AI & Emerging Tech Strategy Lead

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; United States; On-site; USD 188,000 - 314,000; Full time

Job summary

AF Group in the United States seeks a Director-level professional to translate business strategy into AI and emerging technology initiatives. You will lead cross-functional teams across Information Security, Platform, Application, and Data, delivering measurable business value from evaluation through production adoption.

The role requires a nine-year track record, advanced communication and stakeholder-management skills, and deep knowledge of AI/ML lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research or related field is required. Master's degree or PhD in related field is preferred.
• Minimum nine (9) years of related work experience is required, including experience translating business priorities into technology execution, leading cross-functional delivery, and implementing AI or related emerging technology solutions.
• Advanced communication skills, including the ability to explain AI opportunities, limitations, delivery trade-offs, and business outcomes to executive, business, and technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy and operational needs into AI and emerging technology opportunities, business cases, and measurable outcomes in partnership with business leaders.
• Evaluate AI and emerging technologies, including generative AI, machine learning, and intelligent automation, for business fit, maturity, scalability, cost, and risk. Lead focused proofs of value and recommend whether to scale, refine, or discontinue initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional execution with Information Security, Platform, Application, and Data teams, engaging partners early to align security requirements, architecture, infrastructure, application integration, and data needs.
• Coordinate delivery from discovery and experimentation through production deployment with technical teams. Establish release readiness, support handoffs, and ongoing performance monitoring with delivery and operational owners.
• Identify and prioritize use cases based on strategic alignment, expected value, feasibility, data readiness, risk, and delivery capacity. Establish success measures and an execution roadmap with clear milestones, dependencies, and accountable partners.
• Partner with business owners and Learning and Development to redesign workflows, support training and change management, and drive adoption of AI-enabled solutions. Track adoption and business results against agreed success measures.

Skills

Advanced communication

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Change management

Strategy development

AI/ML lifecycle knowledge

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Data Science/Statistics/Economics/Engineering/Computer Science/Operations Research or related field

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

Python

SQL

Relational databases

ETL

DevOps/MLOps

Job description

AF Group in the United States seeks a Director-level professional to translate business strategy into AI and emerging technology initiatives. You will lead cross-functional teams across Information Security, Platform, Application, and Data, delivering measurable business value from evaluation through production adoption.

The role requires a nine-year track record, advanced communication and stakeholder-management skills, and deep knowledge of AI/ML lifecycles.