Job Description
My client is accelerating the use of Artificial Intelligence to unlock capacity, improve quality, and fuel growth across North America. As the AI Program Manager, you will build and run a program of AI initiatives that create efficiencies by automating repetitive tasks and removing process waste. You will partner with Operations, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, and Finance to select the right problems, deliver measurable outcomes quickly, and scale wins across plant sites to increase revenue, reduce cost, and eliminate waste. This will be achieved while maintaining and supporting all corporate policies, procedures, work instructions, and required documentation.
What You’ll Do
Opportunity Discovery
- Conduct stakeholder interviews to capture business objectives and constraints; translate high-level goals into clear, actionable AI project requirements.
- Build simple business cases with the respective departments; baseline current performance, and quantify benefits
Program Management
- Work with Business Stakeholders to prioritize initiatives by value, impact, labor hour avoidance, and risk mitigation.
- Prioritize AI program and project roadmap into short, iterative deliverables; prioritize delivery based on business impact and feasibility.
- Run stage-gated delivery (scope → pilot → scale) aligned to HellermannTyton COE project governance; set decision forums, risk controls, and incremental results.
- Work with Business and IT to develop data and IT infrastructure and tools to support AI program roadmap.
Delivery
- Ensure ownership of agents and AI workflows are transitioned to business stakeholders within the business.
- Engage with change management to ensure AI projects are accepted, and AI becomes integrated into processes such that AI becomes “the way we work.”
- Make value visible and auditable. Track and report on program benefit metrics such as savings, improved experience, reduced waste, efficiency improvements, etc.
- Share AI knowledge to upskill the organization. Coach stakeholders to see AI use cases in the processes.
Governance
- Partner with Legal/HR on data privacy and AI use policies.
- Ensure solutions comply with IT corporate cybersecurity and risk guidelines.
Success in this role will require:
- Collaboration & Communication
- Adaptability
- Problem Solving
- Analytical Thinking
- Business Acumen
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Project/Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Computer Science, Data/Analytics, or related field.
- 3+ years leading data/AI/automation programs with manufacturing operations; proven track record delivering hard dollar benefits and labor hour avoidance.
- Mastery of program management (business cases, roadmaps, stage gates, financials).
- Excellent stakeholder communication and leadership across Operations, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, and Finance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background manufacturing or associated environments.
- Lean / Six Sigma certification; experience embedding AI within continuous improvement programs.
- Experience with AI Tools (MS CoPilot Studio, MS Fabric, MS Azure Foundry)
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Milwaukee, WI |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Year Founded | 2002 |
| Website | https://www.gablessearch.com/ |
About Company
Gables Search Group headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio has been a leader in search and placement nationwide since 2002. Our company specializes in both direct and contract (temporary) staffing in all industries and disciplines.
At Gables Search Group, we connect exceptional professionals with outstanding organizations. Our commitment to integrity, excellence, partnership, innovation, and respect sets us apart. With a personalized approach to recruitment, we ensure the perfect match between candidates and employers.
Whether you are a talented professional seeking new opportunities or an organization looking to build a high-performing team, Gables Search Group is here to guide you through the journey. Our success is built on the success of our clients and candidates, and we are dedicated to making a positive impact on the careers and businesses we serve.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agentsunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programming Languagesunmatched
- Business Caseunmatched
- Business Skillsunmatched
- Change Managementunmatched
- Coachingunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Computer Scienceunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Corporate Policiesunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Establish Prioritiesunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
- Internet Securityunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Lean Six Sigmaunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Automationunmatched
- Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
- Marketingunmatched
- Metricsunmatched
- Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Quality Managementunmatched
- Revenue Growthunmatched
- Riskunmatched
- Risk Managementunmatched
- Salesunmatched
- Six Sigma Certificationunmatched
- Use Casesunmatched
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