Principal, AI Enablement & Change

NBMBAA; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend

Generous PTO and Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Health benefits including medical, d*,

Dental and vision

Job summary

The OCC seeks a Principal, AI Enablement & Change to lead enterprise adoption of AI, manage the AI literacy program, and drive workforce transformation. You will shape change management for enterprise AI initiatives and partner with AI portfolio teams to align enablement with the AI roadmap.

Responsibilities include designing programs, measuring adoption, and delivering scalable playbooks across functions, ensuring AI capabilities are used effectively and consistently.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading organizational change management programs, ideally tied to technology adoption.
• Working knowledge of AI/GenAI tools and ability to speak credibly to business and technical audiences about adoption.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise training or literacy programs.
• Proficiency in developing adoption metrics, reporting frameworks, and executive-level status communication.
• Strong facilitation skills; ability to run workshops across stakeholders.
• Familiarity with process/workflow documentation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve OCC's enterprise AI literacy program, ensuring role-appropriate AI training reaches all users.
• Lead the workforce transformation agenda associated with AI adoption, redesigning roles as needed.
• Design and drive change management programs for AI use cases from production to broad adoption.
• Identify adoption friction and literacy gaps at the enterprise level.
• Develop and track adoption metrics and report progress against AI Strategy adoption targets.
• Coordinate with AIPT to align enablement with the AI roadmap and use-case pipeline.
• Build change management playbooks and reusable communication materials.
• Serve as a connection between business, AIPT, and AIRE on adoption readiness.

Skills

Change management

AI literacy

Training design

Adoption metrics

Facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

What You'll Do:

The Principal, AI Enablement & Change owns the organizational adoption of AI at OCC — the AI literacy program, the workforce transformation agenda, and the change management that determines whether AI capabilities delivered through the use case pipeline actually get used. This role complements the AI Solutions Leads, who are accountable for adoption within individual use cases, by owning the enterprise-wide dimension of adoption across OCC.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve OCC's enterprise AI literacy program, ensuring role-appropriate AI training reaches all users of AI at OCC on hire and at least annually thereafter, consistent with the Artificial Intelligence Policy.
• Lead the workforce transformation agenda associated with AI adoption, partnering with business functions to redesign roles as AI is embedded into how work gets done.
• Design and drive change management programs for individual AI use cases as they move from production into broad adoption, working in coordination with the AI Solutions Leads who own use case delivery.
• Identify and address adoption friction, resistance, and AI literacy gaps at the enterprise level before they surface as recurring, use-case-level failures.
• Develop and track adoption metrics (e.g., embedded/recurrent AI use by role and function) and report progress against OCC's AI Strategy adoption targets.
• Partner with AI Portfolio & Transformation (AIPT) to align enablement and change activities with the AI roadmap and the pace of the use case pipeline reaching production.
• Build change management playbooks and communication materials that can be reused across use cases and business functions.
• Serve as a point of connection between the business, AIPT, and AIRE on questions of adoption readiness and organizational impact.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None at this time. May coordinate cross-functional working sessions and matrixed contributors supporting specific enablement initiatives, without direct reporting authority.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience leading organizational change management programs, ideally tied to technology adoption or digital transformation.
• Working knowledge of AI/GenAI tools and their practical use in a corporate environment; ability to speak credibly to both business and technical audiences about adoption.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise training or literacy programs.
• Proficiency in developing adoption metrics, reporting frameworks, and executive-level status communication.
• Strong facilitation skills; ability to run workshops and working sessions across business and technology stakeholders.
• Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with process/workflow documentation a plus.

Technical Skills:

• None

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in change management, organizational transformation, learning & development, or a related discipline.
• Prior experience supporting an enterprise technology rollout (AI, automation, or major systems implementation) strongly preferred.
• Experience operating in a regulated or financial services environment preferred, given OCC's role as a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU).

Certificates or Licenses:

• N/A — relevant AI product management, project management, or domain certification is a plus

About Us

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.

Benefits

• A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
• Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
• Generous PTO and Parental leave
• 401k Employer Match
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.

Compensation

• The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
• In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
• We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
• All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.

Salary Range

$167,800.00 - $226,400.00

Incentive Range

18% to 25%

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer