What are the responsibilities and job description for the AI Delivery Principal position at Ascensus LLC?
The AI Delivery Principal will be a critical member of Ascensus’ Transformation team and will support the AI Delivery Manager in delivering high-impact AI projects and use cases at Ascensus. The AI Delivery Principal will work closely with the AI Delivery Manager, AI Strategy & Enablement Leader, IT leaders, and scrum teams to ensure successful implementation of AI initiatives.
Section 2: Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities
AI Program Management and Delivery
End-to-end business diagnostics: Perform analysis and baselining of business drivers, outlining workflows and technology architecture, collecting and analyzing issues/data, shadowing business team members, analyzing process outputs, sizing opportunities for AI enhancement, and summarizing business diagnostics and AI enhancement opportunities for executive review.
Current and future state processes: Support the documentation of current state L2/L3 processes, identify inefficiencies for enhancement, manage the redesign of new AI-enabled processes, lead AI use case workshops with business stakeholders, and assist in the documentation of requirements and translation for AI delivery teams.
Business case build and value tracking: Collect baseline data, build and manage AI-enabled business cases tied to KPIs, work drivers, efficiency unlock, etc. Perform sensitivity analysis against outcomes and define/implement approaches for measuring long-term value.
Tech and transformation PMO: Assist in building and managing delivery workplans, assigning owners/responsibilities, consulting on output quality and functionality, building weekly update materials, and supporting the development of steerco/board materials.
Solution testing and demo: Perform quality control of outputs against business workflows, reassess build work plans, and plan and facilitate pilot testing and delivery.
Training: Develop training materials, and conduct train-the-trainer sessions, for assigned AI use case.
Project go-live and hypercare: Support AI Delivery Manager, IT and business leads in planning and executing project go-lives, stabilization, and hypercare with a focus on business support and associate training/adoption. Coordinate with IT and business to define plans for long-term operation, maintenance, and ongoing functional enhancement of AI use cases.
Change management and comms: Partner with business and transformation teams to outline change frameworks and owners across Ascensus teams, build initial drafts of working materials, assemble implementation playbooks, draft communications, and socialize with leaders.
Coordination with IT, Service, Operations and Sales teams
Support BUs and IT to define and deliver AI use cases. For example:
Based on current state business processes, support evaluation of potential technical solutions including build vs. buy and vendor selection
Partner with IT to define delivery and ongoing resourcing requirements
Leverage delivery experience and learnings to provide insight and recommendations to business for AI use case expansion and enhancement to other adjacent business processes, use cases, and lines of business
Supervision
N/A
Section 3: Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree.
3 years implementing AI use cases at a top Consulting firm with experience across multiple end-to-end AI delivery projects. Application of agile methodologies required.
Understanding of AI technologies, data science, and machine learning algorithms. Ability to analyze complex business problems and advise on AI-driven solutions/approaches.
Proven ability to drive AI project / use cases end-to-end.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
Strong working knowledge of ChatGPT (or equivalent) tools.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
Strong interpersonal skills to drive day-to-day program.
Can-do, willing to be hands on keyboard, attitude
Exceptional critical thinking skills and metrics-driven mindset.
Excellent “speed to output”: Strong ability to work in a time sensitive environment while managing multiple, large-scale initiatives.
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