PhD Student Human-Centered AI-First Organization

As part of your doctorate, you will work on a practical dissertation at the TrafoHub of Volkswagen Group IT at the interface of change management, human-centered AI and product organization. The TrafoHub is the central enabler for the transformation of Volkswagen Group IT towards a value-stream- and product-oriented organization based on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Among other things, new collaboration models between IT and business as well as change and enablement approaches are developed, piloted and scaled here. Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing processes, roles and decision-making logics. Our goal: a responsible human-centered transformation towards an AI-first organization. Your dissertation is closely linked to the ambitious AI offensive of Volkswagen Group IT and enables the active shaping of forward-looking work structures, role models and control and governance mechanisms. You will work in a real transformation setting and in co-creation with users. You will gain access to data, e.g. through stakeholder interviews, workshops, organizational and process artifacts. Formats such as guidelines, playbooks and training courses ensure a direct transfer into everyday work and offer the opportunity for empirical evaluation in the field.