Director of Enterprise AI

Join MISUMI Americas as the Director of Enterprise AI, where you will lead the AI strategy and adoption across the company. This highly visible role is at the center of our mission to build the next-generation operating system for New Product Development. You will own the enterprise AI portfolio, define the strategy for AI use cases, measure the impact of AI initiatives, and build a structured AI champion network. You will also design onboarding and enablement programs, communicate AI strategy to executive leadership, and partner with architects to shape the AI vendor and platform strategy.

• Own the AI strategy and adoption across MISUMI Americas, driving how AI opportunities are discovered, evaluated, and prioritized.
• Build and lead a team to assist in coaching champions and accelerating adoption, and work with architecture and product to set governance standards.
• Define the strategy and framework for how AI use cases are discovered, evaluated, and prioritized across the enterprise, and measure the impact of AI initiatives by business outcomes.
• Firsthand, regular use of enterprise AI tools like Claude, Copilot, or similar platforms — leadership is actively experimenting and expects you to be ahead of them
• Experience operating within technology governance frameworks, with the ability to build a business case that meets ROI, security, and architectural standards
• Proven success designing and running enablement or change management programs — training rollouts, adoption campaigns, internal champion networks
• Manufacturing, supply chain, or industrial operations experience is a big plus
• Track record of making hard prioritization calls with an executive audience while encouraging curiosity and experimentation in the teams closest to the work
• Full product lifecycle ownership on ambiguous business problems — discovery through measurement and iteration
• Technical fluency sufficient to evaluate vendor claims, push back on engineering estimates, and earn the respect of senior engineers — you don't need to build things, but you need to understand what's being built
• Ability to measure and report AI/automation impact in dollars
• 12+ years of experience leading an enterprise through technology and workflow transformations
• Work Authorization: Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder)