Director of Applied AI, South Pole
Climate solutions provider
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Climate solutions provider
501-1000 employees
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501-1000 employees
Company mission
To deliver climate impact at scale.
Role
Who you are
- A technical enterprise operator who can translate AI capability into measurable business results
- Combines strategic thinking with strong program leadership and execution
- Experienced in redesigning end-to-end workflows and embedding AI
- Strong judgment on where AI can improve workflow performance and business outcomes
- Fluent in the current AI tooling landscape and able to guide build vs buy decisions
- Understands enterprise architecture and application stacks well enough to design and deploy workflow solutions
- Track record of deploying production solutions in enterprise environments
- Strong understanding of tooling, integration, governance, and adoption
- Can teach, influence, and build capability across teams
- Communicates clearly with senior leadership and works effectively across functions
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a technical enterprise operator who can improve how work gets done and translate that into measurable business results
- AI transformation of key workflows
- Identify high-value internal workflows, understand how the work actually gets done, redesign what is broken, and embed AI where it improves speed, quality, and cost
- AI capability diffusion across the business
- Help teams build with AI in their day-to-day work through training, practical guidance, shared patterns, and responsible-use guardrails
- Prioritize workflows based on business value, feasibility, and adoption potential
- Work with business stakeholders to map priority workflows end-to-end, diagnose where performance breaks down, identify what needs to improve, and determine where AI can add value
- Make build, buy, or partner decisions based on strong knowledge of the AI tool landscape
- Lead the development and deployment of solutions into real workflows and systems
- Define baselines, targets, and metrics tied to business outcomes
- Build internal capability so teams can work with AI effectively and responsibly through hackathons, training, and practical guidance
- What success looks like
- Key workflows are redesigned and measurably better (improvements in speed, quality, margin)
- AI is embedded where it improves business performance
- Teams across functions are increasingly able to build with AI directly in their own work
- Clear adoption, governance, and impact metrics are in place
Our take
South Pole is a Zurich-based climate solutions provider making real strides in the global push for Net Zero. Founded in 2006, the company takes a hands-on, action-first approach, unlike traditional consultancies, SOuth Pole joins projects after they're greenlit, focusing on implementing tangible climate solutions rather than just advising on them. This model has made it a key player in the green transition, turning climate ambitions into real outcomes.
Working across emission reduction, climate, and environmental protection, South Pole partners with companies to help create ways to lower their carbon emissions. The founders are experienced in the industry too, with many having met at the MyClimate foundation whilst others are renowned entrepreneurs. This coalition of capital and climate knowledge has helped South Pole become a unicorn company.
While some players in the space struggle to deliver results, SOuth Pole has built a strong track record. From partnering with Canadian delivery company Sendle to roll out carbon-neutral shipping, to developing impactful sustainability initiatives with global giants like Nestlé and UBS.
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Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Work-life balance: From flexible working hours to flexible workplace (home office), with above-average vacation allowances, we strive to make the work and family life puzzle an easy one for our employees
- Flexible Vacation Benefits: Options to buy up to 5 extra days of time off
- Life Insurance: Available to all employees across the world
- Care for your Wellbeing: Access to mental, physical and financial wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (TELUS Health)
- Parental Leave: Should any of our employees need to take time off the Iceberg as a result of a new addition to their household, we are happy to be able to offer competitive Paid Parental leave to support them during this time
- Compassionate Leave: Sometimes life is unpredictable, and when unfortunate events occur, we want to give you peace of mind so you feel fully supported during this time
Company HQ
Escher Wyss, Zürich, ZH
Leadership
Daniel Klier
(CEO)Daniel joine dSOuth Pole in 2024 as CEO. Prior to this, they were the CEO of ESG Book. They also spent almost 8 years at HSBC as the Group Head of Strategy and as the Global Head of Sustainable Finance and Group General Manager.
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