Applied AI Project Manager

freshcells systems engineering GmbH is a software service provider based in Düsseldorf with a dynamic team of over 50 creative experts from various fields.

We focus on authenticity, individual talent development and open communication. We build on respect, trust and responsibility. As an innovation-driven company, we invest in new ideas. We know that the best results are achieved as a team. We make mistakes, but we learn from them. We are open and courageous for new ways.

Join us on our exciting journey in what is probably the most important and forward-looking area - software development - as a AI Specialist (m/f/d) in full-time hybrid or remote.

We hire people who want to understand how things work, not just how to wire them together.

You don’t have to know everything. But you should want to know why.

We’re seeking an Applied AI Project Manager (H/U/M/A/N) to lead AI initiatives. The role centers on scoping, planning, prioritizing, and delivering AI solutions that integrate into internal and external products and workflows. You have prior hands-on experience as a developer in the AI space and can go deep when needed, but your primary value is directing teams, aligning stakeholders, managing risks, timelines, and budgets, and ensuring high-quality delivery. You will coordinate engineers, designers, data specialists, and business owners, communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, and own the roadmap and KPIs for AI features across on-prem and cloud environments.

What we offer you:

• Flex-time for early birds and night owls


• Flexible home office days


• Company pension scheme with employer contribution


• Subsidy for the Germany public transport ticket


• Subsidy for Urban Sports Club


• Benefits portal with offers from online shops and physical stores of various brands


• A secure, long-term workplace


• Regular feedback sessions, team meetings & retrospectives


• Space for your own ideas and personal development


• Digital training courses, freely available to all employees


• Support with relocation processes, as well as free German courses for newcomers


• Shared activities such as summer and winter parties, monthly company breakfasts, etc.


• A dog-friendly work environment

• Own end-to-end delivery of AI initiatives: define scope, success metrics, milestones, and acceptance criteria


• Create and maintain AI roadmaps and backlogs; run sprint planning, reviews, and cross-team coordination


• Translate business needs into technical requirements and interface specifications for APIs, services, and integrations


• Lead technical discovery and solution design for LLM, RAG, Vision, and generative use cases


• Plan resources and budgets; sequence work, manage dependencies, and remove delivery blockers


• Establish delivery quality: code review gates, CI/CD, monitoring, and post-launch KPIs


• Oversee on-prem and cloud deployments, including security, data governance, and cost controls


• Communicate status and risks clearly to stakeholders; produce concise docs and demos for decision-making


• Drive knowledge transfer and enablement for developers and non-technical users of AI tools


• Track model and platform changes and assess impact on existing solutions; manage upgrades and deprecations

• 3+ years as a software/ML engineer building AI features or platforms, with shipped production use cases


• 2+ years leading AI projects or acting as a technical project/program manager


• Proven delivery using AI and ability to review designs and guide technical trade-offs


• Solid Python familiarity with frameworks such as AI-SDK, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar


• Experience with web APIs, systems design basics, and networking fundamentals


• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences


• Experience running agile and tools (e.g., Jira) and setting measurable product KPIs

Nice to have

• Vendor evaluation and contract management for AI platforms or model providers


• Background in on-prem/hybrid deployments, security reviews, and compliance


• Public speaking, enablement sessions, or internal training on AI topics

All people are welcome here, regardless of gender, age, sexual identity, origin, religion, ideology, with or without a disability. The main thing is that you fit in with us.

If you are interested in a wide-ranging portfolio of projects, want to continuously develop yourself and enjoy working independently and responsibly, get in touch with us: recruiting((at))freshcells(.)de. We look forward to hearing from you!