Director, AI Transformation
Univar Solutions · Downers Grove, IL · 3 wk ago
Business Development$180k–$210k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
Intro: "A Place Where People Matter. Start your career journey with Univar Solutions! Here you can make an impact on the world around you and accelerate your career in areas that energize and excite you. Director, AI Transformation: The Director, AI Transformation leads the value and governance engine that turns enterprise AI initiatives into verified, measurable financial impact. Reporting to the Senior Director, Transformation, this role owns day-to-day accountability and sign-off for value certification and AI governance across the portfolio. The role sits between the company's value delivery and technology enablement organizations. It ensures that every initiative with verified financial value is shaped into a deliverable project, properly governed, and made enterprise-ready before it scales, so technology investment stays tied to proven business value and promising ideas convert into measured results. This is a high-impact role that delivers through existing AI, data, engineering, and IT teams. Univar Solutions is backed by Apollo, and this role supports execution of the company's enterprise value creation plan."
That's about the role.
Then "What You’ll Do:" with bullet points (list). We'll treat as Responsibilities.
Then "What You’ll Need:" with bullet points (list). That's Requirements/Qualifications/Skills. We need to decide sections: maybe Requirements (education, experience), Qualifications (preferred), Skills (specific abilities). But we can combine if content thin. However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's see content:
"What You’ll Need: Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA or a quantitative field) preferred.
10+ years in finance transformation, value realization, transformation, or AI and digital program management, including direct ownership of benefits tracking or business-case certification.
Demonstrated ability to certify financial value, including building and defending value cases and underwriting savings with Finance.
Strong command of governance, accountability frameworks, risk and controls, and responsible-AI or data-governance practices.
Track record turning prioritized opportunities into scoped projects and enterprise-grade charters.
Experience coordinating across IT, data, and centers of excellence without direct reporting authority, leading through influence.
Vendor and contract management experience, including statements of work, pilots, and master agreements, in a technology or consulting context.
Executive-grade communication and data storytelling, with comfort presenting value and risk to C-level executives and investors.
Experience in a private-equity-backed transformation or value creation environment.
Working fluency with enterprise AI and data platforms and the economics of scaling AI from pilot to production.
Chemical distribution, industrial distribution, or comparable B2B sector exposure.
CPA, MBA, or equivalent analytical credential."
That's a list of requirements/qualifications/skills.
Then "Where You’ll Work: This is a hybrid role based out of our headquarters in Downers Grove, IL."
Then "Pay & Benefits: The salary range is $180,000 - $210,000. This role is also eligible for incentive pay.
The specific salary offered to a candidate may be motivated by a variety of factors including the candidate’s meaningful experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.
Available employee benefits include health, vision, and dental. We also provide 401k matching for retirement and flexible time off."
Then "What You Can Expect: Strong work/life flexibility
To be surrounded by an inclusive team who is collaborative and committed to the achievement of the company
To be rewarded for your contributions with a targeted annual company bonus and annual salary reviews
Competitive pay and benefits"
Then company description etc. That's boilerplate maybe but includes some info about company. Might be considered "About the company" but not requested. We can ignore as not needed.
We need sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (What You’ll Do), Requirements (maybe combine education/experience), Qualifications (maybe preferred degree?), Skills (maybe specific abilities). But we have a lot of content; we could split into Requirements (education + experience), Qualifications (preferred advanced degree, CPA, MBA), Skills (governance, vendor management, communication, etc). However we must avoid thin sections. Let's see if each would have substantive content.
We could do:
- About the role (intro paragraph)
- Responsibilities (list of duties)
- Requirements (Bachelor’s degree required; 10+ years experience; etc)
- Qualifications (Advanced degree preferred; CPA, MBA or equivalent analytical credential)
- Skills (list of abilities: financial value certification, governance, project chartering, coordination, vendor management, communication, PE-backed environment, AI platform fluency, sector exposure)
- Benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k matching, flexible time off)
- Pay (salary range $180k-$210k, incentive pay)
- Schedule (hybrid role based out of headquarters in Downers Grove, IL) - that's location/hybrid schedule.
Schedule: we have hybrid role based out of headquarters. That's schedule info.
Thus we have all sections with content.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
Use
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
Intro: "A Place Where People Matter. Start your career journey with Univar Solutions! Here you can make an impact on the world around you and accelerate your career in areas that energize and excite you. Director, AI Transformation: The Director, AI Transformation leads the value and governance engine that turns enterprise AI initiatives into verified, measurable financial impact. Reporting to the Senior Director, Transformation, this role owns day-to-day accountability and sign-off for value certification and AI governance across the portfolio. The role sits between the company's value delivery and technology enablement organizations. It ensures that every initiative with verified financial value is shaped into a deliverable project, properly governed, and made enterprise-ready before it scales, so technology investment stays tied to proven business value and promising ideas convert into measured results. This is a high-impact role that delivers through existing AI, data, engineering, and IT teams. Univar Solutions is backed by Apollo, and this role supports execution of the company's enterprise value creation plan."
That's about the role.
Then "What You’ll Do:" with bullet points (list). We'll treat as Responsibilities.
Then "What You’ll Need:" with bullet points (list). That's Requirements/Qualifications/Skills. We need to decide sections: maybe Requirements (education, experience), Qualifications (preferred), Skills (specific abilities). But we can combine if content thin. However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's see content:
"What You’ll Need: Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA or a quantitative field) preferred.
10+ years in finance transformation, value realization, transformation, or AI and digital program management, including direct ownership of benefits tracking or business-case certification.
Demonstrated ability to certify financial value, including building and defending value cases and underwriting savings with Finance.
Strong command of governance, accountability frameworks, risk and controls, and responsible-AI or data-governance practices.
Track record turning prioritized opportunities into scoped projects and enterprise-grade charters.
Experience coordinating across IT, data, and centers of excellence without direct reporting authority, leading through influence.
Vendor and contract management experience, including statements of work, pilots, and master agreements, in a technology or consulting context.
Executive-grade communication and data storytelling, with comfort presenting value and risk to C-level executives and investors.
Experience in a private-equity-backed transformation or value creation environment.
Working fluency with enterprise AI and data platforms and the economics of scaling AI from pilot to production.
Chemical distribution, industrial distribution, or comparable B2B sector exposure.
CPA, MBA, or equivalent analytical credential."
That's a list of requirements/qualifications/skills.
Then "Where You’ll Work: This is a hybrid role based out of our headquarters in Downers Grove, IL."
Then "Pay & Benefits: The salary range is $180,000 - $210,000. This role is also eligible for incentive pay.
The specific salary offered to a candidate may be motivated by a variety of factors including the candidate’s meaningful experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.
Available employee benefits include health, vision, and dental. We also provide 401k matching for retirement and flexible time off."
Then "What You Can Expect: Strong work/life flexibility
To be surrounded by an inclusive team who is collaborative and committed to the achievement of the company
To be rewarded for your contributions with a targeted annual company bonus and annual salary reviews
Competitive pay and benefits"
Then company description etc. That's boilerplate maybe but includes some info about company. Might be considered "About the company" but not requested. We can ignore as not needed.
We need sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (What You’ll Do), Requirements (maybe combine education/experience), Qualifications (maybe preferred degree?), Skills (maybe specific abilities). But we have a lot of content; we could split into Requirements (education + experience), Qualifications (preferred advanced degree, CPA, MBA), Skills (governance, vendor management, communication, etc). However we must avoid thin sections. Let's see if each would have substantive content.
We could do:
- About the role (intro paragraph)
- Responsibilities (list of duties)
- Requirements (Bachelor’s degree required; 10+ years experience; etc)
- Qualifications (Advanced degree preferred; CPA, MBA or equivalent analytical credential)
- Skills (list of abilities: financial value certification, governance, project chartering, coordination, vendor management, communication, PE-backed environment, AI platform fluency, sector exposure)
- Benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k matching, flexible time off)
- Pay (salary range $180k-$210k, incentive pay)
- Schedule (hybrid role based out of headquarters in Downers Grove, IL) - that's location/hybrid schedule.
Schedule: we have hybrid role based out of headquarters. That's schedule info.
Thus we have all sections with content.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
Use for each section heading.
Inside each section, use
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- for lists. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract details precisely. About the role: combine the intro paragraphs after the initial fluff? The initial fluff: "A Place Where People Matter. Start your career journey with Univar Solutions! Here you can make an impact on the world around you and accelerate your career in areas that energize and excite you." That's generic marketing; could be considered boilerplate? It's not specific to role. Might be considered filler but it's part of posting. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." This marketing fluff may be considered boilerplate? Not sure. It's generic but not legal. Might be okay to keep? It says "Preserve ALL substantive information". That fluff is not substantive about role. Might be considered boilerplate. Safer to omit? The instruction says remove boilerplate, but not define what is boilerplate. Usually those generic taglines are considered boilerplate. I'd omit them to keep focused. Thus About the role starts with "Director, AI Transformation: The Director, AI Transformation leads the value and governance engine..." We'll include that paragraph. Let's copy that paragraph exactly: "Director, AI Transformation: The Director, AI Transformation leads the value and governance engine that turns enterprise AI initiatives into verified, measurable financial impact. Reporting to the Senior Director, Transformation, this role owns day-to-day accountability and sign-off for value certification and AI governance across the portfolio. The role sits between the company's value delivery and technology enablement organizations. It ensures that every initiative with verified financial value is shaped into a deliverable project, properly governed, and made enterprise-ready before it scales, so technology investment stays tied to proven business value and promising ideas convert into measured results. This is a high-impact role that delivers through existing AI, data, engineering, and IT teams. Univar Solutions is backed by Apollo, and this role supports execution of the company's enterprise value creation plan." That's the about. Now Responsibilities: list from "What You’ll Do:" bullet points. We need to capture each bullet as
- . Let's extract:
- Value Attribution & Benefits Certification
- Own the value scorecard as the single source of truth for realized savings and EBITDA and cash impact across the AI portfolio.
- Run the finance-verified benefits process and provide go/no-go value certification at each stage gate, the authority that determines whether an initiative may scale.
- Set and maintain KPI and value-attribution methodology in partnership with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), ensuring every claimed dollar is underwritten by Finance before scaling.
- Produce actual-versus-target value reporting for monthly transformation reviews and executive and investor reporting cycles.
- Shaping High-Value Use Cases into Projects and Charters
- Partner with the AI intake and delivery function to convert prioritized, high-value use cases into scoped transformation projects.
- Build enterprise-grade charters covering problem statement, value levers, expected dollar impact, success metrics, and 30/60/90-day milestones.
- Translate current-state processes, observations, and pain points into clearly scoped opportunities that deliver measurable value.
- Sequence and resource the resulting project portfolio so value is delivered on schedule.
- Investment Decision Support: Buy, Build, or Blend
- Own the value and cost analysis underpinning buy, build, or blend technology decisions, building the financial case behind each recommendation.
- Serve on the core decision team that validates recommendations before they advance to executive leadership.
- Ground every recommendation in certified value and a credible cost basis.
- Governance Readiness & Value Clearance
- Serve as the value sign-off in the enterprise go/no-go deployment decision, confirming ROI, hard-EBITDA impact, and cost-per-outcome measures are validated before any initiative deploys or scales.
- Ensure every initiative in the AI portfolio clears its required governance, security, legal, and privacy reviews before scaling, working within the enterprise governance framework rather than duplicating it.
- Partner with Data Governance, the Center of Excellence, Legal, and Security to drive open risk and readiness items to closure early, so initiatives are not blocked late in the lifecycle.
- Escalate items requiring executive sponsor or CIO decision rights, and maintain clear visibility into which initiatives are cleared, conditioned, or held.
- Cross-Team Coordination and Enterprise Readiness
- Serve as the day-to-day liaison to the AI Center of Excellence and AI engineering teams to avoid duplication and drive reuse of platforms, models, and automation frameworks.
- Own the enterprise-readiness criteria that gate broad rollout once a pilot clears its value gate, including hardening, integration, enterprise data, and post-launch stabilization.
- Manage clean handoffs across the lifecycle, from framing to pilot to scale-up and stabilization to steady-state business ownership.
- Ensure solutions transition to full business unit ownership within the target window, embedded in standard operating procedures and performance metrics.
- Vendor and Partner Management
- Own operational vendor relationship management across the AI portfolio, including scoping, statements of work, pilot terms, and commercial follow-through.
- Maintain a single, current view of vendor scope, cost, and status across the program.
- Partner with Legal, Procurement, and Security on contract review, data terms, and threat scanning for third-party AI tooling.
- Surface cost-versus-value exposure on vendor engagements early, such as pilot cost escalations, so they reach value and budget owners before commitment.
We need to preserve all that. Could group under headings? But we only have
for section headings, not subheadings. We could just list all items as a flat list. However that may lose some structure but still preserve content. The instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we can make a single
- with all duty items. That's fine.
Now Requirements: Let's extract bullet points from "What You’ll Need:" but separate into categories.
We'll create Requirements section for mandatory items: Bachelor’s degree required; 10+ years in finance transformation, value realization, transformation, or AI and digital program management, including direct ownership of benefits tracking or business-case certification.; Demonstrated ability to certify financial value, including building and defending value cases and underwriting savings with Finance.; Strong command of governance, accountability frameworks, risk and controls, and responsible-AI or data-governance practices.; Track record turning prioritized opportunities into scoped projects and enterprise-grade charters.; Experience coordinating across IT, data
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we can make a single