IT Principal Technical Lead, AI – Automation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kentucky.

📋 Description

• Formulate and enhance the enterprise AI strategy, governance frameworks, standards, and usage policies.

• Collaborate with business leaders to discover, assess, and prioritize valuable AI and automation initiatives.

• Oversee the evaluation, selection, implementation, and lifecycle management of AI platforms, tools, and services.

• Propel the delivery of AI and automation solutions from inception to production.

• Lead cross-functional teams in addressing business challenges and providing measurable value.

• Develop repeatable implementation patterns, reusable templates, best practices, and accelerators.

• Work in partnership with application, data, infrastructure, and security teams to embed AI into business processes and workflows.

• Ensure that solutions adhere to security, privacy, data governance, legal, regulatory, and responsible AI standards.

• Evaluate the adoption, business impact, and operational efficiency of AI initiatives.

• Counsel business and IT leaders on AI capabilities, limitations, risks, and applicable use cases.

• Guide technical personnel and foster organizational AI competencies through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 15 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 8 years of experience; or equivalent experience.

• Deep technical knowledge of contemporary AI platforms, copilots, agents, automation technologies, large language models, and implementation methodologies.

• Capability to convert business challenges into actionable technology solutions that yield measurable results.

• Proven experience in integrating AI solutions with enterprise applications, business processes, and data platforms.

• Background in collaborating across business and technical teams, influencing stakeholders, and promoting the adoption of new capabilities.

• Ability to operate effectively in uncertain environments and construct structure, standards, and processes where they currently do not exist.

• Practical, execution-focused mindset oriented towards business value, adoption, and delivery.

• Excellent communication, leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience with enterprise applications, business process automation, data platforms, manufacturing systems, engineering systems, supply chain processes, or other operational business contexts is highly preferred.

• AI Concepts

• AI Platforms

• Business Solutions Development

• Cross-Functional AI Leadership

• Enterprise IT Governance

• Functional Leadership

• Influential Communications

• Information Technology (IT) Solutions

• Strategic Communication Planning

• Team Facilitation

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• Disability coverage

• 401(k) with company match

• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

• Paid time off

• Quarterly profit-sharing bonuses

• Flexible spending or savings accounts