Associate AI Business Partner/AI Business Partner

Markel; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off

Holidays and floating holidays

Parental leave

Health insurance options

Job summary

Markel seeks an Associate AI Business Partner to advance enterprise AI adoption from the U.S. & Bermuda Center for AI Enablement. You will partner with business leaders to identify high-impact AI opportunities, guide use-case development, and coordinate delivery paths across teams.

The role emphasizes scalable, well-governed AI practices and measurable outcomes. You’ll help build AI workforce enablement programs, foster communities of practice, and ensure responsible AI use aligned to enterprise

Qualifications

• 2+ years of specialty insurance experience.
• 1-2+ years of experience using AI tools.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience partnering with business leaders to identify and deliver technology, automation, digital transformation, or AI initiatives.
• Ability to translate business challenges into practical, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted AI advisor to business leaders, helping identify, refine, and prioritize AI opportunities aligned to strategic business outcomes.
• Guide business stakeholders through AI use case development, problem definition, benefit realization, and implementation planning.
• Facilitate intake, assessment, and prioritization of AI opportunities, directing work to the appropriate delivery path.
• Partner with business and technology teams to evaluate solution options and platform selection.
• Connect teams with AI resources and delivery partners to accelerate execution.
• Share success stories and emerging opportunities to inspire broader adoption across the organization.
• Support development and execution of AI workforce enablement programs.

Skills

Insurtech experience

AI tools experience

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication

Business partnering

Strategic thinking

Collaboration across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AI platforms

Job description

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs. Join us and play your part in something special! Join the U.S. & Bermuda Center for AI Enablement to help drive enterprise-wide AI adoption at scale. In this role, you’ll partner with business leaders to identify and advance high-impact AI opportunities that improve efficiency, quality, and customer experience. We will guide teams through AI use case development, support solution selection and execution, and connect stakeholders to the right tools, resources, and delivery paths. This role also promotes scalable, well-governed AI practices by supporting standardisation, tracking outcomes, and ensuring responsible and secure use aligned to enterprise standards.

What We Ask Of You

AI Business Partnership & Solution Delivery

• Serve as a trusted AI advisor to business leaders, helping identify, refine, and prioritize AI opportunities aligned to strategic business outcomes.
• Guide business stakeholders through AI use case development, problem definition, benefit realization, and implementation planning.
• Facilitate intake, assessment, and prioritization of AI opportunities, directing work to the appropriate business-led, technology-led, or vendor-supported delivery path.
• Partner with business and technology teams to evaluate solution options, including buy-versus-build decisions and platform selection.
• Connect teams with AI resources, subject matter experts, solution architects, and delivery partners to accelerate execution.
• Help establish repeatable patterns, reusable assets, prompt libraries, and use case inventories that support scaled adoption and reduce duplication of effort.
• Share success stories and emerging opportunities to demonstrate the art of the possible and inspire broader adoption across the organization.

Workforce Enablement & Adoption

• Support the development and execution of AI workforce enablement programs that build practical AI capability across the organization.
• Help build and sustain AI communities of practice, superuser networks, and champion programs to encourage knowledge sharing and peer learning.
• Contribute to the design and execution of an enterprise AI adoption program, including on-demand learning resources, use case libraries, and clear guidance aligned to approved tools, platforms, and policies.
• Measure adoption, engagement, and capability-building outcomes to support continuous improvement of AI programs.
• Deliver hands‑on, project-based learning, leadership coaching, and communities of practice that help teams apply AI to real work examples, use AI responsibly, and scale adoption through common patterns.

What You’ll Bring

• 2+ years of specialty insurance experience required and 1-2+ years of experience using AI tools preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience partnering with business leaders to identify and deliver technology, automation, digital transformation, or AI initiatives.
• Ability to translate business challenges into practical, scalable solutions that drive measurable outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Experience leading change management, adoption, training, or capability-building initiatives.
• Familiarity with AI technologies, generative AI tools, automation platforms, and responsible AI principles.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts in clear, business-friendly language.
• Experience working across business and technology teams in a collaborative, matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution.

US Work Authorization

US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

Pay Information

The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors. The national average salary range for the Associate AI Business Partner is $62,400 - $85,800 with 12% incentive and the national average salary range for the AI Business Partner is $116,080 - $159,610 with 25% incentive.

Who We Are

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better

We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s In It For You

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.
• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&DD insurance.
• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.

Markel is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic. This includes race; color; sex; religion; creed; national origin or place of birth; ancestry; age; disability; affectional or sexual orientation; gender expression or identity; genetic information, sickle cell trait, or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait; refusal to submit to genetic tests or make genetic test results available; medical condition; citizenship status; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, or family responsibilities; military or veteran status, including unfavorable discharge from military service; personal appearance, height, or weight; matriculation or political affiliation; expunged juvenile records; arrest and court records where prohibited by applicable law; status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence; public assistance status; order of protection status; status as a smoker or nonsmoker; membership or activity in local commissions; the use or nonuse of lawful products off employer premises during non-work hours; declining to attend meetings or participate in communications about religious or political matters; or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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