Artificial Intelligence Director
- Remote with travel *must be based in the contiguous United States
- Manufacturing
What you should know: Mulberry is partnering with our longtime client, a 60-year established manufacturing company specialized in providing innovative, sustainable, and high-performance building products, with a commitment to service and integrity at the highest standards.
They’re seeking a Director of Artificial Intelligence who’s ready to build and lead a greenfield AI function, establishing the strategy, governance, and roadmap from the ground up. This role applies AI and advanced analytics to drive measurable improvements across manufacturing operations and enterprise functions, with a focus on practical, value-driven use cases.
Partnering cross-functionally, this leader will ensure strong adoption and alignment, using AI to enhance decision-making while maintaining safety, compliance, data integrity, and employee trust.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the business unit AI strategy to align priorities with clear success metrics, ROI expectations, and delivery timeliness.
- Identify and deliver high-value AI use cases with measurable impact in manufacturing, quality, finance, supply chain, and workforce planning inputs.
- Deploy AI solutions supporting asset reliability, process optimization, defect prevention, and production planning.
- Align AI recommendations with operational constraints, quality standards, and safety requirements while ensuring A outputs are actionable and integrated into daily plant and leadership workflows.
- Partner with support functions on decision support, such as Finance to improve forecasting accuracy and cost visibility; HR and EHS to support workforce planning insights and leading safety indicators; Supply Chain and Marketing to enhance demand planning, inventory optimization, and customer insights.
- Establish business unit standards for AI governance, model validation, monitoring, and auditability.
Your areas of knowledge and expertise:
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, operations research, industrial engineering, applied mathematics, or a related technical field is required.
- A master’s degree in artificial intelligence, data science, analytics, engineering, business analytics, or an MBA with a strong analytics focus is preferred.
- Five or more years in a senior leadership role driving advanced analytics initiatives aligned with business strategy.
- Demonstrated experience delivering measurable business value from AI initiatives in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, or enterprise support functions.
- Proven experience partnering with cross-functional leaders to embed analytics into decision-making processes.
- Applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics with demonstrated business impact in manufacturing and enterprise environments.
- Understanding of industrial operations, financial forecasting, supply chain planning, and workforce planning inputs to support data-driven decision-making.
Compensation and Benefits: Competitive annual compensation plus bonus up to 20%. Benefits include:
- Retirement savings (401(k) or Roth)
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Medical, dental, disability, and life insurance
- Holistic health & wellness programs
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for health and dependent care
- Vision and other voluntary benefits & discounts
- Paid time off & paid holidyas
- Paid parental leave (maternity & paternity)
Mulberry Talent Partners is dedicated to connecting exceptional talent with exciting opportunities. By applying for this position, you will also be considered for other open positions within our network. If you are already part of our community, we encourage you to reach out directly to one of our recruiters regarding any specific roles that catch your eye!
