Manager - AP AI Strategy & Execution

Role Responsibilities

Driving strategic initiatives from problem definition through execution, stakeholder alignment, measurement, and adoption.
Identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing AI-enabled opportunities that improve AP Automation growth, operating efficiency, customer experience, or scalability.
Building, testing, or helping deploy practical AI agents and agent-based workflows, with a focus on process optimization and measurable business outcomes.
Providing in-depth analysis and insights to advise senior management and executives when making critical business decisions.
Partnering with executives, senior management, and teams across the organization to gather business requirements, data inputs, and stakeholder context.
Analyzing, tracking, and measuring the impact of launched strategic initiatives, including revenue, efficiency, adoption, and customer impact.
Identifying and recommending improvements to current business processes, with a focus on revenue growth, process quality, automation, and speed of execution.
Performing structured revenue analysis and commentary on key variances versus targets, prior months, and prior years, including recommended actions.

Qualifications & Skills

5+ years of experience in strategic planning, data analytics, business positioning, operations strategy, or a related field.
Experience in program management, business analysis, financial planning, or strategic initiative execution.
Hands-on experience building AI agents, agent-based workflows, automations, or AI-supported productivity tools. Experience applying agents to process optimization is a strong plus.
Significant interest in AI, automation, and the practical application of emerging technologies to improve business processes.
Entrepreneurial mindset: able to think big, develop innovative ideas, test assumptions, and execute with discipline.
Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to break down ambiguous issues, identify root causes, and align stakeholders on action plans.
Data savvy, with effective data processing, analysis, and visualization capabilities.
Exceptional capabilities in the Microsoft 365 product suite.
Proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
Proficiency in business intelligence tools such as Power BI or IBM Analytics.
Superb communication skills, including the ability to hold influential conversations and discussions.
Develop strong working relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
Deliver clear proposals, polished presentations, and actionable insights backed by analysis and research.