Telefónica Germany — Head of AI Transformation & Enablement
Not an AI strategist on paper — a practitioner who has been turning technology into products and shaping teams into real forces for over a decade.
The Role
Strategic direction and operational steering of company-wide AI transformation. Prioritization along clear business objectives.
Lead cross-functional teams. Define goals, manage resources, and systematically develop talent.
Design data & AI operating models — clear roles, decision paths, and collaboration between business and technology.
Guardrails for responsible AI. EU AI Act compliance, data privacy, risk management.
Budget ownership, investment decisions, business cases — creating transparency around AI's economic impact.
Collaboration with C-suite, departments, and tech units. Decision-capable in complex matrix organizations.
The Match
By The Numbers
Career
Web Developer. Enterprise scale, global teams. Dual studies B.Sc. Business Informatics.
Senior Developer → Team Lead. Digital products for Mercedes-Benz, OTTO. Mentored junior developers.
Web Architect & Consultant. IBM Watson — NLP, AI Consulting. Before AI was cool.
AI MilestoneTech team from 0 to 14. Product strategy. Built engineering culture inside a creative agency.
Full ownership — from pitch to production. Technical PM & Developer across industries.
Interim Senior Manager. AI-based pricing product. Data-driven models with measurable business impact.
AI MilestoneLed 23 engineers. Smart Mirror + Mobile Apps. Hardware-software integration. Navigated US acquisition.
AI Expertise
NLP, AI Consulting, Enterprise AI Integration. Before there was a hype.
AI-based vehicle pricing at digetiers. Data-driven business models shipped to production.
At SWAN: AI integrated into connected-device ecosystems. Edge to Cloud.
Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, n8n, LLM Agents, OpenClaw. Not just strategy — daily practice.
Why Boris
Not a buzzword — a decade of real experience with AI systems in production.
Know the enterprise — and still be able to move it. 7 years of corporate experience as foundation.
Startup mindset as accelerator for corporate transformation. Speed without losing control.
Boris knows the difference between an AI strategy paper and a productive AI system — and delivers the latter.
Always co-responsible as CTO. Steering AI investments with measurable ROI.
Leadership
"Leadership means removing obstacles, not scheduling meetings."
"Honest disagreement beats polite misunderstanding."
"Stay constructively dissatisfied — always question, always improve."
"The best client relationships are built on honesty, not slide decks."
Available from May 2026 · Potsdam / Remote · German & English