Principal, Enterprise Acceleration (AI Enablement) – Converse

Nike Inc; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Converse seeks an organizational change agent to translate AI First and AI Native approaches into practical business impact. You will design change solutions, redesign workflows, train teams, coach leaders, and partner with business and technology teams to scale AI‑enabled transformations across the enterprise.

You will work to create organizational capacity, improve teammate experience and accelerate decision‑making while increasing speed to impact.

Qualifications

• Experience turning AI capabilities into practical business impact.
• Experience leading cross‑functional organizational change initiatives.
• Ability to redesign processes and drive adoption using change methods.

Responsibilities

• Identify and scale high‑impact AI use cases across functions.
• Develop roadmaps, business cases and adoption plans delivering measurable impact.
• Build and maintain alignment with scorecards to track progress.
• Serve as subject matter expert, redesign workflows and use AI to remove low‑value work.
• Build leader and teammate capability through training, coaching and enablement.
• Expand AI champions networks across the business.
• Partner with HR, Technology and Legal to enable responsible AI use.
• Track value through capacity created, time saved, adoption and outcomes.
• Contribute to other enterprise strategic initiatives as needed.

Skills

AI First

AI Native

Executive communication

Stakeholder influence

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $130,800.00 in our lowest geographic market to $276,000.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Information about benefits can be found here.

Who You’ll Work With

The Enterprise Acceleration & Operations team helps Converse teams and teammates perform at their best. We connect transformation and execution, partnering across the business to unlock growth, improve decision‑making and build new capabilities. You’ll work with leaders across HR, Technology, Strategy, Legal and every business function.

Who We Are Looking For

We’re looking for an organizational change agent who can turn emerging AI capabilities into practical business impact. You will use AI First and AI Native approaches to solve enterprise business opportunities, bringing together process excellence, employee experience and AI‑enabled transformation to make how we serve consumers more effective and efficient. Your work will create organizational capacity, improve the teammate experience, support better decision‑making and increase speed to impact across the business.

You are comfortable designing organizational change solutions, redesigning workflows, training teams, coaching leaders through change and partnering with business and technology teams to scale solutions. Most importantly, you see AI as an opportunity to transform the business so our teammates can focus on what they do best.

• Applied understanding of generative AI, AI First and AI Native methods, and AI‑enabled productivity tools, with experience converting human‑designed workflow automation into AI First agentic workflows that deliver business results
• Experience leading complex cross‑functional initiatives and organizational change
• Ability to reimagine processes, improve ways of working and drive adoption; experience with process improvement methods (Six Sigma, Lean, Service Design, Human‑Centered Design) is a plus
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder influence and business case skills
• Knowledge of responsible AI, privacy, data protection and governance principles
• Change management experience or certification (Prosci or equivalent) is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Organizational Development, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training

What You’ll Work On

Converse believes AI will reshape how work gets done. You will help lead that shift by building the mindsets, workflows and behaviors that help teams move faster, make better decisions and create more value at scale.

• Identify and scale high‑impact AI use cases across functions
• Develop roadmaps, business cases and adoption plans that deliver measurable impact faster
• Build and maintain alignment, using scorecards to track and share progress
• Serve as a subject matter expert, helping teams redesign workflows and use AI and automation to remove low‑value work, freeing capacity for high‑value work: strategy, creativity and agency
• Build leader and teammate capability through training, coaching, tools and hands‑on enablement
• Expand AI champions networks, tapping into expertise and experience across the business
• Partner with HR, Technology and Legal to enable responsible AI use
• Track value through capacity created, time saved, adoption and business outcomes
• Contribute to other enterprise strategic initiatives as needed

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in‑person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

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