Executive AI Enablement & Strategy Lead

Century Distribution Systems, Inc.

Richmond (VA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

3 hours ago

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Job summary

Century Distribution Systems, Inc. is seeking an AI Enablement Lead to translate executive priorities into AI-enabled solutions.

You will own the governance framework, drive the enterprise AI portfolio, and embed with the CEO and C-Suite to frame business problems where AI improves execution. You will shepherd AI opportunities from definition through delivery, balancing business value with technical feasibility and leading cross-functional collaboration across US and Asia time zones.

Qualifications

6–10 years in consulting, operations, transformation, product, or solutions engineering.
Experience leading or contributing to an AI or transformation program from design through implementation.
Experience with LLMs, AI agents, automation platforms, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented workflows.
Hands-on experience using agentic coding tools to build or prototype independently.
Strong product management skills, including prioritization, requirements definition, roadmap and schedule management, and the ability to balance business, client, engineering, and IT demands across cross-functional workstreams.
Proven ability to translate AI into business outcomes across time, cost, quality, and speed.
Comfortable coaching executives and challenging traditional ways of working.
Executive-level communication, written and verbal.
Comfort working across US and Asia time zones.
Supply chain or logistics background, consulting experience, or a degree in AI, Computer Science, or Data Science is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

Turn C-Suite priorities into AI-enabled solutions.
Build the AI operating model and governance.
Build and manage the enterprise AI portfolio.
Embed with the CEO and C-Suite, attend key meetings, capture emerging initiatives, and frame the business problems and opportunities where AI can materially improve execution.
Translate executive priorities into clear use cases and requirements, assess business value and technical feasibility with engineering and IT, and determine the right solution and delivery approach.
Own priority initiatives from definition through delivery, managing scope, trade-offs, timelines, and stakeholder alignment while engineering and IT execute the technical work.
Serve as a trusted thought partner to the leadership team on AI strategy, tooling, and emerging opportunity.
Own and evolve Century's AI governance framework, including the policies, standards, decision rights, and guardrails for responsible AI use across the organization.