AI Business Manager

About the role

The AI Business Manager is the primary liaison to assigned business functions, responsible for identifying where AI can improve processes and deliver measurable value. The role partners with business leaders as both advisor and implementation lead.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact between business leaders and the AI organization.
  • Conduct discovery sessions to understand business pain points, regulatory constraints, operational priorities, and workflow challenges.
  • Translate business needs into AI-enabled use cases, value cases, and actionable roadmaps.
  • Maintain a robust pipeline of AI opportunities aligned with utility operational realities (grid reliability, safety, affordability, and compliance).
• Prepare and contribute to business cases, steering committee materials, project updates, and leadership briefings.
  • Support change management, user readiness, adoption planning, and post-launch success monitoring.
  • Ensure adherence to responsible AI, governance standards, and compliance frameworks.
  • Enablement & AI Adoption Champion: AI literacy across business units; help leaders and teams understand AI capabilities, limitations, workflows, and value.
  • Identify champions, coordinate learning, and drive adoption of enterprise AI tools.
  • Contribute to scalable engagement playbooks and repeatable approaches for utility business functions.
• Build long-term strategic relationships with leaders across business functions.
  • Identify opportunities for enterprise reuse and coordinate cross-functional collaboration for AI solutions.
  • Act as a trusted advisor in navigating operational change in a regulated utility environment.

Requirements

• Minimum education required of the position: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field required OR in lieu of degree minimum 12+ years of professional experience is required. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of professional experience leading diverse project or product teams to accomplish specific, measurable outcomes. Utility experience preferred.
• Proven experience with AI, automation, analytics, or digital solutions delivery.
• Knowledge and experience with project management and/or process improvement tools and methods is a plus (e.g. Lean, Six-Sigma, Agile, Process Mapping, Intelligent Automation, Analytics).
• Demonstrated experience consulting with senior & executive leaders, including identifying needs, developing comprehensive plans, identifying deliverables and presenting results/recommendations to enable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to translate business needs into AI-enabled solutions.
• Exceptional communication and relationship building skills with senior stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of AI concepts (machine learning, automation, GenAI, predictive analytics).
• Ability to drive change in environments with evolving technology maturity.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and shaping structured solutions in dynamic settings.
• Experience with governance processes, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.

Skills

• Strong ability to translate business needs into AI-enabled solutions.
• Exceptional communication and relationship building skills with senior stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of AI concepts (machine learning, automation, GenAI, predictive analytics).
• Ability to drive change in environments with evolving technology maturity.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and shaping structured solutions in dynamic settings.
• Experience with governance processes, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

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Schedule

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Benefits

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Company Description

The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.