Senior Manager, AI Adoption & Enablement Strategy

Role Description

The Senior Manager, AI Adoption and Enablement Strategy leads the strategy and execution required to translate AI investments into meaningful business adoption, capability building, and measurable impact. This role sits at the intersection of change leadership, learning strategy, cross-functional influence, and business enablement, helping teams move from awareness and experimentation to confident, sustained use of AI in the flow of work.

This leader is responsible for captaining and coordinating cross-functional teams to build and scale an adoption approach that drives both immediate uptake and long-term behavior change. Specific areas of focus include:

• Tooling and Licensing Strategy
• Competency Modeling and Proficiency Assessment
• Literacy and Learning
• Internal Communications and Change Management
• KPI Identification and Measurement

The role requires strong judgment, the ability to simplify complex ideas for senior and non-technical audiences, and the credibility to influence across functions without direct authority. Success in this position depends on balancing strategic vision with practical execution, bringing structure to ambiguity, and helping the organization build confidence, consistency, and momentum in how AI is adopted and applied.

The ideal candidate brings a blend of strategic thinking, operational leadership, and strong people influence. They are comfortable leading cross-functional initiatives, navigating change, and working through the organizational realities that shape adoption at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise AI adoption, enablement, digital transformation, or change management initiatives
• Demonstrated success driving cross-functional programs across business, HR, operations, technology, and/or learning teams
• Strong understanding of AI enablement, user adoption, behavior change, and organizational readiness
• Experience building adoption strategies, communication plans, and scalable enablement approaches for broad audiences
• Experience designing and scaling learning and development strategies that build capability across broad audiences, including literacy, skill-building, and adoption support for new ways of working
• Ability to translate complex or technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance for senior leaders and business partners
• Strong executive presence and experience influencing senior stakeholders across multiple functions
• Experience using metrics, KPIs, and adoption signals to assess impact and guide strategy
• Background in learning and development, organizational effectiveness, change leadership, talent strategy, or digital transformation
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and bring structure, clarity, and momentum to emerging priorities
• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, prioritization, and cross-functional team leadership
• Bachelor’s degree in business, organizational development, learning, human resources, communications, technology, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience.

Benefits

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunities to move about.
• Located in a comfortable indoor area; any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Competencies

• COLLABORATES: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• COMMUNICATES EFFECTIVELY: Developing and delivering communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• COURAGE: Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said
• CUSTOMER FOCUS: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
• STRATEGIC MINDSET: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies
• ORGANIZATIONAL SAVVY: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics
• DECISION QUALITY: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
• INTERPERSONAL SAVVY: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
• PERSUADES: Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others
• BALANCE STAKEHOLDERS: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders
• PLANS and ALIGNS: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
• ACTION ORIENTED: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
• BUSINESS INSIGHT: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals