Discover Trainee Program - AI Specialist

What is our program about?

You will become part of the Discover trainee program, designed for graduates or university students looking for a full-time job. Over two years, you will rotate through at least four different roles and departments to become a well-rounded expert. You will be assigned projects that will challenge you, while also receiving enough support to successfully complete them. You will gain both hard and soft skills training to help grow your expertise as well as your leadership potential. Throughout the program, you will regularly meet other Discover trainees and build a community of like-minded people.

Who are we looking for?

You have (or will soon have) at least a Bachelor’s degree, you're up to age 26 and have graduated no more than two years ago. You are fluent in Czech/Slovak and English. You have ambitions to move into leadership roles and are willing to put in the necessary effort. You understand that this is a program that gives you a lot, but also expects a lot from you.

The program will start on September 1, 2026 but we are starting the hiring right now!

Join the AI Centre of Excellence at Vodafone Czech Republic

• Are you passionate about making AI work in practice — not just in theory? Vodafone Czech Republic is scaling an AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) and we're looking for an AI Specialist to join our team through the Vodafone Discover programme.
• The AI CoE is a growiwng, high-impact team responsible for accelerating AI adoption across the entire organisation. We do this through:
• Rapid Prototyping: Building working AI prototypes to validate use cases and demonstrate what's possible to the business
• Production Advisory: Helping development teams build AI-powered solutions the right way — from architecture through deployment
• AI Tooling & Enablement: Managing and improving the AI tools our developers and colleagues use every day as well as building our own stack
• Adoption & Measurement: Running structured programmes to help people actually use AI effectively, and measuring whether it's working
• Governance: Making sure we adopt AI responsibly, in line with EU AI Act requirements and internal policies

What will you do here?

As a junior member of a small team, you'll get exposure to all of the above — not just one narrow area. Depending on your strengths and interests, your work will lean toward either the technical or the consulting side, but there's overlap in both directions.Expect to:

• Help build and iterate on AI prototypes — connecting LLMs to real business data, building demos, testing what works
• Support the intake and prioritisation of AI use cases coming from across the organisation
• Contribute to measurement — building dashboards, analysing adoption data, helping us prove (or disprove) that our AI initiatives deliver value
• Prepare materials for stakeholder presentations, governance reviews, and demo sessions
• Help coordinate AI adoption programmes — organising workshops, curating learning resources, gathering user feedback
• Maintain our use case register, knowledge base, and documentation
• Research new tools, approaches, and what other companies are doing with AI
• Participate in cross-functional work with Legal, Risk, Security, IT, and business teams

What knowledge and skills do we expect?

We're open to different profiles. You might be a technically-oriented builder or more of a consulting/product-minded generalist — or somewhere in between. What matters most:

• Genuine interest in applied AI — not just the theory, but making it useful in a real organisation. You follow what's happening in the field because you're curious, not because someone told you to.
• Ability to get things done — whether that's writing a Python script, building a dashboard, running a workshop, or putting together a clear presentation. We value people who can move between tasks and figure things out.
• Some hands-on technical experience — you don't need to be a software engineer, but you should be comfortable enough with code (Python, APIs, data manipulation) that you're not afraid to open a terminal. Bonus if you've actually built something with LLMs or AI tools.
• Communication skills — you'll work with developers, business stakeholders, legal teams, and executives. Being able to explain technical concepts clearly and listen well matters as much as technical depth.
• Product thinking — understanding how to go from a vague business problem to a concrete solution. Experience with product management, business analysis, or structured problem-solving is a plus.
• Structured and self-directed — in a small team, nobody will micromanage you. You need to be able to organise your own work, ask the right questions, and flag when something isn't working.
• Nice to have (but not required):
• Experience or academic projects involving LLMs, NLP, or data analysis
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP)
• Understanding of AI governance, ethics, or the EU AI Act
• Experience in a corporate or consulting environment
• Czech/Slovak and English language skills (our work has both local and Vodafone group aspects)

And we offer you

• We currently work in a roughly 3 days from home, 2 days in the office mode,
• Here, we address each other informally and aren’t really bothered about a dress code… It suits us all just fine, and we hope you’ll feel good among us too.
• Annual bonus
• We keep up with the times or even a step ahead, so with us you can enjoy 5 weeks of vacation, 5 personal days
• We also think about parents, with 16 weeks vacations for new parents
• If Vodafone, then full on – you will get a mobile phone and a great unlimited tariff, plus 24 000 benefit points per year which you can use in the cafeteria to buy vacations, educational courses or just to invite your dearest to the cinema.
• Option to use the uLékaře.cz service
• We’re located on a metro line – right at the entrance actually – our headquarters are in Stodůlky. You’ll find everything you need in the building and the vicinity for your lunch break or coffee break, and you can even shop in the nearby stores.
• And if you need to shake it off after work, you can grab one of the bikes we rent, or go to our gym located in the building.

At Vodafone, we’re passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where everyone can be themselves and achieve their best. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, age, genders, gender identities, abilities, sexual orientation, and everything that makes us unique. We want the best people to join us and make their difference, so we will always consider requests for flexible working (such as full-time, part-time, home-working).

Band*: Principal Specialist
TW Grade: 8
* We provide this information in the interest of transparency regarding remuneration. It expresses classification according to internal classification and does not refer to a managerial role in the sense of managing people.