Director, Applied AI Innovation & Business Adoption

About the role

The Director, Applied AI Innovation & Business Adoption will drive the practical application, adoption, and measurable business impact of AI capabilities across NBCUniversal News Group.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI adoption and innovation efforts across News Group functions, including editorial, product, technology, commercial, production, and operations.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand workflows, identify opportunities, and apply AI to improve efficiency, quality, creativity, and business outcomes.
• Lead AI engagement initiatives, including workshops, demos, office hours, use-case discovery, pilots, and communications.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, helping News Group teams move from AI exploration to meaningful adoption.
• Apply approved AI tools directly to business use cases, developing workflows, prompts, prototypes, demonstrations, and practical recommendations.
• Evaluate and recommend the best AI capabilities for specific business needs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in digital transformation, innovation, enterprise technology, product adoption, or related fields.
• 3 years of recent AI Adoption lead experience at the enterprise level.
• Deep hands-on experience with modern AI platforms and enterprise AI tools.
• Proven ability to apply AI solutions directly to business workflows and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Experience leading adoption programs, workshops, demonstrations, and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
• Strong ability to identify opportunities, develop practical solutions, and drive adoption from concept through implementation.
• Demonstrated success defining metrics and measuring business impact.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, evolving environment with multiple priorities.
• Experience presenting to executive and enterprise audiences.
• Ability to work on fast moving environment.