Sr. Manager, Business Transformation and AI

Molex is seeking a Sr. Manager, Business Transformation and AI for our Optical Connectivity Group who transforms business processes around a human-AI operating model. Reviews current process, diagnoses where manual effort, bottlenecks, cycle time, and error are costing the business across product, sourcing, manufacturing and commercial operations, then redesigning how the work gets done and driving adoption of AI tools and use cases across the organization.

Partners with Enterprise AI champions and Program Management for execution planning and delivery, staying engaged as the subject-matter owner through build and as the owner of value-capture once a solution goes live.

Location:

This is an onsite role based at our global headquarters in Lisle, IL.

• Diagnose process and performance-improvement opportunities across the full business system including R&D/design, product, sourcing, manufacturing, commercial operations with a bias toward redesigning around a human-AI operating model
• Build and maintain a prioritized roadmap of AI use cases across the business (quoting, forecasting, order management, customer reporting, and beyond), assessed by business value and feasibility.
• Design the solution and build the business case for improvement initiatives including where AI augments or replaces manual steps
• Drive adoption of AI tools and use cases across functions — training, change management, and tracking actual usage and impact
• Stay engaged through execution as the subject-matter owner and change-management lead including building buy-in with functional stakeholders and partnering with program management for execution
• Partner with functional and systems owners and IT/Enterprise Systems to evaluate and rollout AI and automation tools
• Be agile, flexible, manage and prioritize multiple projects at once in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Build metrics and KPIs to track benefits from process improvement and automation initiatives.

• Bachelor's in engineering, operations, industrial/supply chain management, or business.
• 5+ years in operations/process-excellence roles, in management consulting, operations/digital transformation roles in large corporations with hands-on delivery experience
• Track record diagnosing root cause and designing process, automation, or AI-enabled solutions
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to influence functional stakeholders outside direct reporting lines.

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Hands-on experience deploying GenAI copilots, agents, or automation tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, RPA, custom LLM workflows) in a business setting.
• Experience working in manufacturing companies, preferably in optical connectivity, electronics, or interconnect solutions.

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $200,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to…