AI Transformation Lead

AI Transformation Lead

Austin, TX

Your Impact

DISCO is seeking an AI Transformation Lead to define and operationalize the use of artificial intelligence across the enterprise. This individual will partner cross-functionally with business leaders and process owners to identify, design, and implement AI-driven solutions that enhance productivity, improve decision-making, and drive measurable business outcomes.

This role operates in the grey space between business process and technology and will lean heavily on hands-on technical skills and translating business processes into scalable, AI-enabled solutions. You will serve as the bridge between business functions and technical capabilities, ensuring AI is deployed in practical, high-impact ways across the organization.

What You'll Do

Enterprise AI Strategy & Execution

• Partner with leaders and process owners across business teams to identify high-impact AI opportunities
• Translate business workflows into AI-enabled solutions (automation, augmentation, decision support)
• Develop business case and ROI models for AI investments
• Prioritize initiatives based on ROI, scalability, ease of implementation, and alignment with DISCO's strategy

Build & Deploy AI Solutions

• Personally build and deploy AI-powered workflows using tools such as Claude Code/Cowork, Workato, and Amazon Bedrock
• Partner with Business Technology and the AI Innovation Lab, where deeper integration is required, but independently drive lightweight solutions.
• Design and implement prompt engineering strategies and reusable templates
• Create repeatable frameworks and playbooks to scale responsible, secure AI adoption.
• Implements AI testing strategy using AI testing frameworks to ensure continuous quality improvement

Change Management & Enablement

• Train and enable teams to adopt AI tools effectively and securely in their day-to-day workflows
• Work in partnership with the AI Governance Team and the AI Champions network to establish best practices, governance, and usage guidelines
• Build AI literacy and act as an internal evangelist to drive an "AI-first" mindset across the company through workshops, office hours and self-service resources

Measurement & Optimization

• Define success metrics (time saved, cost reduction, revenue impact)
• Continuously iterate on solutions based on feedback and performance data
• Create executive dashboards to track AI adoption and impact
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to capture learnings and improve processes
• Partner with Program Management to communicate the impact of AI to the organization

Who You Are

• 8–12 years of experience in consulting, operations, or technology roles
• Background at firms like McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, or similar high-performance environments
• Proven track record of driving cross-functional initiatives and technology-enabled process transformation
• Hands-on experience implementing AI/automation solutions with production-grade testing in a business setting
• Experience driving measurable business outcomes (revenue growth, cost reduction, time savings) through technology initiatives
• Strong systems thinking and ability to map complex workflows
• High business acumen across multiple functions (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, HR, Finance, Ops)
• Working knowledge of modern AI tools (LLMs, Agentic frameworks, prompt engineering, workflow automation)
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
• Data analysis and visualization skills (SQL, Python, dashboarding tools)
• Understanding of AI governance, ethics, and responsible AI practices

Mindset

• Builder mentality—bias toward action and iteration
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and defining a new function
• Passion for leveraging AI to drive real-world business impact
• Always operating with a responsible and security-first mindset

Why This Role Matters

This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to define how a fast-growing legal tech company leverages AI across every function. You'll have the autonomy to experiment, the resources to build, and direct access to leadership. In your first year, you'll deliver measurable impact on productivity and innovation velocity that will be felt across the entire organization. This isn't a staff role or a planning role—it's a player-coach position where you'll personally build solutions that become competitive differentiators for DISCO.

Authorization to Work in the U.S.: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. DISCO is not currently sponsoring visas, including, but not limited to, H-1B, TN, or EAD, and we are not accepting visa transfers.

Perks of DISCO

• Open, inclusive, and fun environment
• Benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as 401(k)
• Competitive salary plus RSUs
• Flexible PTO
• Opportunity to be a part of a company that is revolutionizing the legal industry
• Growth opportunities throughout the company

About DISCO

DISCO provides a cloud-native, artificial intelligence-powered legal solution that simplifies ediscovery, legal document review and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process and review enterprise data that is relevant or potentially relevant to legal matters.

At DISCO, we believe AI is a core enabler of how work gets done. All employees are expected to proactively adopt and responsibly use AI tools to drive efficiency, improve outcomes, and continuously evolve how they operate in their role.

Are you ready to help us fulfill our mission to use technology to strengthen the rule of law? Join us!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.