Cross-Brand Partnership & Sharing Specialist (m/f)

What will you do with us?

In this role, you will be a key ambassador for synergy, collaboration and efficiency across the Volkswagen Group (VWG). Your task will be to ensure that successful AI solutions developed by one brand can be easily, legally and fairly used by other brands as well.

Setting up sharing and financing models

• Define the rules of the game: You will create models for sharing AI projects between brands — determining the allocation of development and operating costs as well as the distribution of solution benefits.
• Ensure fairness: You will set financial principles so that they are beneficial and transparent for all parties involved.

Managing the “catalogue” of Group AI solutions

• Maintain an overview: You will manage a comprehensive catalogue of all AI tools and projects available in VWG Procurement.
• Ensure documentation: You will make sure that these tools are well described and that information about them is easily accessible to all brands.

Contractual and legal coordination

• Connect legal and finance teams: Sharing technologies between companies within the Group requires contractual coverage. You will work with the legal and finance departments to finalise agreements on sharing AI systems.

Internal promotion and “selling” of AI solutions

• Be the face of the Group AI portfolio: You will communicate with brand procurement representatives, present existing AI tools and demonstrate how they can solve their local challenges.
• Identify opportunities: You will actively look for areas where an already completed AI solution could be reused or adopted.

Evaluation, optimisation and travel

• Track success: You will monitor how shared AI tools are used and whether the sharing models work, and propose improvements based on data.
• Travel to meet partners: Regular trips to the headquarters of other VWG brands will be a key part of the role — personal relationships and trust are essential for cross-brand cooperation.

What do you need to know, have and be able to do?

For this role, you need to be an excellent diplomat and negotiator with strong business and financial acumen. Your task will be to connect finance, legal, IT and procurement across the Group brands and find a mutually beneficial agreement.

Expert knowledge (What you need to know)

• Financial models and intra-Group accounting: You need to understand cost-sharing, intra-Group invoicing, transfer pricing and ROI calculation for shared projects.
• Contractual and legal basics in IT: You should have an understanding of SLAs, licensing terms, intellectual property protection (IP) and rules for sharing data between legal entities, including GDPR.
• Overview of IT architecture and AI: You do not need to be a programmer, but you must understand how AI tools are technically operated, such as cloud-based versus local solutions, so that you can assess whether a solution can be easily transferred to another brand.

Practical skills (What you need to be able to do)

• Internal sales and promotion: You need to be able to “sell” a ready-made AI solution to another brand — understand their needs, present the tool and convince them that adopting it is worthwhile compared with developing their own.
• Negotiation and diplomacy: Each brand, such as Škoda, Audi or Porsche, has its own budgets, priorities and interests. You need to be able to negotiate with their representatives and find a fair compromise for everyone.
• Stakeholder management: The ability to communicate effectively and coordinate the work of very diverse groups of people — from lawyers and financial controllers to IT architects and procurement directors.

Languages and IT tools

• English at C1 level (active): An absolute necessity. You will use it daily for negotiations, presentations and preparing materials for international agreements.
• German (a significant advantage): Most Group brands and key decision-making bodies are based in Germany, so German will make negotiations and relationship building easier.
• Portfolio management tools: Experience with tools such as Confluence, SharePoint or Jira for managing and sharing the catalogue of AI solutions.

Advanced MS Office skills:

• Excel for creating financial models and allocating costs.
• PowerPoint for creating attractive presentations about available AI solutions for brand management.

Personal qualities

• Relationship building: Success in this role is built on trust — you need to be someone who enjoys networking with people and can inspire them to work towards a shared goal.
• High flexibility and enthusiasm for travel: Face-to-face meetings in Wolfsburg, Ingolstadt or Martorell are key to closing cross-brand agreements, and travel must be a natural part of the job.
• Structured approach and follow-through: Connecting finance, legal and IT requires a great deal of patience and precision when finalising contractual details.

What can you get from us?

• A modern and international work environment. You can look forward to colleagues from not only Germany and Europe, but also many other countries and continents. Get to know the whole world!
• Possibility of career and professional growth. Every day brings new challenges, and your colleagues in the team will often be the best in the field.
• Opportunity to work with the latest technologies, which you won’t easily get the chance to do elsewhere.
• Above-standard salary, and regular variable financial bonuses. As a thank you for your efforts.
• Option of home office. Work from home whenever you need.
• Educational courses and training. Develop your skills and knowledge whenever you like.
• Advantageous rental and sale of ŠKODA cars. How about an outing after work?
• Five weeks‘ holidays. So that you can rest properly.
• Contribution to additional pension insurance, a work mobile phone and notebook, and subsidised catering.