Director, AI Innovation and Transformation

🇺🇸Remote - Atlanta$180K–$280K/yriJust now

K-12 Executive AI Development Digital Transformation Program Management Enterprise Strategy Innovation Leadership

Role Snapshot

Turnitin seeks a Director of AI Innovation and Transformation to translate AI ambitions into a prioritized enterprise roadmap and measurable business outcomes, starting as an individual contributor with the potential to build a team. The role drives AI adoption, governance, and scaled value creation across the organization.

Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain an enterprise AI transformation roadmap, partner with department leaders and AI Champions on pilots and scaling, build AI literacy and enablement programs, evaluate emerging AI tools and costs, and oversee governance, reporting, and ethical/regulatory compliance.

Skills & Tools: Strong AI and emerging technology knowledge, strategic planning, program and portfolio management, stakeholder influence, change management, cross-functional collaboration, and ability to measure business impact such as revenue, cost, and risk.

Qualifications: Experience leading AI or digital transformation initiatives in an enterprise setting, with a track record of taking pilots to production; advanced degree or equivalent experience is typically preferred, though the posting does not specify exact requirements.

Location: Remote - Atlanta

Compensation: $180K–$280K/yr (estimated)

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Job Description

We are seeking a Director of AI Innovation and Transformation to play a critical leadership role in translating cutting-edge AI capabilities into tangible business outcomes, fostering a culture of innovation at Turnitin. This new role will begin as an individual contributor position, with the opportunity to build and lead a team as it evolves.

The candidate is accountable for translating Turnitin's AI ambition into a prioritized enterprise roadmap and measurable business outcomes, informed by departmental strategies. Working in partnership with departmental leaders, the Director will establish a consistent approach to identifying, evaluating, prioritizing and scaling AI opportunities across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain a prioritized enterprise AI transformation roadmap aligned with Turnitin's long-range financial plan and strategic objectives. You will work with department owners to synthesize their individual roadmaps into a single, cohesive company roadmap focused on collective outcomes.
Be knowledgeable about the industry to make recommendations to departments on where they could focus their efforts.
Work with department AI Champions to connect operating models to future-state processes to drive transformation approaches that are practical and credible.
From department level pilots, establish a framework for approvals, data requirements, and define company success metrics.
Facilitate collaboration between department stakeholders to share knowledge and build capacity
Build the capabilities necessary to move successful ideas from pilot to production to scaled adoption.
Establish the operating model, ways of working, skills, and culture needed to sustain our AI focus across the enterprise.
Evaluate emerging AI technologies and and work with department stakeholders to assess their fit for Turnitin
Develop and oversee enterprise-wide AI literacy, upskilling, and enablement programs in partnership with departments across the company"
Be knowledgeable about AI tools, agents, efficacy of tools and costs to create a consolidated toolset for departments to use.
Oversee program level delivery including governance, planning and reporting
Embed AI-driven decision-making into core processes, accelerating value creation, and ensuring robust governance, ethical standards, and regulatory compliance across all AI initiatives.
Ensure AI initiatives deliver measurable business impact, including revenue growth, cost optimization, risk reduction, and improved customer experience.