Executive Director – Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Data

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National Content & Technology Cooperative

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51 - 200 employees

The National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC) is a Kansas not-for-profit corporation that operates as a programming and hardware purchasing organization for its member companies who own and operate cable systems throughout the United States and its territories. NCTC is located in Lenexa, Kansas.

📋 Description

• Serve as the operational leader for NCTC’s AI COE, guiding its strategy, governance, day-to-day execution, and continued growth. • Build and manage the AI COE operating model, including intake, prioritization, milestones, risk management, governance, and lifecycle management of member AI initiatives. • Develop and manage a portfolio of AI use cases, evaluating opportunities based on member value, technical feasibility, strategic alignment, and return on investment. • Establish practical AI implementation standards, best practices, reusable tools, and governance frameworks that support responsible and scalable AI adoption across NCTC’s membership. • Coordinate cross-functional AI delivery teams, including product, data, engineering, vendors, contractors, and member stakeholders, to deliver successful outcomes. • Define adoption metrics and dashboards that measure member engagement, platform utilization, business impact, and operational performance. • Partner with Member Success, Product, Sales, and Marketing to increase awareness, adoption, and value realization of AI COE services. • Evaluate emerging AI technologies, vendors, and strategic partnerships and recommend investments that strengthen the AI COE portfolio. • Promote responsible AI practices, including appropriate attention to governance, security, privacy, compliance, and ethical use. • Represent the AI COE in executive discussions, member advisory councils, industry events, and board presentations. • Lead NCTC’s enterprise business intelligence and data analytics strategy to ensure the organization has trusted, useful, and actionable information to support business decisions. • Oversee the architecture for NCTC’s core business systems, data pipelines, reporting layers, and analytics capabilities. • Define and execute a company-wide approach for how data is curated, modeled, governed, and consumed across the organization. • Establish data quality standards, common metric definitions, and governance practices that support reliable reporting and informed decision-making. • Enable self-service reporting across NCTC by working with subject matter experts and business leaders to convert available datasets into decision-ready insights. • Translate business data into reporting and analytics that improve organizational performance and support strategic priorities. • Develop and maintain NCTC’s enterprise data and AI roadmap, aligning technology priorities with NCTC’s strategic goals, operational needs, and member experience. • Monitor emerging technologies, automation opportunities, and industry trends to identify practical ways to improve efficiency, enhance services, and support innovation. • Evaluate and recommend technology investments that support NCTC’s long-term strategy and the evolving needs of its members. • Encourage a culture of experimentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across technology and data initiatives. • Manage relationships with technology vendors, managed service providers, software vendors, cloud providers, and platform partners that support the AI COE and enterprise data initiatives. • Support the financial and operational performance of the AI COE, including maintaining the AI COE profit and loss statement as approved by the NCTC Board of Directors. • Optimize software licensing, infrastructure costs, and technology resources to support business priorities and responsible growth.

🎯 Requirements

• BA/BS equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. • 12–15+ years leading enterprise IT operations, infrastructure, or technology organizations. • Experience managing Microsoft 365, Azure, cloud infrastructure, enterprise networking, identity management, endpoint management, and collaboration platforms. • Demonstrated success delivering enterprise technology and AI initiatives. • Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles and operational IT governance. • Experience managing vendors, budgets, and cross-functional technology teams. • Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management. • Valid driver’s license.

🏖️ Benefits

• Choice of subsidized healthcare plans for individuals and families. • Health Savings Accounts with significant employer contributions. • 401K Plan with up to a 10% match. • 100% company paid vision and dental insurance. • 100% company paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance. • 100% company paid group life insurance and opportunity to buy additional coverage. • Competitive Paid Time Off.