Job Description

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

A Typical Day

The Manager – Enterprise AI Solutions leads the enterprise AI portfolio, delivery, and adoption. This role partners across business and IT functions to translate opportunities into secure, governed, scalable, and supportable AI solutions spanning Microsoft and SAP platforms. The Manager establishes priorities, develops team capability, coordinates delivery partners, and communicates value, risk, investment needs, and decisions to leadership.

Job Responsibilities

• Leads enterprise AI portfolio intake, prioritization, roadmap development, adoption planning, and lifecycle governance.
• Partners with business, IT, data, security, privacy, risk, and legal stakeholders to evaluate use cases and frame value, risk, cost, and decision options.
• Provides direction for Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, SAP Joule, SAP AI Core, and related enterprise data and integration capabilities.
• Establishes and maintains AI architecture, responsible-AI, security, data-governance, model-risk, and operational guardrails with appropriate control owners.
• Coordinates architects, engineers, managed services, vendors, and project-funded specialists to deliver scalable and supportable solutions.
• Defines delivery outcomes and reports portfolio value, adoption, delivery health, risks, dependencies, and required decisions.
• Develops team members through clear accountability, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and capability development.
• Promotes reusable patterns, reference architectures, product operating practices, technical standards, and continuous improvement.
• Ensures completed solutions transition effectively into operations with documentation, monitoring, support processes, and ownership.
• Provides input to enterprise architecture, data, cloud, security, and application strategies and roadmaps.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or related field plus 7 years of related experience, including 3 years leading teams or major technology programs; equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Experience leading enterprise technology, AI, data, cloud, architecture, digital product, or application delivery.
• Demonstrated people leadership, executive communication, portfolio prioritization, vendor management, and organizational change leadership.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft and SAP AI ecosystems, enterprise integration, data platforms, cybersecurity, and cloud architecture.
• Ability to communicate effectively with non-technical staff and members of interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for others.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and understand complex business processes, controls, and operational requirements.
• Knowledge of security, data privacy, responsible AI, documentation, testing, and production support practices.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Master's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, or a related field.
• Experience establishing an enterprise AI operating model, responsible-AI governance, or an AI center of enablement.
• Experience in process manufacturing, food manufacturing, SAP-centered enterprises, or regulated environments.
• Relevant Microsoft, SAP, cloud, architecture, product management, or program management certifications.
• Experience managing managed-service providers, consulting partners, contracts, and technology budgets.
• Experience with Agile or product-oriented delivery practices.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The work is primarily performed in an office environment and the physical demands are characteristic of a mostly sedentary role. Specific details of the essential functions of the position are available in the Job Safety Analysis, made available on request.

Safety and Food Safety is a company-wide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacturing and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products and expected safe behavior in our work environment.

This description is a general statement of the role, is subject to change, and does not include other duties as assigned.

Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.

This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned

Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.

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Salary Range: USD ($134,149.00 - $201,223.00) ANN