AI Strategy & Portfolio Lead - Enterprise Transformation

Ericsson GmbH; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Stock Purchase Plan

Educational assistance

Job summary

Ericsson Inc. in Plano, Texas, is seeking a strategic AI Strategy & Portfolio Lead to bridge business needs and AI-enabled solutions. You will guide end-to-end architectures, ROI modeling, and executive-ready roadmaps, collaborating across data, cloud, security, and operating models.

Join a high-visibility team driving transformation across HR, Finance, Sourcing, Marketing, and Product Development. A senior role requiring 10+ years in related fields and a strong business mindset.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, technology strategy, product leadership, consulting, or large-scale transformation delivery.
• Strong track record shaping and delivering data, AI, automation, cloud, or digital transformation solutions across complex enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, facilitate difficult decisions, and build alignment without formal authority.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic, commercially-aware partner for senior business and technology leaders — translating ambiguous challenges into opportunities, roadmaps, and investment recommendations.
• Build a compelling enterprise narrative for data and AI; generate adoption of reusable capabilities, shared platforms, and common patterns.
• Lead or guide target-state architectures and end-to-end solution designs across data, AI, cloud, integration, security, governance, and operating models.
• Convert business needs into practical solution blueprints, MVPs, roadmaps, and value cases that balance feasibility, scalability, cost, risk, and user adoption.
• Oversee the full journey from opportunity identification through mobilization, delivery, adoption, and sustained value realization.
• Define and track measurable outcomes, benefits, adoption rates, spend, and delivery milestones — using evidence to refine priorities and scale what works.
• Own and prioritize the portfolio of data and AI initiatives; lead business case development, ROI/TCO modeling, and executive recommendations.
• Evaluate vendors, platforms, and strategic partners; develop practical commercial arrangements and sourcing recommendations.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Data & AI

Technology strategy

Stakeholder influence

ROI/TCO modeling

Cloud/digital transformation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business/Engineering/CS

Job description

Ericsson Inc. in Plano, Texas, is seeking a strategic AI Strategy & Portfolio Lead to bridge business needs and AI-enabled solutions. You will guide end-to-end architectures, ROI modeling, and executive-ready roadmaps, collaborating across data, cloud, security, and operating models.

Join a high-visibility team driving transformation across HR, Finance, Sourcing, Marketing, and Product Development. A senior role requiring 10+ years in related fields and a strong business mindset.