Global AI Development Lead

Summary: Leads business transformation by designing, developing, and implementing secure, scalable AI solutions and intelligent automation. Partners with business leaders to identify inefficiencies, deliver AI agents, and drive adoption while ensuring governance, security, and cost controls.

Global AI Development Lead

About Us:

Founded in 1953, Electrical Components International (ECI) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of electrical distribution systems, control box assemblies, and other critical engineered components for diversified markets. With approximately 17,000 employees and 30 global manufacturing locations, ECI is a trusted partner to market leaders, serving over 450 customers. At ECI, we power smart, connected, and electrified solutions that help solve the most complex challenges.

Since 2020, we have embarked on a successful journey to transform the company, delivering significant value to our customers, investors, and employees. As part of our strategic plan, we have defined key pillars to support and accelerate our growth trajectory. One of these core pillars is focused on driving excellence through enhanced capabilities, tools, and processes.

The Role:

The Global AI Development Lead is responsible for driving business transformation through the practical application of artificial intelligence across ECI. This role will work directly with business leaders and teams to identify opportunities, redesign workflows, and deliver secure, scalable AI solutions that accelerate execution, improve productivity, reduce manual effort and operating costs, and create measurable business value.

The position will lead AI initiatives from opportunity identification through development, implementation, adoption, and ongoing improvement. A primary focus will be deploying AI agents, intelligent automation, and AI-enabled tools that transform how work is performed, eliminate repetitive activities, improve decision-making, and enable the business to scale efficiently. The role will also maintain appropriate governance, security, and cost controls in partnership with IT and the Global Cybersecurity Services Engineer

This position will report to the Director of IT Infrastructure and Operations

This role is located in Southfield Michigan.

Key Responsibilities:

• *Identify and prioritize business opportunities:* Partner directly with business functions to assess workflows, uncover inefficiencies, and proactively recommend where AI can improve productivity, quality, speed, and financial performance.
• *Lead AI solution delivery:* Design, develop, configure, and implement AI solutions, agents, and automated workflows, collaborating with internal teams and external partners to integrate solutions into business processes and enterprise systems.
• *Transform how work is performed:* Work with process owners to simplify and redesign activities, reduce manual intervention, and automate repetitive tasks, enabling capacity redeployment, reducing incremental hiring needs, and supporting headcount efficiencies where appropriate.
• *Build and execute an AI delivery roadmap:* Translate business needs into prioritized initiatives with clear ownership, scope, timelines, and expected returns. Lead proofs of concept and advance successful solutions into reliable, scalable production use.
• *Demonstrate measurable business value:* Establish baseline performance and track realized benefits, including hours saved, cost reductions, cycle-time improvements, quality gains, and adoption. Partner with business owners and Finance to validate results and report progress to leadership.
• *Drive adoption and business capability:* Provide practical training, coaching, and change management support that help employees apply AI effectively in their daily work. Build a network of business champions to identify opportunities and sustain improvements.
• *Ensure secure, reliable solutions:* Partner with the Global Cybersecurity Services Engineer and IT teams to embed data protection, access controls, appropriate human oversight, testing, and ongoing monitoring into AI solutions.
• *Maintain practical governance and platform oversight:* Maintain proportionate AI policies, acceptable-use guidelines, an approved tool registry, and an intake process that support responsible deployment. Manage licenses, subscriptions, usage, and consumption to align spending with business needs and demonstrated value.
• *Evaluate emerging capabilities and delivery partners:* Assess AI technologies, platforms, and vendors for practical business applications. Recommend investments based on strategic fit, scalability, integration, and expected returns, and manage vendor performance, service commitments, and costs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience & Skills:

• BS or MA in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT, with demonstrated experience leading technology projects, governance, or service management
• Hands-on experience with enterprise AI platforms (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure OpenAI, ChatGPT, Claude)
• Relevant certifications in AI, cloud technologies, or project management are a plus, but not required
• Act as a Business Analyst to understand business AI needs and provide a commitment to delivering high-quality, prompt, and efficient service to the business
• Working knowledge of generative AI and large language model (LLM) concepts, including prompting, tokens, embeddings, retrieval-augmented generation, and agent-based workflows
• Understanding of AI governance and responsible AI principles, including acceptable use, transparency, data protection, and risk management
• Familiarity with AI platform administration, license management, and consumption/token monitoring and cost management
• Strong understanding of the data privacy, security, and compliance considerations associated with AI (data classification, DLP, PII, and intellectual property protection)
• Experience with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure, and the broader Microsoft technology stack
• Proficiency with reporting and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI) to track usage, adoption, and spend
• Demonstrated project and program management capabilities, with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives to completion
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for business audiences and influence adoption
• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills, with the ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions
• Flexibility, commitment, and capacity to work both independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills and the ability to document technical and governance processes with consistency.
• Demonstrates strong analytical skills, collaborates effectively as a team player, and possesses the ability to understand and resolve complex problems.

Work Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. ECI is not able to sponsor employment visas or take over sponsorship of an existing employment visa for this position at this time.

*ECI, and its subsidiaries are Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employers. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all areas, including but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, selection, training, education, compensation, benefits, promotion, job transfer, upgrading, separation and recall regardless of the protected categories under all Federal, State, and local laws. For more information, please click on the following links: About the EEO law and EEO law supplement.*

*Electrical Components International is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.*

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