Job Title: Director, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Peabody, MA, US, 01960
The Director, Artificial Intelligence will lead the division’s AI-driven value creation agenda, using AI as a strategic business lever to drive measurable revenue growth, margin expansion, productivity gains, and compliance strength.
This is a business leadership role, not a technical specialist position. The role partners closely with commercial, operational, and functional leaders to identify, deploy, and scale AI initiatives that deliver tangible financial impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and deliver annual AI-driven EBITDA improvement targets.
- Build and manage a prioritized AI value portfolio aligned to divisional strategy.
- Build AI literacy and adoption across leadership and functional teams.
- Identify AI-enabled growth opportunities across pricing, products, services, and installed base monetization across the Division.
- Lead AI-enabled automation and process improvements across operations and SG&A.
- Scale proven AI use cases across business units to drive sustained performance.
- Ensure AI initiatives comply with enterprise governance, cybersecurity, data privacy, and regulatory standards.
- Establish measurable adoption and accountability standards.
- Manage external AI partners and vendors to accelerate time-to-value while minimizing risk.
Success Measures:
- Sustained EBITDA contribution from AI initiatives.
- Embedded AI-enabled workflows across commercial and operational functions.
- Increased adoption and scalable, repeatable use cases.
- Reduced operational friction and strengthened compliance discipline.
Qualifications:
Required:
- 10+ years of experience in business leadership, operations, product management, analytics, or technology-enabled transformation.
- Proven ownership of financial outcomes (revenue growth, cost reduction, margin expansion).
- Experience prioritizing investments and leading cross-functional initiatives.
- Working knowledge of AI, advanced analytics, and modern digital platforms.
Preferred:
- Experience deploying AI or analytics solutions in an enterprise environment.
- Experience managing external technology vendors.
- Exposure to industrial, manufacturing, or engineered product environments.
- Experience operating within enterprise governance frameworks.
- Deep technical model-building expertise is not required; the role requires strong AI fluency and business judgment.
Leadership & Work Environment:
- This role may have supervisory responsibility and operates in a professional office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Nearest Major Market: Boston