Director Artificial Intelligence PMO

How You Will Make An Impact

• Translate Cabot’s enterprise strategy into a structured, actionable AI portfolio aligned to company strategic priorities
• Facilitate structured discussions with ExCo and the AI SteerCo to drive alignment on priorities and sequencing
• Synthesize business needs and constraints into clear AI prioritization options
• Frame tradeoffs, value cases, and resource implications to support decision-making
• Ensure proposed AI initiatives are credible, scalable, and aligned to enterprise value, constructively challenging assumptions where needed
• Develop and maintain a prioritized portfolio of AI initiatives aligned to enterprise value
• Maintain visibility into portfolio progress, risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs
• Identify duplication and opportunities to streamline AI activity across the organization
• Lead cross-functional teams through deployment and scale
• Ensure delivery quality, consistency, and alignment to intended business use cases
• Own execution accountability for prioritized AI initiatives, ensuring delivery to a high standard
• Establish and enforce program management disciplines, including governance, milestones, and stage gates
• Lead cross-functional coordination across business sponsors, Digital, and support functions
• Proactively identify and resolve execution risks, bottlenecks, and resource constraints
• Ensure effective implementation and transition of solutions into business operations
• Establish and operate the AI SteerCo governance model and decision framework
• Enable structured prioritization, sequencing, and funding decisions
• Drive a consistent operating cadence, including: Annual portfolio and funding alignment with ExCo, Quarterly prioritization and value reviews with SteerCo, Monthly execution reporting to project sponsors

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in program management, transformation, or large-scale initiative delivery
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional programs in a global organization
• Experience working closely with senior executives and influencing enterprise-level decisions
• Experience with digital, data, analytics, or AI-enabled initiatives strongly preferred
• Strong execution leadership with a consistent track record of delivering complex initiatives successfully
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills without direct authority
• Strong business and financial acumen, including value case development and tracking
• Demonstrated fluency in AI and advanced analytics, including the ability to:
• Evaluate and shape AI use cases in partnership with the business
• Differentiate high-value, scalable initiatives from low-value or experimental efforts
• Assess feasibility, including data readiness, integration complexity, and adoption challenges
• Engage effectively with technical teams while maintaining a business-first perspective