Global Applied AI Strategy & Operations Leader

Cloudera; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 144,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Unplugged Days

Flexible WFH

Wellness programs

Phone reimbursement

Career development

Benefits packages

Volunteer time

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Cloudera seeks a Manager, Applied AI Strategy and Operations to lead global commercial and operational initiatives accelerating private AI growth. You will serve as the strategic backbone across field engineering, sales, and productization, turning data insights into executable plans.

The role emphasizes high autonomy, cross-functional leadership, and rigorous governance across AMER, EMEA, and APAC regions, with a focus on executive storytelling and KPI definitions.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and structuring skills for complex strategic challenges.
• Analytical with CRM data and customer insights to form strategic hypotheses.
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders including C-suite and VPs.
• Familiarity with enterprise data management platforms, hybrid cloud, data lakehouses.
• Quantitative, financial modeling, BI tools, and SQL knowledge.
• Autonomy in fast-moving environments with new processes built from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Drive global governance and operating rhythms across AMER, EMEA, and APAC.
• Manage the AI adoption funnel from discovery to production scale.
• Account prioritization and use case frameworks based on customer signals.
• Define and standardize strategic metrics for subscription and adoption.
• Analyze ecosystem partnerships and GTM strategies for ARR growth.
• Lead cross-functional teams to codify repeatable delivery patterns.
• Develop business plans and executive storytelling for investments.

Skills

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Data analysis

Enterprise data platforms

SQL

Tools

Salesforce

Clari

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Cloudera seeks a Manager, Applied AI Strategy and Operations to lead global commercial and operational initiatives accelerating private AI growth. You will serve as the strategic backbone across field engineering, sales, and productization, turning data insights into executable plans.

The role emphasizes high autonomy, cross-functional leadership, and rigorous governance across AMER, EMEA, and APAC regions, with a focus on executive storytelling and KPI definitions.