Illumina

Supply Chain AI Enablement Lead

US - California - San Diego

H1B sponsorship available$118k-$177kDetected 30 days ago

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About the role

Supply Chain AI Enablement Lead will drive the adoption, scaling, and impact of AI and intelligent automation across Global Supply Chain.
This role ensures that teams understand AI capabilities, generate high‑quality demand, execute prioritized initiatives, and deliver the training and change‑management needed for sustained value realization of everyday AI.
This individual will combine strong business influencing ability, process expertise, and AI fluency with a solid technical background to partner with a team of AI and automation developers building solutions such as Generative AI apps, intelligent workflows, Agentic AI and automation services.

Partner with Plan, Source, Deliver and Regional Supply Chain leaders to identify high‑value AI opportunities and shape an actionable demand pipeline.
Partner with IT and business organizations to execute a RPA, GenAI or Agentic AI Solutions
Manage intake, scoping, sprint planning, and delivery to ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise AI governance (aligned with emerging AI CoE practices referenced in GO & IT collaboration)
Partner closely with IT Automation & AI teams, and platform owners to ensure technology readiness, compliance, and security.
Design and deploy comprehensive training programs to accelerate AI literacy and adoption within operations
Build enablement assets including playbooks, FAQs, demos, guidelines, and citizen‑developer guardrails.
Design and deploy training for the Global Supply Chain organization to upskill the talent with AI
Drive change‑management plans supporting new AI solutions, ensuring strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and user readiness.
Support cultural transformation toward data‑driven and AI‑enabled operations.
Stay current on AI/LLM trends, automation platforms, and operational use cases to guide technology evolution and solution design.

8+ years of experience in Global Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, or similar environments.
Strong understanding of Plan, Source and Deliver business processes with strong foundation of tools like SAP, Ariba, Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management etc.
Strong understanding of operational processes and applied AI/Agentic AI/automation capabilities (LLMs, workflow automation, predictive models, etc.).
Experience with RPA, LLMs, orchestration tools, or process mining. (UiPath, Azure Open AI, Microsoft CoPilot Studio, Anthropic)
Experience managing global project portfolios, agile teams, and solution delivery lifecycles.
Hands-on experience deploying AI/automation solutions in complex operational environments.
Familiarity with enterprise AI governance and risk frameworks
Strong executive presence and ability to inspire trust across technical and business teams.
Ability to simplify complex AI concepts for broad audiences.
Typically requires 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree
Required
Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional transformation.
Technical fluency and ability to lead teams across automation development, AI engineering, or low code/automation platforms.
Understanding of industry trends of.ai products can drive significant impact through augmentation of tools
Preferred
Exposure to MES, QMS, ERP, planning systems, or other operations technologies.
Lean, Six Sigma, or operational excellence certification.

The estimated base salary range for the Supply Chain AI Enablement Lead role based in the United States of America is: $118,200 - $177,200.

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