Director, AI Transformation & Enablement

Responsibilities

• Architect the strategy, programs, and frameworks to help the entire organization understand, embrace, and leverage AI in their everyday work.
• Build and maintain a forward-looking workforce planning framework that maps talent capabilities against future AI-augmented skill needs.
• Lead a comprehensive job architecture redesign to reflect evolving roles and ensure alignment across job families and career paths.
• Embed AI fluency into key talent processes, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.
• Lead and develop a lean team of professionals, using AI agents to automate workflows and multiply team impact.
• Design capability frameworks and learning pathways to help employees build careers that evolve alongside AI.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and senior leaders to identify skill gaps and co-design targeted upskilling pathways.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in HR, People Operations, organizational development, or management consulting.
• 3–5 years of experience managing teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI, technology, or large-scale digital transformation initiatives with a change management lens.
• Proven track record in change management using formal methodologies (e.g., Prosci/ADKAR, Kotter).
• Hands-on experience facilitating AI transformation workshops and designing training curricula.
• Ability to build and deploy AI agents (e.g., in Claude or OpenAI) to automate workflows and enhance productivity.
• Experience in workforce planning, organizational design, or job architecture redesign.
• Exceptional executive communication and storytelling skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in a large management consulting firm (e.g., Deloitte, McKinsey, Accenture) combined with high-growth tech experience.
• Strong external network within the AI transformation and future-of-work community.
• Experience with Workday HCM and/or AI-powered HR technology platforms.
• Experience designing enterprise capability academies or large-scale learning journeys.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and generous stock options.
• 100% employer-paid top-of-the-line medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Unlimited PTO and parental leave.
• Free snacks and beverages.
• Opportunity to work with industry-leading talent in a hyper-growth environment.

About the Company

Tekion is positively disrupting the automotive industry with the first cloud-native automotive platform. By connecting the entire ecosystem through the Automotive Retail Cloud, Automotive Enterprise Cloud, and Automotive Partner Cloud, Tekion uses cutting-edge technology, big data, and AI to enable the best automotive retail experiences ever.