Director of AI Transformation and Business Modernization - Remote

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Director of AI Transformation & Business Modernization is a strategic leader responsible for driving large-scale, AI-enabled business transformation initiatives across the enterprise. This role partners closely with executive business leaders, technology leaders, product teams, and operational stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and execute transformational opportunities that improve efficiency, enhance customer experiences, and deliver measurable business value.

The ideal candidate combines exceptional leadership, communication, and organizational skills with a strong understanding of emerging technologies, AI capabilities, operating model transformation, and enterprise delivery practices. This leader will orchestrate multiple workstreams simultaneously, influence senior stakeholders, and help shape the future state of how work is performed across critical business functions.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Enterprise AI Transformation Leadership
  • Lead large-scale, cross-functional AI transformation initiatives from strategy through execution
  • Partner with business and technology executives to identify opportunities to reimagine business processes, operating models, and workforce capabilities through AI and automation
  • Develop transformation roadmaps that align strategic objectives, business outcomes, technology investments, and organizational change activities
  • Drive adoption of AI-enabled ways of working while ensuring alignment with enterprise governance, risk, and compliance requirements
• Program and Portfolio Leadership
  • Manage multiple concurrent transformation workstreams with complex interdependencies across business and technology organizations
  • Establish governance models, executive reporting, milestones, success metrics, risks, decisions, and issue-resolution processes
  • Ensure initiatives remain aligned to strategic priorities, budget expectations, value commitments, and implementation timelines
  • Monitor and communicate progress to senior executives and steering committees
• Executive Engagement and Influence
  • Build trusted relationships with C-level executives, senior business leaders, and technology leaders
  • Facilitate executive workshops, strategy sessions, and decision-making forums
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and executive-ready communications
  • Influence and align diverse stakeholder groups without direct authority
• Innovation and Future-State Design
  • Identify emerging technologies, AI capabilities, and industry trends that can create competitive advantage
  • Lead ideation and innovation efforts that challenge traditional operating models and drive transformational outcomes
  • Facilitate future-state process design, organizational redesign, and capability development activities
  • Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement
• Technology and Delivery Collaboration
  • Partner with architects, engineers, data scientists, product teams, and delivery leaders to translate business objectives into executable solutions
  • Provide direction and oversight on solution approaches, technology roadmaps, and implementation strategies
  • Serve as a bridge between business and technical organizations to accelerate decision-making and execution
  • Ensure technical solutions are scalable, sustainable, and aligned to enterprise architecture principles
• Change Leadership
  • Lead organizational change initiatives associated with AI-driven transformation programs
  • Develop executive communication strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, and adoption frameworks
  • Help business leaders prepare their organizations for new processes, roles, capabilities, and operating models
  • Promote accountability for value realization and sustainable adoption

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