Head of ECB Artificial Intelligence Office

General Information

Your team

• Coordinating the process of enabling new AI solutions to bring efficiency gains or solve problems, working closely with colleagues from all of the ECB’s business areas to support AI innovation across the organisation and collect functional requirements;
• Promoting AI adoption and innovation: facilitating and coordinating AI initiatives, ensuring alignment with priorities; identifying stakeholders responsible for implementing AI solutions; coordinating development and deployment across different support functions;
• Maximising reuse and knowledge sharing: facilitating efficient use of human, technological, and financial resources for AI projects; promoting idea and solution sharing to optimise resource use;
• Strengthening governance and compliance: working with relevant internal stakeholders to develop easy-to-use frameworks, guidelines and handbooks that support and ensure the compliant use of AI across the ECB; defining and implementing internal controls to ensure risks related to AI usage are properly identified, measured and mitigated;
• Building and growing strategic partnerships: collaborating with the private sector, academics and institutions like the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub, as well as the national central banks in the Eurosystem; ensuring the strategic role of the ECB is well reflected in those interactions.

Your role

• coordinate the implementation of AI initiatives;
• in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, develop and communicate the ECB’s AI strategy, aligning it with the ECB’s goals and ensuring strong governance and greater added value;
• advocate for AI at all levels, including the executive level, and foster a culture of innovation and compliance;
• stay updated on AI trends, incorporating feedback into the ECB’s AI strategy and compliance frameworks;
• build AI capabilities through knowledge sharing, continuous learning and reuse;
• oversee proposals for AI solutions, coordinate regular evaluations of these solutions (via metrics and key performance indicators) and their impact on business processes, as well as reporting on the outcomes and lessons learned;
• build partnerships within the ECB to gather user insights and develop new opportunities;
• oversee the execution of AI projects, ensure efficient resource use and report on outcomes, while enforcing compliance with ethical and legal standards;
• collaborate with ECB senior management and external partners on innovation initiatives, ensuring they meet governance and compliance requirements;
• develop and strengthen relationships with relevant AI providers, academic institutions, research organisations and industry experts;
• help develop and implement an organisation-wide innovation framework and governance policies;
• ensure that AI deployment complies with all legal, ethical and regulatory standards, and manage associated risks;
• promote continuous improvement in AI effectiveness, tracking progress with key performance indicators and ensuring compliance with governance protocols.

Qualifications, experience and skills

Further information

Application and selection process