Global AI Transformation & Solutions Lead - Pulp & Paper

About the role

AFRY, a European leader in engineering, design and advisory services, is looking for a hands-on, business-minded AI leader to accelerate AI transformation across its global Pulp & Paper segment. The role is not primarily strategic or coordinating: it is about turning business problems into working solutions, from prototype to scaled adoption. It sits under the Global Head of Segment Pulp & Paper, based in Spain, and can be based in Brazil, Canada, Finland, the United States, Spain or Sweden; candidates must have the right to work in at least one of these countries.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the AI strategy, roadmap and portfolio for the global Pulp & Paper segment.
• Identify and prioritise high-value AI opportunities across engineering, project delivery and client operations.
• Develop, prototype, test and implement AI solutions with engineers, domain experts and technology specialists.
• Embed AI into engineering and project-delivery workflows to improve productivity, quality, knowledge reuse and decision-making.
• Turn AFRY's Pulp & Paper knowledge into reusable AI-enabled tools and scalable offerings for regional teams to take to their clients.
• Build AI capability and drive adoption across the global organisation, with regional teams owning client relationships and commercial execution.
• Ensure solutions respect data quality, cybersecurity, intellectual property, governance and responsible AI, and measure success by adoption and business value rather than the number of pilots.

Required profile

• Strong hands-on experience applying AI, generative AI, machine learning, automation and data technologies to real business or industrial challenges.
• Experience moving AI solutions from concept and prototype through implementation, adoption and scale.
• Ability to translate business or client problems into practical digital products and scalable solutions.
• Technical depth to work credibly with AI, data, software and engineering specialists, and stakeholder leadership in an international environment.
• A bias toward action, experimentation and measurable outcomes.
• Industrial AI, manufacturing, process industries, MES, digital twins, process optimization or industrial data experience is particularly relevant; deep Pulp & Paper expertise is an advantage but not required.

Required skills

• Modern AI technologies, including LLM-based applications, AI agents and workflows, machine learning and enterprise knowledge solutions.
• MES, digital twins, process modelling and industrial data.

Candidates apply online with their CV and a salary request by 29 November 2026; AFRY cannot sponsor visas or work permits.