Director of AI & Automation Delivery

Sonepar; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Professional development programs

Job summary

Sonepar seeks a Director of Artificial Intelligence & Automation in Broomfield, CO to lead North America AI delivery and enterprise AI strategy. You will oversee scalable AI, Generative AI, agentic workflows, and automation initiatives driving measurable business value.

You will partner with AI Product Management, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, and application teams to deliver secure, reliable AI capabilities, ensure governance, and promote responsible AI practices at

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in information technology, software engineering, AI engineering, automation, data and analytics, or related fields.
• 5+ years leading enterprise-scale AI, automation, analytics, or platform teams in complex organizations.
• 5+ years of project and program leadership using Agile, DevOps, and modern software delivery methodologies.
• Experience with data governance, cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management practices.
• Proven track record deploying production-grade AI, automation, or analytics solutions delivering measurable business value.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, delivery methodologies, DevOps/MLOps, testing, monitoring, and support models.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of enterprise AI and automation portfolio, delivering initiatives on time and within budget.
• Drive deployment of Generative AI, ML, automation, and intelligent workflows with measurable business impact.
• Establish delivery plans, resource requirements, and success metrics for AI initiatives.
• Monitor value realization, adoption, performance, and operational outcomes across the portfolio.
• Establish AI Engineering, Automation Engineering, DevOps/MLOps, testing, release management, monitoring, and production support capabilities.
• Ensure scalable, secure, reliable, and production-ready AI solutions with governance and Responsible AI practices.
• Define and govern delivery standards, architecture patterns, reusable components, and development frameworks.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to ensure interoperability and alignment with roadmaps.
• Foster continuous improvement, experimentation, and innovation in AI delivery practices.
• Mentor teams, manage vendors, and develop technical leaders.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence & Automation

Generative AI & LLMs

AI Agents & Agentic Workflows

Prompt Engineering

Machine Learning & Deep Learning

Robotic Process Automation

NLP

DevOps/MLOps

Cloud Architecture

API Development

Data Platforms

Application Lifecycle Management

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, Business, or related field

Tools

Azure AI Services

Azure OpenAI

Databricks

Snowflake

Python

SQL

Java

C++

Job description

Sonepar seeks a Director of Artificial Intelligence & Automation in Broomfield, CO to lead North America AI delivery and enterprise AI strategy. You will oversee scalable AI, Generative AI, agentic workflows, and automation initiatives driving measurable business value.

You will partner with AI Product Management, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, and application teams to deliver secure, reliable AI capabilities, ensure governance, and promote responsible AI practices at