AI for Retail - Practice Lead

Your role

Your responsibilities will revolve around four areas:

• Client consulting & delivery

You are active as a consultant on client engagements within the retail & e-commerce domain. You act as a senior sparring partner for clients throughout the project lifecycle, from discovery to production. You translate retail business challenges into AI and machine learning solutions, design the technical approach, and stay close enough to the work to roll up your sleeves when needed. Your hands-on client work keeps your knowledge sharp and your credibility real.

• Technical leadership & capability building

Guide our machine learning engineers and data scientists on retail engagements: reviewing solution designs, challenging technical choices, and spotting risks early. Develop reusable methodologies, accelerators, and proof-of-concepts for retail use cases such as forecasting, personalization, pricing, and agentic AI. Drive knowledge sharing and R&D initiatives that raise the bar for how we work.

• Practice development

Help shape Xomnia's point of view and propositions for retail & e-commerce AI, together with our unit lead. Bring in what you learn from client work to keep our offering sharp and relevant, and contribute to how we share our expertise through cases, blogs, events, and partnerships.

• Commercial & presales support

Support commercial pursuits with your technical and domain expertise: scoping client needs, designing solutions, contributing to proposals, and building demos or proof-of-concepts. Collaborate with the sales team so that what we propose is technically sound and deliverable.

What you bring to the table

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a machine learning engineer or data scientist.

• Consultancy experience within the retail & e-commerce sector: you have worked in a client-facing role, translated retail business challenges into AI and data solutions, and managed stakeholder expectations in complex organisations.

• A strong technical foundation: you have brought ML solutions from prototype to production, and you can credibly discuss model architecture, MLOps, and AI system design with both engineers and clients. Experience with Python, a major cloud platform (Azure, AWS or GCP), and modern ML tooling is expected.

• Strong knowledge of data & AI applications in retail: demand forecasting, personalization, pricing optimization, agentic AI, and beyond.

• Hands-on experience with, or a strong interest in, GenAI and agentic AI solutions.

• Excellent communication skills: equally comfortable with engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders.

• A culture of sharing: you bring ideas to the table, develop others, and make the team around you stronger.

• Experience supporting proposal development, thought leadership (writing, speaking, presenting), or building internal capabilities is a plus.

• Fluent in English and Dutch is a must.

What’s in it for you?

We offer more than a job, we offer a platform for growth:

• A monthly salary between €5.650 - €8.000 excl. vacation allowance, Profit Bonus and KPI Bonus (commensurate with experience)

• €5.000 annual development budget

• 25 vacation days to fully recharge

• Secondary benefits such as pension, flexible working options and the possibility to take unpaid leave

• Memorable company trips (Berlin last year!)

• The opportunity to grow along with our success through Stock Appreciation Rights

At Xomnia, we believe that collaboration, knowledge sharing, and personal development are the keys to our success. That's why we offer various training sessions through our 'Learning Labs' and organize a yearly Health Month. We also regularly enjoy boat trips through the Amsterdam canals with our own boat, and there is always a healthy (free) lunch and a bar at the office.

Become a Xomnian!

At Xomnia, we believe in using data and AI to tackle real-world challenges. With a team of passionate experts from 20+ nationalities and over 30% female representation, we celebrate diversity and welcome different perspectives.

We are proud of our core values:
We are challengers, we embrace agility, and we always share.

Are you our new AI for Retail Practice Lead?

Apply now or reach out to ezra.lammers@xomnia.com. We look forward to meeting you.

Join Xomnia as our 'AI for Retail' Practice Lead and put us on the map by building intelligent solutions that solve real retail and e-commerce challenges. In this hands-on role, you'll combine your machine learning expertise with your consultancy experience to deliver AI that works for retail clients, guide our specialists technically, and help grow our retail practice from the inside out. Enjoy a robust development budget, memorable company trips, and regular team boat rides on our own boat, all from our vibrant office in the heart of Amsterdam, complete with free healthy lunches and an in-house bar. Are you ready to redefine the retail industry with us?

About the role and the Xomnia culture

At Xomnia, we don't just build models, we build intelligent solutions that solve real retail challenges. As our 'AI for Retail' Practice Lead, you won't be sitting on the sidelines. You'll be the technical heart of our retail practice: working directly with clients on demand forecasting, personalization, pricing and agentic AI solutions, challenging them to think bigger, and making sure our specialists have the expertise and direction to deliver real impact.

We work on projects that redefine how the retail industry operates. Our culture thrives on curiosity, shared ownership, and the courage to challenge assumptions. We value people who combine technical depth with hands-on impact, enjoy experimenting, sharing knowledge, and building lasting relationships with clients.

Are you ready to take on this challenge?

The retail sector is moving fast - from demand forecasting and hyper-personalization to agentic AI reshaping how e-commerce businesses operate. Xomnia is building focused practice areas to become the go-to partner in specific markets, and retail is one of them.

As 'AI for Retail' Practice Lead, you are the expert our clients and colleagues turn to when it comes to AI in retail. You bring the technical credibility to design solutions that make it to production, and the consultancy experience to translate retail business challenges into the right approach. From there, you help shape what our retail practice stands for and how it grows. You don't need to have built a practice before: your technical and consulting expertise is the foundation, and we'll support you in growing into the business side of the role. You will be part of our AI team and you'll work closely with our unit lead, delivery teams, sales, and cross-functional colleagues to ensure our practice delivers measurable impact both externally and internally.