Director of AI Transformation

ITS Logistics; Reno (NV); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ITS Logistics, based in Reno, NV, is seeking a Director of AI Transformation. This role demands an entrepreneurial mindset to innovate logistics operations through AI-driven capabilities. Responsibilities include shaping the company’s AI transformation roadmap and implementing cutting-edge tools. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 3-5 years in AI or related areas. The position offers a hybrid work option for candidates from the SF Bay Area with 60% time in Reno.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in AI, data systems, or technical roles.
• Experience in startup environments, building from scratch.
• Comfortable challenging leadership.

Responsibilities

• Identify and build new AI-driven capabilities.
• Operate like a startup within the business.
• Drive a culture of rapid experimentation.

Skills

AI and data systems

Automation

Product development

Entrepreneurial mindset

Leadership

Logistics background

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Economics, or related field

Job description

About ITS Logistics

ITS Logistics is one of the largest, fastest growing logistics companies in the United States, providing creative supply chain solutions to Fortune 500 companies. ITS commits to a relentless pursuit of excellence and leading from the front to keep the world moving, every day.

We are seeking people with the right mindset – honest, adaptable, and committed. We empower you to seize every opportunity and thrive in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.

Principle accountabilities

We are seeking a Director of AI Transformation with an entrepreneurial mindset - someone who has operated in startup environments, thrives in change, and is driven to disrupt and redefine how logistics operates at its core. This is not a traditional AI or automation role. Reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer (COO), this leader will identify, build, and scale our AI-powered strategies and capabilities that will supercharge how we operate. You will act as an internal founder - challenging assumptions, moving quickly, and creating solutions across every aspect of our business, from business services to warehousing to transportation.

AI-Led Business Innovation

• Identify and build new AI-driven capabilities that unlock revenue, margin expansion, and market differentiation.
• Develop proprietary approaches to pricing, capacity, and decision-making that separate ITS from traditional asset-lite companies.
• Partner directly with leadership to shape the future state of the business - not just optimize the current one.
• Build internal models, platforms, and systems that drive efficiency and exponential growth.

Product & Platform Development

• Operate like a startup founder within the business - taking ideas from concept to deployed solutions quickly.
• Maintain a close partnership with our IT organization, maximizing all products and development across our organization.
• Rapidly test, iterate, and refine ideas based on business impact - not perfection.

Disruption of Core Industry Workflows

• Challenge deeply embedded ways of working across logistics and operations, and warehousing.
• Replace legacy thinking - not just legacy tools - with AI-native approaches to execution and decision-making.
• Introduce new ways of interacting with data, customers, and capacity.
• Drive a culture of rapid experimentation and high-velocity execution, delivering visible wins quickly while building toward larger, transformative outcomes.
• Prioritize initiatives based on measurable business impact (revenue, margin, speed, win rate, etc.).

AI Strategy & Market Positioning

• Ensure ITS leverages cutting-edge, market-leading AI tools in a rapidly evolving landscape.
• Partner cross-functionally to define and execute the company’s AI transformation roadmap.
• Establish best practices for responsible and effective AI usage across teams.
• In conjunction with ITS in-house CIO, ensure enterprise AI tools and data are leveraged securely.
• Help position ITS as a technology-forward disruptor in logistics, not a follower.

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Economics, or a related field preferred.
• 3–5 years of experience in AI, data systems, automation, or technical/product-oriented roles.
• Startup or entrepreneurial experience - you’ve built something from scratch, operated in change, or owned outcomes end-to-end.
• A builder first, not just a strategist - you execute, iterate, and ship.
• Think in terms of products, systems, and leverage - not tasks or workflows.
• Comfortable challenging leadership and rethinking how an industry should operate.
• Experience applying AI (LLMs, automation, data systems) to drive real business outcomes - not just experimentation.
• You move fast, prioritize impact, and are energized by creating something new vs. optimizing what exists.
• Background in logistics is helpful, but outsider thinking is highly valued.
• Willing to relocate to Reno, NV; hybrid option available for SF Bay Area candidates with ~60% time in Reno.