AI Enablement & Transformation Director

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

PTO 18 days/yr

Holidays 9 days

401(k) match

Pension plan

Casual attire

Job summary

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company seeks a Director, AI Enablement to set the strategic direction for integrating AI across a major business segment or enterprise function. You will lead cross-functional efforts to translate business needs into AI capabilities and enablement, driving measurable outcomes and adoption at scale.

The role emphasizes leadership, governance, and collaboration with HR, architecture, data teams, and external partners to accelerate value realization while ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, data science, business, or related field.
• 10+ years in AI or digital transformation roles with product management experience.
• Strong knowledge of ML, NLP, generative AI and related concepts.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-impact AI opportunities with leadership.
• Translate challenges into AI initiatives and roadmaps.
• Plan and deploy AI programs across the business.
• Maintain backlog of AI opportunities and use cases.
• Ensure governance, regulatory compliance, and ethical AI.
• Promote AI literacy and drive organizational change.
• Lead large-scale transformation embedding AI in processes.
• Define enterprise KPIs to measure AI program success.
• Collaborate with HR to shape AI workforce strategy.

Skills

AI strategy

Stakeholder mgmt

Cloud platforms

ML/NLP

Change management

Influence skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company seeks a Director, AI Enablement to set the strategic direction for integrating AI across a major business segment or enterprise function. You will lead cross-functional efforts to translate business needs into AI capabilities and enablement, driving measurable outcomes and adoption at scale.

The role emphasizes leadership, governance, and collaboration with HR, architecture, data teams, and external partners to accelerate value realization while ensuring