Senior AI Enablement Manager

Valmet; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet Tissue seeks an experienced AI Enablement Lead to drive AI-enabled business transformation across Commercial Excellence, Sales, Service and Business Analytics. The role will identify opportunities, build business cases, and coordinate AI projects with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable value.

This business-led AI position focuses on adoption, capability building, and scalable implementation across functions, evolving to broader AI initiatives within the organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Commercial Excellence, Sales Operations, Business Transformation, Continuous Improvement, Digital Transformation, or related fields.
• Experience leading cross-functional change initiatives.
• Strong understanding of commercial processes and business performance drivers.
• Exposure to AI, analytics, automation, or digital technologies.
• Experience working in a global industrial or manufacturing environment is considered an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI-enabled business transformation and lead the Tissue AI enablement roadmap.
• Identify high-value opportunities where AI can improve performance and build business cases.
• Coordinate AI projects across functions and promote scalable, reusable solutions.
• Enhance sales productivity and support opportunity management, forecasting, and pricing.
• Foster AI literacy, training, and adoption across Tissue teams.

Job description

Shape the Future of AI-Driven Performance in Tissue

At Valmet Tissue, we believe Artificial Intelligence will become a key enabler of growth, productivity, customer value, and operational excellence. We are looking for an experienced and business-oriented AI Enablement Lead to accelerate the adoption of AI across our organization.

This role will initially focus on Commercial Excellence, Sales, Service, and Business Analytics, where immediate opportunities exist to improve productivity, forecasting, customer engagement, opportunity management, and decision-making. Over time, the role will expand to support AI-driven transformation across Engineering, Supply Chain, Project Management, Manufacturing, and Business Support functions.

This is not solely a technical development role. Instead, we are seeking a business leader who can identify opportunities, drive adoption, lead change, and ensure that AI creates measurable value across the organization. This aligns with Valmet's business-led AI strategy, emphasizing value realization, adoption, capability building, and scalable implementation.

What You'll Do

Drive AI-enabled business transformation

• Develop and execute the Tissue AI enablement roadmap.
• Identify high-value opportunities where AI can improve business performance.
• Build business cases and track realized value from AI initiatives.
• Prioritize and coordinate AI projects across functions.
• Promote scalable and reusable AI solutions across the organization.

• Improve sales productivity through AI-enabled tools and processes.
• Support opportunity management, forecasting, account planning, pricing, and proposal generation.
• Reduce manual administrative work and increase customer-facing time.
• Enhance installed-base monetization and customer insights.
• Drive data-driven decision-making across commercial teams.

• Build and lead a network of AI Champions across Tissue.
• Deliver training, awareness programs, and practical AI workshops.
• Support leaders in redesigning processes and ways of working.
• Foster a culture of experimentation, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure successful adoption of AI capabilities throughout the organization.

Expand AI across functions

• Engineering and design productivity
• Supply chain planning and optimization
• Project execution
• Customer support and service operations
• Knowledge management
• Business support functions
• Performance management and analytics

Partner across the organization

• Act as the key interface between Tissue business teams and enterprise AI initiatives.
• Collaborate with IT, Digital, Data & Analytics, and process owners.
• Ensure AI solutions support business priorities and strategic objectives.
• Promote responsible and compliant use of AI technologies.

What success looks like

• Increased sales productivity and reduced administrative workload.
• Higher adoption of AI tools and capabilities.
• Improved forecast accuracy and commercial effectiveness.
• Measurable business value delivered through AI initiatives.
• Increased organizational AI capability and literacy.
• AI-enabled process improvements deployed across multiple functions.
• A growing portfolio of scalable use cases delivering sustainable business impact.

Your profile

You combine business acumen, transformation leadership, and a passion for technology-enabled improvement.

Preferred Experience

• 8+ years of experience in Commercial Excellence, Sales Operations, Business Transformation, Continuous Improvement, Digital Transformation, or related fields.
• Experience leading cross-functional change initiatives.
• Strong understanding of commercial processes and business performance drivers.
• Exposure to AI, analytics, automation, or digital technologies.
• Experience working in a global industrial or manufacturing environment is considered an advantage.

Personal characteristics

• Strategic and business-oriented mindset.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Curious and passionate about emerging technologies.
• Excellent communication and facilitation abilities.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into practical business solutions.
• Results-oriented with a strong focus on value realization.

Why join Valmet Tissue?

This is a unique opportunity to help define how AI will transform the future of Tissue. You will play a central role in building new capabilities, improving performance, and enabling our teams to work smarter and more effectively. Your work will influence how we serve customers, develop our people, and strengthen our competitiveness globally. Join us in shaping the next generation of AI-enabled business performance at Valmet Tissue.

Additional Information

Last day to apply is November 3, 2026. However, we work with ongoing selection, so don’t wait with sending us your application.

When everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers; we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.

At Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential, never on personal characteristics such as gender, gender identity, age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, or political views.

Join the team – and lead the way with us!

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