About the Job
The company's WW Operations AI portfolio is sized at $1B over 3YF across NA, EU, and International Operations. MEATR (Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and Rest of World) is at a critical inflection point — transitioning from fragmented AI experimentation to a structured, P&L-accountable AI transformation program.
We are looking for a technically deep, operationally sharp Program Manager to lead a team of 15+ BIEs and drive the end-to-end execution of our AI integration roadmap across 5+ countries. This is not a strategy-only role — you will own the build, deployment, measurement, and scaling of AI solutions that deliver traceable dollar savings to the P&L.
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Key Job Responsibilities
- Own the execution of the MEATR AI Transformation Roadmap from Foundation through Scale, delivering against quarterly milestones and gated investment reviews
- Drive 3–5 AI pilot programs per phase across priority countries, scaling successful pilots to production within 12 months
- Stand up and operate the three-tier governance cadence: weekly country standups, monthly program reviews, quarterly steering committee inputs
- Build and maintain the KPI tracking dashboard — ensuring all initiatives are instrumented, measured, and attributed to P&L
Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Lead a team of 15+ BIEs in designing and deploying AI/ML solutions across supply chain, middle mile, and last mile operations
- Own technical decisions on data pipelines, API integrations, model selection, and platform architecture — this role requires hands-on technical fluency, not just program oversight
- Drive adoption of centralized tool registry and governance platforms, ensuring tool registration, reuse tracking, and compliance
- Architect solutions aligned to 6 core operational pillars: Safety, Cost, Speed, Quality, Vendor Experience, Employee Experience
- Evaluate and deploy business review automation tools and reporting platforms across MEATR countries
Measurement & Financial Accountability
- Implement the three-tier financial validation chain: self-reported → Finance verification → regional Finance sign-off
- Own the AI Fluency Index deployment across MEATR — tracking 5 dimensions: Proficiency, Foundation Training, Usage, Personal Automation, Responsible AI
- Ensure every AI initiative demonstrates hard savings or efficiency savings — no vanity metrics
- Deliver cumulative finance-validated P&L savings within 12 months of program launch
Workforce Enablement & Scaling
- Design and execute the AI readiness scorecard (individual + organizational) across all MEATR countries
- Build the AI Champions network — targeting 30% of managers as AI Builders and 10% of Builders as AI Practitioners
- Establish country-level AI Enablement programs with structured onboarding curricula, office hours, and adoption tracking
- Drive AI tool adoption to 95% weekly active usage among managers
Cross-Regional Coordination
- Serve as the MEATR representative in the global AI consortium — coordinating with regional pillar leads across unified workstreams
- Represent MEATR in global forums including quarterly business reviews, AI strategy summits, and pillar working groups
- Ensure MEATR execution adheres to global standards (intake fields, governance scoring, finance validation gates, standardized pillar metrics)
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience managing large technical programs, particularly at high growth startups or large enterprises
- Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in operations research, applied mathematics, theoretical computer science, or equivalent, or Doctorate/PhD or equivalent and 10+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience
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