Director of AI Delivery

Role Overview

The leading public AI trailblazer in Energy is seeking a Director of AI Delivery to drive enterprise-wide AI adoption across its global environment.

This hands-on, delivery-focused role places equal emphasis on business leadership and AI technical depth (50% business / 50% technical) and focuses on:
AI execution
Enterprise alignment and enablement
Measurable business impact

The role bridges the Executive Leadership Team and the AI Center of Excellence, translating business strategy into deployed AI capabilities and deploying AI capabilities into measurable P&L results.

The Director of AI Delivery owns two distinct portfolios:

1. Strategic Growth Portfolio

A small number of high-impact enterprise AI projects were selected in line with the company’s five-year strategy.

1. Functional Productivity Portfolio

A broader portfolio of AI initiatives across:
Supply Chain
Finance
HR
Sales & Marketing
IT
Engineering

These initiatives drive operational efficiency while enabling revenue growth without a proportional increase in headcount.

About the Company

The company manufactures industrial technology products that enable the safe, efficient, and reliable transfer of electrical energy across industries, including:
Electronics
Automotive
Industrial manufacturing

With aggressive global expansion plans, AI is viewed as a strategic accelerator supporting long-term growth.

This role reports directly to the Vice President / General Manager (AI Business Champion) and partners closely with:
Business Unit Leaders
Functional Leaders
AI Center of Excellence
AI Process Leads across the enterprise

The Director serves as the primary interface between business leaders responsible for AI outcomes and the AI Center of Excellence responsible for delivering technical solutions.

What’s Already in Place

The Director is joining a company with significant AI momentum already established.

Executive Sponsorship
The
CEO is actively driving enterprise AI adoption
Enterprise AI governance model fully approved
VP/GM serving as AI Business Champion
Dedicated communications and change management leader

Technical Foundation

AI & Automation team (~5 developers)
Azure Foundry-based agentic AI development
Active production deployments delivering more than $2M annually
Additional enterprise AI solutions already in development

Strategic Planning

Executive-reviewed portfolio of strategic AI initiatives
Projects prioritized using:
Capability Gap
P&L Lift
Feasibility
ROI

Enterprise Adoption

Enterprise AI platform selected
Organization-wide rollout underway
Citizen developers embedded across business functions
Active AI initiatives in:
Supply Chain
Finance
HR
Sales & Marketing
Engineering

The Director is not joining to build AI from scratch. The foundation already exists.

The mandate is to:
elevate execution maturity
accelerate deployment
increase adoption
connect AI investment directly to measurable business outcomes

What You’ll Do

Drive the Strategic AI Growth Portfolio

Co-own the delivery of 2026 strategic AI initiatives from scope through production
Apply the enterprise AI prioritization framework for future investments
Partner with the AI Center of Excellence on:
platform selection
build vs. buy decisions
ROI analysis
Report quarterly progress to the Executive Leadership Team

Own Enterprise AI Deployment

Lead enterprise AI deployment full-time
Translate experiments into production solutions
Prioritize AI roadmaps across every business function
Drive:
process transformation
productivity
revenue growth
workflow acceleration
operational efficiency
Ensure adoption and measurable business value
Own ROI tracking against enterprise productivity targets

Redesign Work for AI

Introduce workflow redesign before AI development begins
Prevent AI from automating broken processes
Consolidate overlapping initiatives
Build reusable enterprise AI capabilities instead of isolated pilots

Partner with the Technical Team

Work closely with the AI development team
Guide Azure Foundry development
Shape LLM-enabled workflows
Evaluate:
architecture
build vs. buy
technical quality
platform decisions
Track enterprise AI value creation
Translate business priorities into technical execution

Drive Adoption

Treat Business Unit leaders as primary internal customers
Build enterprise momentum around AI
Champion AI platform adoption
Present executive updates
Support organization-wide change management
Partner with citizen developers and AI process leaders

Build Execution Discipline

Create a practical 30 / 60 / 90-day plan
Align ongoing initiatives
Increase visibility into:
ROI
timing
business impact
Help evolve AI deployment from fragmented experimentation into an enterprise capability

Success After 12 Months

Strategic AI initiatives successfully piloted with measurable value
Functional productivity portfolio delivering validated ROI
Enterprise AI platform adoption targets achieved
Quarterly Executive Leadership reporting cadence established
Workflow redesign is operating as the standard for new AI initiatives
Duplicate pilots consolidated into reusable enterprise capabilities

What We’re Looking For

1. Proven Agentic AI Delivery

Candidates should demonstrate:
Enterprise AI deployment ownership
Agentic AI implementation
Measurable business outcomes
Revenue growth
Cost reduction
Process transformation
Adoption at scale

1. Business Leadership (50%)

Candidates should bring:
Executive presence
P&L ownership mindset
Cross-functional leadership
Board-level communication skills
Organizational transformation experience
Workflow redesign expertise
AI adoption leadership

1. Technical AI Depth (50%)

Ideal experience includes:
Enterprise AI implementation
Agentic AI deployment
Azure AI / Azure Foundry
LLM-enabled workflows
Enterprise systems integration
SaaS AI enablement
RPA + AI orchestration
Technical architecture guidance

1. Curiosity & Systems Thinking

Looking for someone who is:
Highly curious about AI
Comfortable with a