Director, Enterprise Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (EDA/AI)
Summary
Director-level strategic role at JobsOhio, a private nonprofit driving Ohio economic development, owning the enterprise data and AI roadmap. Day to day: managing a team of contracted analytics/AI developers, stewarding the Tableau BI ecosystem, delivering AI projects under the org's AI governance policy, and reporting program ROI to executives.
About JobsOhio
JobsOhio is a private, nonprofit corporation designed to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio through business attraction, retention and expansion efforts. Economic development is about creating a place where companies can thrive and individuals can enjoy a higher standard of living. JobsOhio plays a leading role in economic development and serves as a catalyst to accelerate growth by investing in communities, helping Ohio’s businesses expand and attracting new companies to the state – all contributing to job creation, greater payrolls and more investment.
Summary of Position
The Director, Enterprise Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (EDA/AI) serves as a strategic leader responsible for the design and execution of the organization's comprehensive data and AI roadmap. This role bridges the gap between technical development and executive decision-making, overseeing a team to ensure that both Tableau-based Enterprise Data Analytics and AI-driven deliverables drive measurable organizational impact. The ideal candidate functions as a strategic leader, focusing on high-level adoption, program health, and the integration of advanced AI solutions into the core business lifecycle.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership & Roadmap Execution
- Program Alignment: Own and evolve the integrated data and AI roadmap to ensure all initiatives directly support overarching business objectives and the non-profit mission.
- Organizational Adoption: Spearhead organizational-wide adoption efforts to move both data-driven insights and AI-augmented workflows into the core of every department’s daily processes.
- Strategic Initiatives: Drive the execution of high-level analytics and AI projects from conception through delivery, ensuring high-impact results and operational efficiency.
- Technical & AI Management
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of contracted analytics and AI developers, providing technical direction, architectural guidance, and oversight of the development lifecycle.
- Tableau & BI Stewardship: Oversee the Tableau dashboard ecosystem, ensuring data integrity, visualization excellence, and scalable reporting structures that serve as the foundation for enterprise insights.
- AI Integration & Innovation: Lead the delivery of AI-related projects by identifying and implementing opportunities in accordance with JobsOhio’s AI Governance Policy.
- Executive Communication & Reporting
- Executive Briefings: Deliver high-impact reporting to leadership on program health, key milestones, and the ROI of both traditional data and AI-led initiatives.
- Strategic Communications: Curate and manage EDA and AI newsletters and communications to keep stakeholders apprised of the "why" behind the data strategy and recent technical wins.
- Liaison Role: Serve as the primary translator between technical staff and non-technical leadership to ensure project success, transparency, and clarity regarding AI strategy.