AI Senior Manager

The AI Senior Manager leads a dedicated team designed to address MISO’s most strategic and complex challenges through focused, autonomous and cross-functional delivery. The Grid Frontier Studio operates differently from traditional project delivery to deliver industry-changing products: it starts with a strategic problem, forms the right team around the outcome, rapidly tests assumptions, and moves promising concepts toward production and enterprise scale This role partners with executive leaders to identify and shape high-value opportunities aligned to MISO’s strategy and Reliability Imperative, translating strategic ambition into focused flagship initiatives with clear value and measurable outcomes. The role is accountable for turning these opportunities into sustained enterprise impact - accelerating innovation, building differentiated capabilities, and scaling what works across MISO.

Some of the impactful contributions you’ll make as MISO’s AI Senior Manager include:

• Partnering with executive leaders and business stakeholders to identify complex problems where new technology, data, AI, or operating models can create meaningful value.
• Building and leading multidisciplinary teams that combine business, product, technology, data, AI, and transformation expertise to execute strategic initiatives.
• Developing talent capable of thriving in ambiguous, high‑impact, and fast‑moving environments.
• Establishing repeatable innovation and delivery practices, including playbooks, frameworks, and communities of practice.
• Using a flexible talent model that blends internal expertise with strategic partners and specialized external capabilities when appropriate.
• Leading initiatives through a structured lifecycle, from vision and definition through MVP, validation, value realization, and transition to scale.
• Embedding cybersecurity, architecture, data, AI governance, regulatory, risk, and reliability practices into initiatives while minimizing delivery friction.
• Identifying, assessing, and translating emerging technologies, industry trends, and external innovations into actionable opportunities, partnerships, and reusable enterprise‑scale capabilities.

You’ll need the following skills to be successful as our AI Senior Manager:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, data science, or a related technical field; a master’s or advanced degree in AI, computer science, or technology is required.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, data and analytics, AI/ML engineering, integration architecture, or related technology disciplines.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver enterprise‑scale technology capabilities, with at least 3+ years of leadership experience preferred.
• Demonstrated success guiding complex, cross‑functional initiatives from strategy through implementation and measurable business impact.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders and communicate effectively across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Deep technical expertise in CI/CD, testing, observability, version control, security, and modern DevOps/MLOps practices.
• Experience with emerging AI technologies - such as agentic AI, orchestration frameworks, tool calling, or multi‑agent architectures - is strongly preferred.
• Ability to translate new or emerging technologies into practical, scalable business and operational capabilities.

Appropriate level will be determined based upon experience and knowledge.

Transformative innovation is happening in the electric industry, from digitalizing homes and distributed resources to renewable energy and an ever-changing grid. MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. and through use of groundbreaking research and advanced technology, our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 45 million Americans. Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future – it’s what our immensely hardworking and dedicated team does every day.

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $184,000 - $209,000 USD annually.  Base salary range for this position is included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, and qualifications/experience. 

Position is also eligible for an annual bonus if individual performance and company objectives are met.  At MISO we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 401k, vacation, sick and safe time, available on your first day of employment.

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