Director, AI Product Manager

Director, AI Product Manager - United States - 189363 - Koch

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Director, AI Product Manager

Location(s)

Lisle, Illinois

Company

Molex

Career Field

Information Systems & Technology

Job Number

189363

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Your Job

We are seeking a highly collaborative, value-driven and experienced individual to join the Molex Digital Data & AI capability as AI Strategy and Leader working in Data and AI organization. This is a highly visible, strategic and hands-on leadership role that will oversee innovation, development and delivery of applied and agentic AI solutions at Molex. Leading a multifaceted team, you will have end-to-end accountability for AI technology and platform strategy & innovation, project delivery, and talent development. You will be expected to foster a culture of continuous learning, and promote effective collaboration within and outside your group, including functional data scientists, data & AI business partners, data engineering and integration teams. You will establish and execute the vision and roadmap for robust, agile, and compliant AI technology and solutions, ensuring strong governance practices and operational excellence in delivering impactful AI to drive performance to defined business outcomes. This role defines and operationalizes the enterprise AI strategy, architecture, and learning ecosystem in direct support of the company's core business priorities.

Our Team

Our Team Molex is a leading provider of electronic solutions, committed to innovation and excellence. Our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality products and services to our customers worldwide. Join us and be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking organization.

What You Will Do

• AI Leadership and direction: Provide leadership in developing, maintaining, and governing the AI platform and technology to enable secure, scalable, and compliant AI applications throughout Molex's global operations, spanning Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Development, business divisions and supporting capabilities.
• Talent Management: Lead, mentor and manage a diverse global team of data scientists, AI engineers and architects. Build a pipeline of talent that can take on increasingly complex projects and lead collaboration initiatives (AI Developers Community of Practice (CoP), technical upskilling, peer review, etc.).
• Operations Excellence: Oversee the delivery lifecycle from requirements discovery, solution design, and through deployment and monitoring of productionized data science and AI applications (MLOps/AIOps).
• AI Technology & Architecture: Provide architectural assurance for AI initiatives in flight. Review designs for scalability, security, and sustainability. Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Architecture Review Board. Prevent technology fragmentation and sprawl.
• AI Governance: Lead and champion best practices in AI governance, stewardship, and quality, ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational standards (e.g., GDPR, CMMC, PIPL, responsible use of AI etc.) as well as AI FINOPS.
• Partnership and Literacy: Foster partnerships with digital and technology leaders, and external collaborators to accelerate the AI enabled solution delivery and development. Serve as a thought leader for education, awareness, and innovation in enterprise applied and agentic AI. Create POVs and framework for responsible and safe use of AI and create accountability models for AI costs.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Significant experience leading multi-disciplinary teams delivering enterprise-scale AI platforms and applications, preferably in with experience in global hi-tech manufacturing organizations.
• Deep expertise in data science methods (ML, AI, statistics) and AI engineering (cloud, MLOps, pipeline orchestration), with mastery of technology and platforms such as Snowflake, Python, R, AWS SageMaker, Spark, orchestration platforms etc.
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute governance frameworks for responsible AI, model lifecycle management, and regulatory compliance.
• Proven ability to drive innovation (whitepapers, roadmaps), develop cross-functional partnerships, and support technology transfer initiatives to embed AI into core business processes.
• Experience mentoring and growing diverse teams, with a focus on inclusion, equity, and continuous learning. Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with global groups and to build relationships in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-driven, highly adaptable, and able to quickly master new domains and tools in response to emerging business or technology trends.
• Excellent written, verbal and listening skills for clear and concise communication, documentation, and project management. Keen attention to detail. Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $250,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate''s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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