AI Manager - Adoption & Enablement - ONSITE SLC - Local Candidates only

WesTech Engineering•Salt Lake City, UT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

WesTech is seeking an AI Manager - Adoption & Enablement to accelerate the practical adoption of artificial intelligence across the company. This onsite role serves as the operational leader of WesTech’s AI program, helping the business identify, develop, scale, and govern high-value AI use cases. The role works with AI Champions, Business Analysts, Digital teams, business leaders, and external partners to turn ideas into measurable business outcomes. It focuses on building organizational capability, removing barriers, coordinating execution, and aligning AI initiatives with business priorities, governance requirements, and WesTech’s long-term AI vision; it is not primarily a developer role. The manager will execute the enterprise AI roadmap; lead the AI Champions network; build and manage a pipeline of AI use cases; partner with business teams on discovery, change management, and adoption; evaluate technologies and external partners; support responsible AI governance; and develop learning resources and enablement programs. Candidates may be required to pass pre-employment and periodic screenings, including background checks, drug and alcohol tests, or other necessary assessments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Five or more years of experience leading technology, digital transformation, process improvement, innovation, analytics, automation, or AI-related initiatives.
Experience coordinating cross-functional programs involving business and technical stakeholders.
Strong facilitation, communication, relationship-management, and change-leadership skills.
Demonstrated ability to move ambiguous ideas toward defined outcomes and execution.
Working understanding of generative AI, automation, data-driven solutions, and the risks associated with enterprise AI adoption.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI, or comparable enterprise AI platforms.
Experience evaluating and managing consulting firms, technology vendors, and implementation partners.
Experience in industrial manufacturing, engineering, EPC, water treatment, or a related environment.
Experience developing business cases and measuring value realization from technology investments.
Experience with MCP, Python, and PySpark to connect agents to data sources.

Responsibilities

Execute the enterprise AI roadmap and translate strategic objectives into practical initiatives.
Identify AI opportunities to improve productivity, quality, decision-making, customer experience, or business processes.
Help business leaders prioritize AI investments based on value, feasibility, risk, and organizational readiness.
Track adoption, benefits realization, and overall program progress.
Lead and support the company’s AI Champions network; coach champions on identifying, documenting, and advancing use cases.
Facilitate collaboration among champions to avoid duplicated work and promote reuse of successful solutions.
Organize workshops, working sessions, demonstrations, and knowledge-sharing activities.
Help champions move ideas from experimentation into repeatable business processes.
Establish and maintain a visible pipeline of AI use cases across the company.
Work with analysts and business stakeholders to define problems, expected outcomes, business value, data needs, and implementation requirements.
Distinguish opportunities suited to individual productivity, departmental solutions, and enterprise-scale implementation.
Monitor use-case progress, remove execution barriers, and connect initiatives with needed resources.
Promote successful use cases for reuse and broader organizational adoption.
Partner with leaders and teams across Sales, Products, Solutions, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Corporate Services to advise on how AI can support priorities and improve work.
Facilitate discovery sessions and workshops to identify and shape AI opportunities.
Support change management, communication, training, and user adoption; share success stories, lessons learned, and reusable approaches.
Research relevant AI technologies, platforms, vendors, and industry developments.
Identify and evaluate consulting, technology, implementation, and solution partners based on capability, fit, cost, risk, and sustainable business value.
Coordinate proofs of concept, pilot efforts, and partner-supported implementations.
Recommend when to build internally, use existing platforms, or engage external partners.
Support implementation and ongoing improvement of AI governance, policies, standards, and lifecycle controls.
Ensure initiatives align with security, privacy, compliance, data governance, architecture, and records-management requirements.
Guide teams toward approved tools and appropriate data use; coordinate required reviews and escalations for higher-risk or enterprise-impacting use cases.
Maintain visibility into AI solutions that become operationally important to the business.
Develop AI learning paths, playbooks, examples, and enablement programs to increase AI literacy and practical capability across the organization.
Help employees use AI effectively within their work and responsibilities, and build a culture of responsible experimentation, shared learning, and continuous improvement focused on business outcomes.

Benefits

Competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.
Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match of 6%.
Flexible work hours and hybrid schedules with remote work options.
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits package with an onsite and virtual medical facility.
Company HSA contribution.
Paid Parental Leave.
Employee Assistance Program.
Company-paid life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and long-term disability coverage.
PTO plan and paid holidays.
Tuition reimbursement.
Company celebrations, summer parties, volunteer opportunities, games, and prize drawings.