AI Strategy Manager

## AI Strategy Manager Apply remote type:
Hybrid locations:
TM - HQ - Huntington Beachtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JRTravis

Mathew is a premium apparel brand that exists because we seized an opportunity—and we’re inviting you to take yours. Back in 2007, we saw there weren’t many companies whose clothing bridged the gap between performance and lifestyle, so we created our own. Inspired by the sun, surf, and sand of Southern California, we became a leading innovator in lifestyle performance apparel by making clothes for real life—plus working with premium wholesalers, building a leading e-commerce business, and opening retail stores around the world.

We invite you to join team Travis Mathew.

AI Strategy Manager will lead the development of Travis Mathew's AI strategy and roadmap, prioritizing high-value AI use cases and driving enablement, adoption, and select high-priority initiatives through to measurable value. Working across every function of the business, this person will turn AI from ad-hoc experimentation into a focused, value-generating capability, ensuring adoption is both ambitious and responsible. This person joins a new, fast-growing team at the heart of strategy, transformation, and innovation, with a direct line to ELT at a growing consumer brand.

Reports to the Director, Business Strategy.
** ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
**** AI Strategy & Roadmap
*** Develop and own Travis Mathew's AI strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligned to business priorities and goals
* Identify and prioritize AI use cases across functions, developing business cases with clear value, cost, and ROI
* Monitor emerging AI capabilities and market trends, translating them into practical opportunities and recommendations for leadership
** Execution & Delivery
*** Lead select high-priority AI initiatives from concept to pilot to adoption, defining and tracking success metrics
* Partner closely with Callaway's AI builder as Travis Mathew's day-to-day counterpart, translating TM priorities into build requests, co-developing shared solutions, and bringing parent-company capabilities to the brand
* Prototype lightweight solutions where speed matters, using GenAI tools, low-code platforms, and automations to prove value before committing build resources
* Collaborate with business functions to embed AI into workflows and measure realized value
** Enablement & Adoption
*** Build AI literacy across teams through training, playbooks, and communities of practice
* Evaluate AI tooling and vendors, recommending platforms and partnerships that fit Travis Mathew's needs
* Drive change management so approved use cases are operationalized and deliver measurable impact
** Responsible AI & Portfolio Visibility
*** Adapt our parent company's responsible-AI governance framework for Travis Mathew, managing intake and ensuring initiatives adhere to policy and applicable regulation
* Provide regular visibility to the Executive Team on the AI portfolio, risks, and value delivered
** TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)
*** Strong working understanding of AI/ML and generative-AI capabilities, limitations, and risks
* Structured problem-solving and business-case development, including value, cost, and ROI analysis
* Familiarity with responsible-AI principles and evolving AI regulation
* Understanding of data governance, privacy, and security principles
* Vendor and platform evaluation and management
* Portfolio management skills, including intake, prioritization, and tracking value delivered
* Ability to translate technical concepts into clear business language for non-technical stakeholders
* Strong cross-functional influence, communication, and change-management skills
* Analytical rigor and sound judgment in ambiguous, fast-evolving situations
* Hands-on ability to build lightweight AI prototypes or automations (GenAI platforms, low-code tools) a plus
* Proficient in Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
** EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
*** Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or related field (MBA a plus); technical background in Computer Science, Data/Analytics, or Information Systems welcome but…