AI Project Manager

At Sanoma Learning, we all share a deep-rooted passion for education and are committed to support teachers to help all students to reach their potential, so they can be at their best in class. We are proud of the impact we make together across Europe, local as well as international. As our teams and the scope of our impact grows, so do the opportunities for us to learn from each other – across country borders and areas of expertise. With over 3.000 colleagues, we work on seamlessly integrated print, digital and blended learning solutions to help teachers and schools develop the talents of every child. Our people are passionate and committed and always willing to go the extra mile for students, teachers, schools, our shareholders and each other.

We believe that Data and AI can uncover multiple opportunities for education, including both internal efficiencies and new product opportunities; currently AI is a priority theme for Sanoma Learning.

AI Project Manager

The AI Project Manager is part of the AI Enablement team – the small central team that makes AI work at Sanoma Learning possible: setting direction, building the foundations, and connecting the many parties involved. The team works as a flexible unit: members take ownership of the initiatives that matter most at a given moment, and capacity is redirected as priorities shift.

Within that team, this role carries a clear centre of gravity: it is the connection point between AI at Sanoma Learning and the outside world, and between the AI team and the functions that own communication and strategy. The role does not replace those functions. It makes sure they have the AI substance, the right experts and the right coordination to do their work well – and it turns what the AI teams do into something that colleagues, customers, partners and the wider education community can understand and engage with.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Head of Data and AI, the AI Project Manager works across operating companies and central functions – Communications, Strategy, M&A, Legal and the product and experimentation teams – and represents the AI agenda in those forums. This role also assumes matrix reporting into the Competence Lead of Project Management.

AI communication – internal and external

Acting as the AI team’s counterpart to the Communications function: bringing the content, the context and the experts, and coordinating the AI side of delivery.

Thought leadership and external presence

Working with the Strategy function, which owns Sanoma Learning’s thought leadership agenda, to ensure AI is represented with credible substance.

AI partnership and M&A funnel

Owning the front end of the AI partnership pipeline, feeding the teams that own the decisions and the transactions.

Leading AI initiatives and projects

As a member of a small, flexible team, taking direct ownership of initiatives where capacity and momentum are needed.

How this role works with others

Communication and thought leadership are owned by dedicated functions at Sanoma Learning, and this role does not duplicate them. Its value lies in being the AI team’s connection into those functions: supplying substance and expertise, coordinating the AI-side contributors, keeping the AI agenda sequenced and visible, and making sure opportunities are not lost because no one on the AI side was joining the dots. The success measure is that Communications and Strategy are consistently well served by AI – not that AI does their work.

A successful candidate will have the following:

Education

Personal Attributes

How do you prepare students for the world, engage their curiosity and inspire them to grow? That is the main question of teachers all around the world. At Sanoma Learning, it has always been our mission to help to find and develop best-in-class answers to this question. If you join us, it means that you embark on an exciting journey to help shape the future of learning for primary, secondary and vocational education. We believe that your journey is our success as a company.

Sanoma Learning is a leading K12 European learning company, operating in 12 countries. Our learning products and services enable and support teachers and schools to develop the talents of every child to reach their potential. By offering printed and digital learning content, as well as digital learning and teaching platforms for primary, secondary and vocational education, we want to grow our positive impact on learning across Europe. With over 3000 employees, we help shape the future of education for 25+ million of students.

So, are you ready to start your journey to help shape the future of learning and help teachers to support all students to reach their potential?

Sanoma Learning is an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to inclusion and diversity, ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristics.