AI Transformation (internship)

👫  About the team

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is accountable for providing high-quality support to external & internal customers, and organizing all technical operations support. He oversees Equativ's business-enabling functions (Technical Operations, Customer Support, Quality) with the following main responsibilities:

• Building a scalable organization that optimizes resource allocation and embeds technical expertise at a regional level

• Identifying operational bottlenecks, resolving them, or escalating them to Executive Committee / CEO when appropriate

• Facilitating alignment across the group, and especially between strategic guidance (CSO), commercial execution (CRO) and product / technical capabilities (CPO)

As part of a broader AI transformation initiative led at group level, we are looking for a hands-on and intellectually curious AI Transformation Intern to help identify, scope, design, and deploy AI-powered solutions across COO Operations teams. The intern will report directly to the COO, and will work closely with the SVP TechOps Europe, who will provide use cases and project direction on an ongoing basis.

👫  About the team

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is accountable for providing high-quality support to external & internal customers, and organizing all technical operations support. He oversees Equativ's business-enabling functions (Technical Operations, Customer Support, Quality) with the following main responsibilities:

• Building a scalable organization that optimizes resource allocation and embeds technical expertise at a regional level

• Identifying operational bottlenecks, resolving them, or escalating them to Executive Committee / CEO when appropriate

• Facilitating alignment across the group, and especially between strategic guidance (CSO), commercial execution (CRO) and product / technical capabilities (CPO)

As part of a broader AI transformation initiative led at group level, we are looking for a hands-on and intellectually curious AI Transformation Intern to help identify, scope, design, and deploy AI-powered solutions across COO Operations teams. The intern will report directly to the COO, and will work closely with the SVP TechOps Europe, who will provide use cases and project direction on an ongoing basis.

👋 About us

Equativ is the new single name for Smart Adserver, DynAdmic, Nowtilus and LiquidM — four proven innovators in advertising technology. The vertically integrated company provides brand and privacy-safe solutions that empower its clients to achieve maximum impact while respecting the rights of consumers. The union combines client expertise and engineering excellence to serve the interests of both the supply- side and demand-side with equal professionalism and technical sophistication.

Headquartered in Paris and New York, Equativ operates globally with a team of more than 550 people in 20 offices. Equativ offers the market its own independent ad server, SSP, buyer tools, and media services to fulfill the promise of advertising technology.

Learn more in our candidate pack or at Equativ.com.

The company is ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA and in the Financial Times’ FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies.

Equativ has been awarded the HappyIndex@Work label and is proud to be among the best companies in the ChooseMyCompany ranking, recognized for its flexible working environment.

Come and lead the charge with us in building a transparent ecosystem based on quality!

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Equativ is an equal opportunity employer. Equal access to employment, services, and programs are available to everyone, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you require reasonable accommodation throughout the application and/or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at [email protected]

Key Accountabilities

• Scope and document AI use cases in collaboration with operational teams and stakeholders, producing clear problem statements, solution designs, and business impact assessments

• Support prioritizing AI use case opportunities across Equativ Operations

• Design and prototype AI-powered workflows leveraging platforms such as Dust (Agentic AI), N8N (workflow automation), and no-code / low-code tools (e.g. Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex)

• Deploy and iterate on AI solutions in close collaboration with operational team leads, ensuring adoption and measuring results

• Produce clear and compelling documentation to communicate progress, learnings, and recommendations to the COO and relevant stakeholders

• Participate in the AI Transformation on-going governance as relevant

• You hold a Master's degree in business or computer science or are in final year

• Pragmatic creative thinker: learns quickly, identifies solutions when facing problems, open to change

• Continuous optimizer: analyzes facts, identifies successes and failures, drives change

• Solid background in coordinating a variety of priorities in a fast-paced matricial environment

• Ability to provide well-focused strategic and tactical plan that results in measurable success and better-than-market performance

• Outstanding interpersonal skills

• Position based in Paris, France

 

• 1 interview with the Talent Acquisition team

• 1 interview with the SVP TechOps Europe

• 1 home assignment to be presented to members of the COO leadership team

• 1 interview with the Chief Operations Officer