AI Innovation Lead

Vestas • Houston, TX

4d

About The Position

The AI Innovation Program sits within Digital Development Platform and accelerates AI-driven transformation across Vestas. It works with frontline operations, business functions, and Digital Solutions to identify opportunities, reimagine ways of working, and translate ideas into measurable business value.

The AI Innovation Lead acts as a transformation catalyst, helping business leaders and frontline teams rethink work through AI, automation, and data-driven innovation. The role guides cross-functional innovation efforts from opportunity identification through value validation, and helps ensure solutions are adopted, scalable, and capable of delivering lasting impact. It combines business transformation, stakeholder leadership, innovation strategy, and AI enablement, bringing stakeholders into alignment and delivering results across the organization.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Digital Innovation, Engineering, Technology Management, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience leading digital transformation, business transformation, innovation management, operational excellence, product discovery, automation, or AI-enabled delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives and guiding organizational change within large matrixed environments.
• Applied understanding of AI, automation, data-informed decision-making, and digital transformation concepts.
• Experience working with senior leaders to bring together diverse priorities in support of common objectives.
• Experience evaluating operational challenges and translating business needs into scalable technology-enabled solutions.
• Fluent written and spoken English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end AI Innovation runs, from opportunity identification through value validation and business adoption to scaling recommendations.
• Partner with business leaders, frontline teams, and Digital Solutions to identify high-value opportunities and translate strategic priorities into practical execution plans.
• Facilitate the redesign of workflows, processes, and operating models by challenging legacy practices and identifying opportunities for automation and AI-enabled improvements.
• Define business objectives, success metrics, and adoption measures for AI initiatives.
• Build stakeholder alignment across complex matrix organizations and support initiatives without formal authority.
• Guide rapid experimentation, pilot delivery, and solution validation to help initiatives produce measurable business results.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, providing external perspectives and thought leadership on AI-driven transformation.
• Build organizational capability by coaching AI Innovation Leads and transferring the AI innovation method to business and technology stakeholders.

Benefits

• Flexible working options and opportunities to work across multiple business domains.
• Opportunity to contribute to climate action and support future generations through AI-driven transformation and innovation.
• Visible role working directly with business leaders, frontline teams, and Digital Solutions to shape how AI creates value across Vestas.
• Exposure to complex business challenges, executive stakeholders, and large-scale transformation efforts, with opportunities to build skills in AI-enabled business innovation.
• Trusted, diverse, and collaborative environment that encourages learning, experimentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Healthy work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior