AI Enablement Strategist

Lead the future of work at HODGE. Drive enterprise AI strategy, governance, and adoption while empowering teams across the organization to unlock measurable business value through responsible artificial intelligence. This position is an onsite role based in our Enterprise office in Dubuque, Iowa.

Join us as an AI Enablement Strategist where you will be responsible for accelerating HODGE’s adoption of artificial intelligence and process automation as enterprise capabilities. The role serves as a central lead for discovery, prioritization, governance, and cultural adoption of AI across enterprise functions – Accounting, Finance, HR, IT, Operational Excellence, Marketing, and Training. The position does not build production solutions;

it ensures the right problems are identified, prioritized, governed, and handed off to IT, Operational Excellence, or functional teams for delivery, while remaining accountable for outcomes. The role staffs the AI Steering Committee, chairs the AI Champion Group, and partners across departments to coach leaders and teams on responsible AI usage, measure business impact, and build durable enterprise AI literacy.

This role works with a high degree of visibility and cross-functional collaboration working directly with executive leadership and Directors across the enterprise.

• Balance
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  We understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. At HODGE, you can count on having holidays off (while still getting paid for them), allowing you to spend quality time with your family and friends.
• Great Benefits
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  We value our employees' well-being and offer a comprehensive benefits package. Enjoy paid time off, 401k, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, an employee assistance program, wellness program, and much more!
• Competitive Pay
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  We offer competitive wages. Your hard work will be recognized and rewarded!
• Safety First
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  At HODGE, we prioritize safety above all else. Your well-being is our top priority. We protect our work family by maintaining safety policies, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and proactive hazard identification.
• Ambition
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  We're a team of ambitious individuals who are dedicated to achieving great things together. We embrace the "Whatever It Takes" mindset, ensuring that we go the extra mile to deliver exceptional results.
• Friendly Work Environmen
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  Join a team that feels like family! You'll be supported by colleagues who genuinely care about your success and well-being.

• AI Enablement & Cultural Stewardship
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  Coach leaders and teams on responsible AI use and effective prompting practices. Build enterprise AI literacy that supports and enhances human judgment. Reinforce departmental ownership of processes and protect HODGE culture through the AI transition.
• Champion Group Leadership
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  Revive and chair the AI Champion Group as the network for use-case piloting and cultural adoption. Refresh membership, establish charter, set cadence, and maintain a healthy use-case backlog.
• Steering Committee Staffing
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  Staff the AI Steering Committee with intake, prioritization recommendations, guardrail proposals, and impact reporting. Translate departmental opportunities into prioritization decisions the Committee can act on.
• Process Discovery & Opportunity Identification
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  Sit with departments to observe, document, and map priority workflows. Distinguish manual improvements, automation opportunities, and AI-enabled opportunities. Quantify baseline effort, cycle time, quality, and cost impacts.
• Prioritization & Handoff
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  Own Manage intake and prioritization of automation and AI initiatives. Route builds to IT, Operational Excellence, or business units based on defined guidelines. Coordinate cross-functional initiatives through a unified brief with a designated business owner.
• Measurement & Communication
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  Standardize reporting on savings, cycle time, and quality improvements. Maintain the Wins repository and convert use cases into quantified ROI. Communicate wins and lessons learned Enterprise-wide.
• Continuous Improvement
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  Conduct ninety-day post-implementation reviews for delivered initiatives. Maintain an iteration backlog…