Jan Dahlhaus

Senior Manager Data & AI

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

About

Physicist by training. Business leader by passion. I bridge the gap between high-end R&D and scalable business solutions. In my current senior management role, I focus on driving AI transformation and data-driven engineering for the automotive industry. My expertise lies in scaling technical teams, managing P&L for multi-million Euro units, and translating complex data into business value.

Experience

  • TWT GmbH Science & Innovation (Full-time · 8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Management Data & AI
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      Dual role: - Member of the Project Management Excellence Board, coaching 20% of companies Program Managers. - Program Management Data & AI (highest operational level in organization) Led & acquired several high-profile Data & AI projects for Automotive OEM customers, successfully navigating challenging economic conditions Achieved a two-digit profit margin while managing P&L responsibilities in a competitive market Partial personnel responsibility for Data Scientists and AI engineers (shared with HR)

    • Department Head "Methods, AI & Consulting"
      Feb 2024 - Dec 2024 · 11 mos

      P&L Responsibility for one of the 5 departments of the company Succesfull year 2024 with net growth and 2-digit profit margin despite challenging market situation. Managed 3 Teams with a total of appr 25 employees Member of extended board of management.

    • Business Unit Manager / Fachgebietsleiter
      Mar 2019 - Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 11 mos

      3 different positions with P&L responsibility, reporting directly to board of management. Unit/team size up to 60 shared and 13 sole responsibility. Technical areas managed: Energy & E-Mobility simulation Connected Engineering Data Science in Engineering Key successes: Built new Data Science team, built Munich E/E team, recruited excellent staff, and acquired innovative new projects at premium OEM automotive customers, e.g. tripling team size and project volume within one year. Very good revenues achieved in most years.

  • Project Manager Energy Management at TWT GmbH
    Jun 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Project Manager of a ~10 person project in automotive energy management. Planning, controlling and project end phases. Ressource planning. Team Management tasks in deputy position.

  • Development Engineer at TWT GmbH - Science & Innovation
    Nov 2014 - May 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UC Berkeley
    Sep 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Condensed matter research with Prof. Joel Moore

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at FOM
    Nov 2012 - Aug 2013 · 10 mos

    Theoretical Nanoelectronics in the research group of Prof. Dr. Carlo Beenakker