AI Solutions Engineering Manager

Michels Corporation; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Identity theft monitoring

Disability insurance

Job summary

Michels Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin, seeks an IT Manager of AI Solutions Engineering to define and drive the enterprise AI strategy, leading the team delivering scalable, adopted AI capabilities across the organization.

As a founding leader on the Enterprise Intelligence team, you will establish standards, governance, and reusable patterns to translate AI investments into measurable business value, partnering with IT and business units to enable responsible, long-term AI growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 7+ years in software engineering, technical product management, solutions engineering, applied AI, or relevant disciplines, including 3+ years leading technical teams.
• Hands-on experience building and governing AI solutions on the Microsoft Azure and Copilot ecosystem, or similar technologies.
• Ability to translate business problems into practical AI solutions with measurable outcomes and responsible cost management.
• Strong communication and influencing skills across executive, business, and technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate Michels' AI direction into a prioritized roadmap with user input to maximize business leverage.
• Recruit, hire, and develop founding talent to grow AI capability responsibly.
• Steward the enterprise AI program across its lifecycle with visibility into adoption, cost, safety, and value.
• Guide delivery of practical AI solutions that address meaningful operational problems.
• Enable safe, scalable AI usage through reusable patterns, governance, and education.
• Partner with data, platform, security, architecture, and governance peers to ensure secure AI solutions.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

Solutions engineering

Applied AI

Azure Copilot

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Azure

Copilot

Job description

Michels Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin, seeks an IT Manager of AI Solutions Engineering to define and drive the enterprise AI strategy, leading the team delivering scalable, adopted AI capabilities across the organization.

As a founding leader on the Enterprise Intelligence team, you will establish standards, governance, and reusable patterns to translate AI investments into measurable business value, partnering with IT and business units to enable responsible, long-term AI growth.