AI Program Manager: Manufacturing Operations & Automation

Tom Trese Networking LLC; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client is accelerating AI to unlock capacity and fuel growth across North America. As AI Program Manager you will build and run a program of AI initiatives that automate repetitive tasks and remove waste, partnering across Operations, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, and Finance to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will govern governance, data infrastructure, stage gates, and change management, track benefits, and upskill the organization while ensuring compliance with policies.

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading data/AI/automation programs with manufacturing operations; proven track record delivering hard dollar benefits and labor hour avoidance.
• Bachelor’s degree as listed above.
• Lean / Six Sigma certification and data/AI experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct stakeholder interviews to capture business objectives and constraints; translate high-level goals into clear, actionable AI project requirements.
• Build simple business cases with the respective departments; baseline current performance, and quantify benefits
• Prioritize initiatives by value, impact, labor hour avoidance, and risk mitigation.
• Prioritize AI program and project roadmap into short, iterative deliverables; prioritize delivery based on business impact and feasibility.
• Run stage-gated delivery (scope → pilot → scale) aligned to COE project governance; set decision forums, risk controls, and incremental results.
• Work with Business and IT to develop data and IT infrastructure and tools to support AI program roadmap.
• Ensure ownership of agents and AI workflows are transitioned to business stakeholders.
• Engage with change management to ensure AI projects are accepted, and AI becomes integrated into processes such that AI becomes "the way we work."
• Make value visible and auditable. Track and report on program benefit metrics such as savings, improved experience, reduced waste, efficiency improvements, etc.
• Share AI knowledge to upskill the organization. Coach stakeholders to see AI use cases in the processes.

Skills

Collaboration & Communication

Adaptability

Problem Solving

Analytical Thinking

Business Acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Project/Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Computer Science, Data/Analytics, or related field

Lean / Six Sigma certification

Tools

MS CoPilot Studio

MS Fabric

MS Azure Foundry

Job description

Our client is accelerating AI to unlock capacity and fuel growth across North America. As AI Program Manager you will build and run a program of AI initiatives that automate repetitive tasks and remove waste, partnering across Operations, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, and Finance to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will govern governance, data infrastructure, stage gates, and change management, track benefits, and upskill the organization while ensuring compliance with policies.