AI Expert – Digital Transformation in Private Equity (m/f/x) - Italy

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich ( as a listed private equity holding company, acquires medium-sized companies in special situations, which show significant operational improvement potential and are sold again after undergoing a repositioning and stabilization process. Mutares actively supports its portfolio companies with its own investment and operations teams and through strategic add-on acquisitions. The focus is on companies with revenues ranging from EUR 100 million to EUR 750 million, across various industries. The aim is to achieve a clear value increase with a focus on sustainable, long-term growth of the portfolio company.

Your Tasks

• Conduct discovery workshops to identify AI opportunities addressing key pain points such as automation, analytics, NLP, and generative AI

• Define and prioritize use cases based on business impact, feasibility, and implementation effort

• Design scalable AI solutions and prototypes, ensuring cross-portfolio reusability

• Oversee implementation, including vendor selection, team coordination, and technical validation

• Develop toolkits and frameworks to accelerate AI adoption and enablement across Mutares and its portfolio companies

Your Profile

• Successfully completed a degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineeringor a similar field with outstanding results

• At least 3 years of experience in designing and implementing AI solutions in business contexts, delivering large-scale AI or digital transformation projects in leading management consulting firms

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with an entrepreneurial mindset and hands-on approach

• Strong understanding of machine learning, LLMs, MLOps, data pipelines, and cloud-based AI architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP)

• Business fluency in Italian and English, with the ability to communicate in a well-structured and concise manner

• Willingness to travel up to 4 days per week (typically Monday – Thursday) and to work in an international environment

What Mutares offers

• Work in a highly motivated, international, committed, and agile team that enjoys working together

• Exciting work environment with varied challenges, strategic influence, and tasks for continuous personal and professional development

• Flat hierarchies, fast decision-making processes, and room for your own ideas

• Regular team events and offsites