Senior Manager AI and Innovation

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association•Westminster, CO

About The Position

This position is a strategic and hands‑on leader responsible for advancing the organization’s use of artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and emerging technologies. This role accelerates business value through responsible AI adoption, governance, improved decision intelligence, and pragmatic innovation aligned with enterprise strategy. This role leads Tri‑State’s AI program — including strategy, governance, solution delivery, and enterprise adoption — ensuring capabilities support operations, energy markets, member services, and corporate functions. This role reports to the Chief Information & Technology Officer (CITO ) and collaborates across the enterprise to ensure AI and innovation initiatives are ethical, secure, and generate measurable business impact.

Requirements

Education and Training: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); computer science; artificial intelligence; data science; information systems or related field; or equivalent work experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Ability: Understand generation, transmission, and corporate business concepts and practices deeply enough to engage in problem-solving sessions and discuss business issues in stakeholder language.
Ability to align AI initiatives with the organization's overarching vision, strategic goals, current market circumstances, and competitor activities. Includes understanding how AI will impact business objectives beyond financial metrics.
Understand how decision intelligence, agentic AI, and other AI practices, approaches, and application areas can transform decision making and work practices.
Ability to leverage a comprehensive understanding of industry dynamics and the organization's core mission to pinpoint where AI can yield the most significant impact and competitive advantage, while also identifying relevant business risks and opportunities.
Familiar with regulatory requirements and relevant data protection laws and regulations, such as the Colorado AI Act, NERC CIP standards, and industry-specific standards.
Proven record of applying and orchestrating AI throughout an organization, leading complex, multidisciplinary teams in new endeavors and delivering solutions.
Ability to balance team and individual responsibilities, build teams and consensus, get things done through others not directly under their supervision.
Strong facilitation skills and a clear ability to build strong relationships with business stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.
Ability to quickly grasp how new technologies work and how they might be applied to achieve business goals.
Strong, proven problem-solving skills and the ability to identify, analyze, and resolve problems, driving solutions through to completion.
Other: Willingness to travel as required for training and meetings throughout service territory. (Must possess a valid driver’s license.)

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in business administration, science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.

Responsibilities

AI Strategy & Innovation Leadership
AI Governance and Risk Management
Solution Delivery & Technical Leadership
Enterprise Change, Culture & Adoption
Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement & Vendor Management
Managerial Responsibilities
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Because Tri-State has an obligation to provide continuous, reliable electric service to its customers, the ability to work overtime at any time of the day or week is considered an essential function of the job.

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Tuition Reimbursement
Flexible Work Schedules including compressed work week and telecommuting opportunities to work remotely up to 40%
Life Insurance
401K
Long Term Disability (LTD)
Short Term Disability (STD)
Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
Paid Leave Benefits