Director, AI Strategy & Transformation

Scorpion Therapeutics; Horsham (PA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan/401(k)

Vacation and sick time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics in New Jersey (Director, AI Strategy & Transformation) leads the enterprise AI and data agenda, partnering with senior executives to turn AI priorities into business outcomes. The role reports to the Senior Director, Technology, Strategy & Innovation and coordinates with JJAIC/JJDMC Co-Chairs.

On-site required with a minimum of 3 days per week and up to 2 remote days; you will drive strategic initiatives, risk management, and executive communications to advance AI adoption

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years in consulting, corporate strategy, or enterprise transformation.
• AI and generative AI familiarity; strong financial acumen.
• Excellent stakeholder and program management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI and data agenda strategy and execution.
• Partner with senior executives to translate AI priorities into measurable business outcomes.
• Define, prioritize, and track strategic AI initiatives.
• Facilitate workstreams and sprints; support sprint leads.
• Develop executive communications and business cases.
• Drive alignment across business, technology, data, governance.
• Monitor industry trends and incorporate external perspectives into council strategies.
• Present progress with metrics and updates.

Skills

Strategy

Change management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

Director, AI Strategy & Transformation (New Brunswick, NJ)

About the role

• Lead enterprise AI and data agenda strategy and execution.
• Partner with senior executives, AI/business leaders to translate AI/data priorities into measurable business outcomes.
• Serve as key partner to the Co-Chairs of the JJAIC and JJDMC; report to Senior Director, Technology, Strategy & Innovation.

Key responsibilities

• Connect with AI/data initiatives across sectors/functions; identify where councils can create enterprise value.
• Define/prioritize strategic initiatives; identify emerging opportunities to accelerate AI adoption.
• Facilitate workstream/sprint sessions; launch/close sprints; support sprint leads.
• Monitor industry trends; incorporate external perspectives into council strategies.
• Advise leadership on AI priorities, opportunities, risks, and operating models.
• Develop executive communications (business cases, narratives, decision frameworks).
• Drive alignment across business, technology, data, legal, governance.
• Build performance/operational frameworks; own quarterly data quality index governance.
• Track progress, manage risks/interdependencies; present metrics and updates.
• Drive council activities (prep/content/facilitation/follow-up) and steer committees.

Attributes & skills

• Strategy, operational excellence, change management; strong facilitation/program/project and stakeholder management.
• Cross-functional leadership in a matrix; thrive in ambiguity; self-starter urgency.
• Leverage emerging tech to streamline operations and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years in consulting/corporate strategy/enterprise transformation/Chief of Staff/strategic planning (strongly preferred).
• AI & generative AI familiarity; structured problem framing; financial acumen.

Preferred skills (examples)

• Artificial Intelligence (AI), Change Management, Digital Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Change.

On-site

• On-site minimum 3 days/week; up to 2 remote days.

Benefits (explicitly listed)

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance; short/long-term disability; retirement and 401(k); vacation, sick time, and other time-off programs (as described).