Director, Print Engineering AI Transformation Strategy

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As the AI Transformation Strategist, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping how AI is embedded across Print R&D processes. This is a highly visible leadership position that sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and business impact-bringing together teams across the Innovation Hub, AI Factory, and business units to accelerate AI adoption at scale.

Here you'll help turn ambitious AI goals into measurable outcomes, ensuring initiatives are aligned, funded, executed effectively, and delivering real value. Success in this role requires a unique blend of enterprise program leadership, financial acumen, agentic AI initiative management, and influence across a complex stakeholder environment.

Who You Are

• A senior transformation leader with deep experience orchestrating complex, cross-functional portfolios

• Highly disciplined in execution, with strong program management and governance expertise

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity across large-scale AI transformation efforts

• Strong financial and analytical mindset with experience in ROI tracking and benefits realization

• Exceptionally effective at aligning and influencing senior and executive stakeholders

• A builder of operating cadence-able to create structured, repeatable governance that accelerates decisions

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic execution of Print R&D's AI transformation, connecting vision, investment, and delivery to drive measurable business outcomes.

• Partner across the Innovation Hub, AI Factory, and business organizations to align priorities and accelerate AI adoption at scale.

• Shape and guide an integrated transformation roadmap that balances near-term impact with long-term innovation goals.

• Bring clarity and alignment across a complex portfolio of AI initiatives, ensuring teams are focused on the highest-value opportunities.

• Foster strong cross-functional collaboration, building momentum and accountability across diverse stakeholders and leadership teams.

• Drive the successful delivery of AI-enabled solutions from concept through deployment, helping teams translate ideas into real-world results.

• Establish and champion a value-driven approach to transformation, ensuring investments deliver meaningful and sustainable business benefits.

• Use data, metrics, and business insights to measure success, identify opportunities, and continuously improve portfolio performance.

• Influence strategic decisions by providing leaders with clear visibility into progress, risks, priorities, and business impact.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, helping shape the direction and governance of Print's AI transformation journey.

• Introduce best-in-class portfolio and program management practices that enable execution excellence across a broad transformation landscape.

• Create the operating rhythm that keeps teams aligned, informed, and moving with speed and purpose.

• Balance innovation and agility with the governance, security, and compliance standards required to scale responsibly.

• Help establish the foundation for how AI is embedded into the Print development lifecycle, driving lasting organizational change.

• Champion a culture of execution, continuous improvement, and business value realization across the AI ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• MBA or equivalent strategic/financial background

• Typically 10-15+ years of experience in strategy, transformation, or portfolio/program management

• Experience leading enterprise-wide AI or digital transformation programs

• Familiarity with Agile/Scaled Agile (e.g., PI planning, SAFe environments)

• Experience in hardware, print, or consumer technology industries

• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise-scale transformation or digital portfolios

• Experience defining and executing benefits realization and KPI frameworks

• Strong understanding of AI/ML lifecycle and enterprise deployment challenges

• Experience working in complex, matrixed organizations (HP or similar preferred)

Impact & Scope

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The pay range for this role is $166,050.00 - $249,100.00 annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Long term/short term disability insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Flexible spending account

• Life insurance

• Generous time off policies, including;

• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

• 11 paid holidays

• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

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