Team Lead Data & AI Solutions (80-100%, all genders)

• Location: Vienna Airport
• Employment level: Direct entry
• Function: IT
• Working time: Full time
• Salary: Minimum gross annual salary is €69,000
• Publishing date: 08-27-2026

As Team Lead Data & AI Solutions, you will take on the disciplinary and functional leadership of our 15-member team. Together, you will be responsible for the stable operation and continuous evolutionof our data, analystics, automation, and AI solutions.

Tasks

• You lead, motivate, and develop your disciplinary and functional team of Data &

AI Engineers, Data Scientists, and BI specialists

• You ensure the on-time, on-schedule, and on-budget delivery of innovative

Data & AI solutions while adhering to Data & AI governance

• You design the required IT landscape for Data & AI platforms in line with the digital, data, and AI strategies of Austrian and the Lufthansa Group
• You translate complex business requirements into scalable data and AI solutions, collaborating closely with business and IT delivery units
• You hold end-to-end responsibility for the design, development, testing, deployment, and operation of Data & AI products, reducing manual tasks

through service automation

• You ensure that the necessary ITSM processes (e.g., Incident Management) are implemented in compliance with SLAs
• You manage, monitor, and report the budget for your entire area of responsibility
• You support tech enablement and digital/AI literacy initiatives with your own ideas to drive the sustainable adoption of AI solutions

Behind the scenes

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Your Role at Austrian

In this key role, you will actively shape our digital, data, and AI strategy, while expanding a scalable architecture for modern analytics, machine learning, and Generative/Agentic AI. You will also act as the central interface to the Head of Digitalization, Data & AI as well as the Lufthansa Group.

Your Contribution

You will drive the transition from traditional business intelligence and data platforms towards modern AI-enabled capabilities, ensuring that data and AI create measurable value.

Requirements

• You hold a university degree in IT, Business Informatics, or possess equivalent, long-standing relevant experience
• You bring at least 3 years of leadership and industry experience within a dynamic IT environment

You possess profound, proven know-how in ITIL processes as well as modern IT architecture
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• You have extensive expertise in Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
• You are well-versed in utilizing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps working methodologies
• You feature strong strategic thinking skills, enabling you to successfully implement Lufthansa Group & Austrian guidelines and governance frameworks
• You demonstrate a high level of service orientation and quality awareness to ensure customer satisfaction, reliability, and an optimal time-to-market
• You are a communication talent with excellent stakeholder management skills, capable of interacting confidently with business units, IT providers, and group- level interfaces
• You bring empathy, motivational skills, and a genuine passion for talent development to inspire your team to reach their full potential

Please apply exclusively only.

Benefits

Cafeteria

Employee events

Part-time models

Diversity programs

Profit-sharing programme

Subsidized parking or public transport

Company health management

Flight benefits

Remote working (e.g. from home)

Work-related public transport

Cafeteria , Employee events, Part-time models, Diversity programs, Profit-sharing programme, Subsidized parking or public transport, Company health management, Flight benefits, Remote working (e.g. from home), Work-related public transport

Contact

Corinna Seebauer

Talent Acquisition

Austrian Airlines AG

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About Austrian Airlines AG

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