VP, AI Transformation

Tiivistelmä työpaikkailmoituksesta: You will lead Metso’s company-wide AI transformation, define the enterprise AI strategy, and act as the senior technical authority for AI. You will build and lead the central AI engineering team and coordinate a distributed network of developers, data professionals and business owners to move AI into production. The role can be based in Espoo or Tampere, Finland, requires regular presence at Espoo headquarters and may involve up to 20% travel. You should have proven experience delivering AI or technology transformations, strong software/AI engineering knowledge, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders. Tämä tiivistelmä on luotu tekoälyn avulla. Our world depends on rocks, minerals, metals and other raw materials – the building blocks of modern society. As an industry leader, Metso helps transform these essential materials to enable sustainable modern life. Our solutions and services support everything from renewable energy and electrification to the infrastructure and digital economy shaping our future. Together, we help our customers meet growing demand while driving the industry toward a more sustainable use of the earth’s natural resources. Join nearly 18,000 Metsonites worldwide, each bringing unique expertise and experience to positive change. At Metso, you’re supported by a growth culture built on safety, wellbeing, inclusion and collaboration. This is your opportunity to make an impact and rise above the possible. Job posting end date: 08/27/2026 INTRODUCTION Are you interested in building the AI operating model for a global industrial company, not simply inheriting one? Metso is moving from separate AI experiments toward coordinated enterprise delivery. As VP, AI Transformation, you will lead that shift. You will define the company’s AI direction, help determine where investment and engineering attention should be focused, and turn priority opportunities into tools that improve how Metso operates and serves its customers. Your primary mandate is transformation. You will lead Metso’s company-wide AI programme and bring business areas, corporate functions, IT, data and digital teams together around shared priorities and ways of working. You will also act as the company’s senior technical authority for AI and lead the central engineering team responsible for solutions serving group functions. This is not a role focused only on strategy, governance or experimentation. You will join at the point where AI is moving into practical enterprise use, with the mandate to shape both the direction and the operating model behind it. The role can be based in Espoo or Tampere, Finland. Because the position involves close cooperation with Metso’s senior leadership, regular presence at the Espoo headquarters is required. Travel may account for up to 20% of working time. TEAM YOU BELONG TO You will report to the Chief Growth Officer and join the Business Growth Leadership Team. Metso uses a distributed AI model, with developers and engineers working across business areas and corporate functions. You will initially lead a few AI professionals, with some additional hires already under way. As the delivery portfolio grows, you will shape the further development of the central team. Across Metso, hundreds of colleagues already contribute to AI-related development, experimentation and adoption. Your role is to connect this distributed community around shared priorities, platforms and engineering standards. WHAT YOU’LL DO In your first 12 months, you’ll: Establish a clear AI strategy for Metso, covering business priorities, technology choices, global deployment and the company’s approach to vendor dependence and AI sovereignty Turn the company-wide AI transformation programme from launch into coordinated delivery, with agreed priorities, ownership, governance and measures of business value. Move selected group-function initiatives toward practical adoption. These include Ask Metso, an AI-supported employee knowledge and self-service solution, AI-powered marketing, and tools supporting strategy execution. Set the engineering and architecture direction that distributed AI teams can follow across Metso. Build the operating model for a growing central AI engineering team and a wider company network of developers, data professionals and business owners. Your core responsibilities include: Lead Metso’s company-wide AI transformation programme and maintain a clear portfolio of priorities across the Aggregates and Minerals business areas and corporate functions. Own the enterprise AI strategy and help senior leaders make informed investment, prioritization and build-versus-buy decisions. Act as Metso’s technical authority for AI, setting engineering standards, architecture principles and secure development practices. Lead and grow the central AI engineering team, which develops solutions for group functions and provides specialist support to distributed teams. Create a shared operating mo