'll drive project execution from conception to launch, ensuring technical and business alignment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead complex AI customer deployments from presale to go-live.
- Partner with engineering, research, product, and business teams to deliver timely outcomes, serving as a single threaded owner of client engagement and escalation.
- Define milestones, allocate resources, manage budgets, and monitor risk, facilitating stakeholder communication, reporting, and project documentation.
- Ensure compliance with customer requirements and continuous delivery best practices, track and report project KPIs, supporting data-driven decision-making.
Requirements
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in technical projects or program management within software, AI, or infrastructure-heavy environments, preferably within the financial services domain.
- Strong technical background—experience in software engineering, ML systems, or DevOps/Infrastructure roles (not necessarily current, but enough to understand architecture and implementation trade-offs).
- Proven track record managing backend, infrastructure, or AI/ML/GenAI-related projects, ideally involving APIs, platform development, or cloud-native services.
- Working knowledge of common tools and stacks: Git, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and CI/CD workflows.
- Ability to read technical documentation, participate in architecture reviews, and collaborate closely with technical and business stakeholders alike.
- Excellent project planning, risk management, and cross-functional communication skills across all levels of an organization, including but limited to C-level executives in financial services
- Fluency in Spanish and English required; Italian or any other European language a strong plus.
Benefits
Compensation
iGenius offers a competitive compensation structure, including salary, performance-based bonuses, and additional components based on experience.
About iGenius
iGenius is a deep-tech company specialized in the development of Artificial Intelligence solutions for companies operating in highly regulated industries, including financial services, government, or heavy industry. iGenius’ main product, Unicorn, offers tailored solutions for companies looking to integrate AI safely and effectively, mainly through two proprietary Large Language Models (LLMs). Italia 10B, is a multi-language model optimized for regulated sectors and elevated computational efficiency, while Colosseum 355B, built with latest-generation NVIDIA technology, is fit for mission-critical use cases. In addition to Unicorn, iGenius’ product offer includes Crystal, an AI agent for Decision Intelligence that analyzes business data in natural language and accurately supports strategic, insight-driven decision-making. In December 2024, iGenius joined forces with NVIDIA to build Colosseum – one of the largest AI supercomputers in the world – to support the deployment of its models with unrivaled speed, performance, and efficiency.
Active in both Europe and the United States, iGenius is one of the leading AI unicorns in the European landscape, and has attracted Fortune 500 companies, including Allianz and Intesa Sanpaolo. This led Gartner to recognize iGenius as a “Cool Vendor” in the AI Core Technologies category, as well as mention the company in its Market Guide for Conversational AI.
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