Associate Director - Transformation

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives from strategy through execution, accountable for scope, timelines, budget, risk management, and measurable outcomes
• Redesign core operating workflows using AI-first principles, embedding automation, decision intelligence, and human-in-the-loop controls into target-state processes
• Translate complex business challenges into AI-enabled operating models that improve scalability, risk management, operating leverage, and decision velocity
• Conduct detailed current-state assessments, including process mapping, data flow analysis, and control evaluation, and develop future-state designs with clear performance metrics
• Build value realization frameworks that quantify and track efficiency gains, quality improvements, risk reduction, capacity creation, and financial impact resulting from AI-driven redesign
• Institutionalize repeatable methodologies for AI-enabled business process reengineering, including governance standards, control frameworks, model risk considerations, and performance measurement
• Develop executive-level materials and financial analyses to support prioritization, investment approval, and steering committee decision-making
• Serve as a senior stakeholder manager, driving alignment across business leaders, executive sponsors, and control functions while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and responsible innovation
• Ensure redesigned workflows align with regulatory requirements, operational risk standards, and firmwide governance expectations

Qualifications & Experience

• 6-8+ years of experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, digital transformation, or operational improvement, with increasing ownership of complex initiatives
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale transformation efforts involving technology, data, and operating model redesign
• Strong fluency in artificial intelligence and automation concepts, including machine learning applications, intelligent workflow automation, model governance considerations, and AI risk management frameworks
• Superior analytical and financial modeling skills, with the ability to connect operational improvements to measurable economic value
• Executive-level communication skills, including the ability to distill complex, multi-dimensional issues into clear recommendations for senior leadership
• Prior proven ability to manage diverse stakeholders with competing priorities while maintaining momentum and accountability
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or equivalent experience; advanced degree (e.g., MBA or relevant technical master’s degree) preferred
• Direct experience deploying AI-enabled solutions into production environments, including change management and adoption strategies
• Experience building value tracking dashboards or performance measurement frameworks tied to transformation initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to institutionalize best practices and build scalable transformation playbooks across an organization

Pay Range

$175,000 - 225,000