Program Leader, Artificial Intelligence

Life Fitness • Rosemont, IL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Join us as we empower the world to work out, creating healthier lives together. At Life Fitness / Hammer Strength, we inspire the world to work out. We are a high-performing team focused on using AI, data, and technology to improve how we operate, build products, and serve customers around the world. We are looking for a Leader of Artificial Intelligence to lead the development and deployment of AI solutions across operations, supply chain, commercial, and product functions. This role combines technical leadership, business partnership, and team development to deliver scalable solutions with measurable business impact.

Requirements

• 6 to 10+ years of experience in AI, machine learning, analytics, or data science
• Experience developing and deploying models in production environments
• Strong understanding of machine learning, predictive analytics, optimization, and generative AI
• Experience supporting manufacturing, operations, supply chain, or product organizations preferred
• Experience in B2B, industrial, or performance-driven environments strongly preferred
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, enterprise systems, and modern analytics toolchains
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to operate with ownership, urgency, and continuous improvement mindset in a matrixed environment

Responsibilities

• Lead AI initiatives from concept through deployment and adoption
• Translate business challenges into scalable machine learning, optimization, and generative AI solutions
• Deliver use cases including: Predictive maintenance and reliability analytics, Demand forecasting and inventory optimization, Production scheduling and operational efficiency, Quality and warranty analytics, Sales forecasting and margin insights
• Embed solutions into business workflows to improve decision-making and performance
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, Product, Engineering, Finance, and IT teams to identify and prioritize AI opportunities
• Communicate technical insights in clear, business-focused language
• Support measurable outcomes including efficiency gains, cost savings, and revenue impact
• Partner with Product Management and Software Engineering teams to support AI-enabled capabilities within connected products and digital platforms
• Contribute to customer-facing and internal AI applications that enhance training, performance, and user experience
• Support scalable, secure, and reliable model deployment practices
• Lead and develop a small team of data scientists and machine learning engineers
• Promote best practices in model development, governance, and MLOps
• Help strengthen AI literacy and adoption across the organization

Benefits

• competitive pay
• a 401(k) savings plan with 4% employer match
• medical, dental and vision insurance
• parental, medical and military leaves of absence
• paid time off
• 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• paid vacation days beginning at 13 days annually
• paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws
• company paid short-term disability
• optional long-term disability
• health savings account
• health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
• employee and dependent life insurance
• supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• hospital indemnity
• identity protection
• legal services
• adoption assistance
• tuition assistance
• commuter benefits
• employee discounts
• an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed