SVP, Head of AI Product & Delivery
About The Position
Lincoln is seeking an SVP, Head of AI Product & Delivery —a visionary leader who will turn AI strategy into business reality. In this role, you’ll define how AI reshapes our organization, delivering solutions that unlock new growth, streamline operations, and create lasting competitive advantage. This position is about impact at scale: leading the end-to-end AI product lifecycle, from concept and MVP to enterprise deployment, while ensuring measurable business outcomes. You’ll work at the intersection of technology and strategy, partnering with senior executives across IT and business units to accelerate AI adoption and embed delivery excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus 15+ years of progressive experience in product management, technology delivery, or digital transformation.
- 5+ years in senior leadership roles focused on product strategy, agile delivery, and enterprise implementation.
- Deep understanding of AI/ML capabilities and ability to translate those capabilities into business value.
- Proven track record building rapid prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and working demonstrations to accelerate innovation.
- Agile product delivery expertise with experience driving iterative development and scaled deployment.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in Business, Technology, or related field.
- Strong understanding of data governance, regulatory compliance, and ethical AI practices.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale transformation initiatives across multiple business units.
- Familiarity with ROI measurement frameworks and adoption strategies for emerging technologies
Responsibilities
- Manage AI Pipeline: Oversee a portfolio of AI initiatives, making decisions about resource allocation, approach (buy vs. build), and value realization.
- Lead Rapid Prototyping: Build and guide a product organization that creates prototypes and proof-of-concepts to demonstrate value and technical feasibility. Act as a thought partner to senior leaders by “showing” what’s possible.
- Deliver Scaled AI Products: Drive AI solutions from concept through production deployment, business adoption, and measurable value realization.
- Orchestrate Cross-Functional Teams: Coordinate data scientists, ML engineers, business analysts, and process experts to deliver AI applications.
- Reimagine Processes: Apply AI-first thinking to reinvent legacy processes—not just automate old workflows but create new approaches.
- Build Strategic Partnerships: Develop relationships within the business with vendors, academic institutions, and research organizations to access and deliver best-in-class solutions.
- Establish Enterprise Standards: Develop and embed robust AI product management principles, delivery frameworks, and governance models that ensure consistency, scalability, and excellence across all AI initiatives.
- Foster Culture: Build a collaborative, agile, and high-performance environment across AI product teams.
Benefits
- Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
- Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
- PTO/parental leave
- Competitive 401K and employee benefits
- Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
- Tuition assistance program
- Work arrangements that work for you
- Effective productivity/technology tools and training
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
