Enterprise AI Strategy & Governance Lead

Nihon Kohden North America, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Competitive compensation

Professional development

Job summary

Nihon Kohden America is seeking an Enterprise AI Lead to develop and execute the organization’s AI strategy, governance framework, and adoption roadmap. You will coordinate AI initiatives across business and IT, partnering with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Applications, Data & Analytics, and Software Development teams.

The role drives enterprise AI capability, governance, and maturity while enabling safe and responsible AI usage; it requires collaboration with global teams and a strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS/IT/Engineering/Data Science or related field.
• AI, Cloud, Architecture, or Data-related certifications preferred (examples listed).
• 8+ years of experience in IT, Enterprise Architecture, Digital Transformation, Software Development, Data & Analytics, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years leading or supporting AI, ML, Generative AI, Automation, or Digital Transformation initiatives.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience developing technology strategies, governance frameworks, standards, or enterprise roadmaps.
• Experience managing technology programs, initiatives, or organizational change efforts.

Responsibilities

• Develop, support, and drive execution of the enterprise AI strategy, roadmap, and adoption plans.
• Identify and prioritize AI opportunities; establish success metrics and measure business value realization.
• Develop governance through policies, standards, reference architectures, and best practices; partner with security, legal, compliance, and risk teams.
• Contribute to enterprise AI architecture, standards, and implementation patterns across multiple teams.
• Lead enterprise AI adoption initiatives and coach executives, project teams, and stakeholders.
• Develop AI training, enablement, and Communities of Practice to improve literacy and engineering effectiveness.
• Facilitate use case identification, evaluation, and prioritization; support business case development and pilots.
• Coordinate with PMO and stakeholders to track AI initiatives, deliverables, risks, adoption metrics, and value realization.
• Serve as enterprise AI subject matter expert; provide architectural guidance across functions.
• Promote innovation and best practices; collaborate with global teams across time zones.

Skills

AI strategy

Governance

Enterprise architecture

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication in English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, Business Information Systems

AI, Cloud, Architecture, or Data-related certifications

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

TOGAF

CISSP

Job description

Nihon Kohden America is seeking an Enterprise AI Lead to develop and execute the organization’s AI strategy, governance framework, and adoption roadmap. You will coordinate AI initiatives across business and IT, partnering with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Applications, Data & Analytics, and Software Development teams.

The role drives enterprise AI capability, governance, and maturity while enabling safe and responsible AI usage; it requires collaboration with global teams and a strong