Sr AI Transformation Manager

RWE Gruppe; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

RWE Americas, LLC in Illinois is seeking an experienced leader for the AI Transformation program within Strategy. This office-based role involves coordinating blueprinting sprints, driving cross-functional AI initiatives, and reporting to senior leadership.

You will manage portfolios, create dashboards, oversee change management, and ensure value delivery across the program while collaborating with IT, finance, and business units.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, STEM, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years in management/transformation programs, with cross-functional AI/tech transformation experience.
• Strong program management skills across a full portfolio of initiatives.
• Lead organizational transformation efforts with change management and business case development.
• Solid project management discipline with minimal oversight.
• Design and operationalize value-tracking dashboards and metrics.
• Hands-on change-management for portfolio plans, training materials, and launches.
• Knowledge of AI concepts, generative AI, and digital product development.
• Effective stakeholder management across departments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for steering committees.
• Proactive, impact‑oriented with ownership mindset.
• Self-starter capable of driving multiple workstreams.
• Experience in power/utility/clean energy sectors (US markets) preferred.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and PM tools (Jira, Miro).

Responsibilities

• Lead blueprinting sprints across AI initiatives and translate learnings into improved processes.
• Support portfolio-level AI use-case prioritization and investment decisions.
• Project manage AI programs end-to-end, including scoping, vendor selection, deployment.
• Develop enterprise change-management frameworks and training programs.
• Support program resource management and ROI optimization.
• Own portfolio analytics and KPI tracking to inform governance.
• Coordinate program governance and stage-gate reviews.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI concepts

Communication

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, STEM, or related field

Tools

Jira

Miro

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

RWE Americas, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent
Functional area: Corporate Development / Strategy
Remuneration: Exempt

The AI Transformation team, part of the broader Strategy department, leads the company's AI agenda from ambition setting through blueprinting (designing AI-enabled workflows) and execution. The team partners with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to define AI priorities and works closely with IT and business functions to deliver against the strategy. It also monitors the evolving AI landscape, translating emerging trends into actionable opportunities in collaboration with relevant business units.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate blueprinting sprints across AI initiatives – a structured process where squads work directly with business departments to identify high-value AI opportunities, build defensible business cases, and produce concrete execution plans – facilitating workshops with business stakeholders, ensuring consistent application of the blueprint playbook, and translating learnings across initiatives into methodology updates that improve efficiency and scalability over time.
• Support portfolio-level AI use‑case prioritization and investment decisions, synthesizing value, feasibility, and data readiness assessments across initiatives to inform steering committee approvals.
• Project manage key AI program initiatives end‑to‑end, from scoping and vendor selection through deployment and adoption, coordinating across business, IT, and vendor stakeholders to ensure timely delivery, and supporting RFP processes to drive well‑structured, aligned decisions.
• Develop and coordinate enterprise change‑management frameworks across departments, driving adoption of AI‑enabled ways of working through targeted interventions including training, communications, and engagement programs, and tracking impact and cost metrics.
• Support program‑level resource management and portfolio ROI optimization, maintaining visibility into cross‑functional capacity, monitoring cost‑to‑serve and value delivery, and surfacing recommendations to program leadership.
• Own portfolio analytics and KPI tracking across the AI transformation program, converting performance data – including adoption metrics, value delivery, and cost‑to‑serve – into actionable insights that inform governance and executive decision‑making, ensuring alignment of value and cost tracking with broader RWE Americas processes and timelines.
• Coordinate program governance and core process rhythms (e.g., steercos, stage‑gate reviews), ensuring cross‑workstream reporting is consistent, timely, and aligned with program objectives and RWE Americas processes.

Job Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, STEM, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in management consulting, transformation program management, digital transformation, or related roles, with demonstrated experience independently driving large‑scale, cross‑functional AI or technology transformation programs.
• Strong program management skills, with the ability to structure and track complex, concurrent initiatives across the full program portfolio.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational or operational transformation efforts, including workflow redesign, business case development, and change‑management support, with a track record of driving adoption and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Solid project management discipline, managing own workstreams with minimal oversight and ensuring execution rigor across phases.
• Designing and operationalizing program‑level value tracking infrastructure, including dashboards and metrics frameworks for program performance measurement.
• Hands‑on change‑management capability, developing and operationalizing portfolio‑level change plans into practical adoption collateral, training materials, and launch‑ready execution plans.
• Working knowledge of AI concepts, generative AI, and digital product development sufficient to engage credibly with technical teams and contextualize business requirements.
• Effective stakeholder management, building trust with cross‑functional partners across departments, product, IT, and finance to drive alignment and accountability without formal authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing materials for steering committees and senior leadership.
• Proactive and impact‑oriented, with high standards and the ability to iterate based on feedback to deliver quality output.
• Motivated and effective self‑starter, with strong ownership, follow‑through, and the confidence to drive progress across multiple concurrent workstreams in ambiguous environments.
• Experience in the power, utilities, or clean energy sector, including knowledge of U.S. power markets, renewable project development, and clean energy technologies preferred.
• Proficiency in standard productivity tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint) and program/project management tools (e.g., Jira, Miro, or equivalent).
• This position is an office‑based role with some travel and visits to other RWE Americas offices and field locations.
• Must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time.

Pay Range

The annual base salary range for this position in Illinois is $160,000 – $200,000. The listed salary range represents our good faith estimate for this position and represents the range for new hire salaries across all U.S. locations. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. RWE considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s education & work experience, training & certifications, and key skills as well as market and business considerations at the time of the offer.

Benefits Offered

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short‑Term Disability, Long‑Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short‑term incentives, in addition to salary.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.