AI maturity
building
Head of AI/MLRemote
VP of AI Enablement
hireneXus · Hospitality & Property Management · 📍 Chicago, IL
Greenfield VP-level role to build and own AI enablement from scratch across 50+ hospitality/property management brands for a PE-backed platform doubling in size within 18 months.
Reports to
CEO
Company stage
scale-up
Source
linkedin
Key responsibilities
- Own end-to-end AI enablement strategy across the entire brand portfolio — from opportunity identification through deployment, measurement, and iteration
- Spend significant field time with brand operators to surface real operational pain points and translate them into practical AI solutions
- Design AI governance framework including acceptable-use policies, architecture standards, and adoption guardrails
- Build and maintain reusable prompt libraries, capability gap assessments, and field-level technology adoption programs
- Evaluate, pilot, and roll out AI tools — delivering two to three visible pilots in year one before scaling through a team
- Drive AI integration during M&A activity as the company scales through acquisitions
Requirements
- Proven track record of shipping AI/ML products or enablement programs in complex, multi-unit or distributed operating environments
- Ability to earn trust and drive adoption through demonstrated value rather than top-down mandates
- Hands-on experience with modern data stacks (Snowflake, dbt) and LLM-based tools (e.g. Claude or equivalent)
- Player-coach mentality — capable of doing the work independently before building a team
- Experience building AI governance frameworks and acceptable-use policies
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation range disclosed — unusual for a VP-level search
- ⚠ Posted through a recruiting firm (hireneXus) with company identity withheld — limits candidate due diligence
- ⚠ Small IT org (~10 headcount) may constrain resources and internal support for a mandate of this scale
- ⚠ Success depends on earning trust across 50+ independent brand operators — high political complexity with no positional authority
- ✓ Direct CEO reporting line with active executive involvement in tech strategy
- ✓ PE-backed with explicit mandate for technology-driven value creation — real budget pressure and real support
- ✓ Modern data foundation already in place (Snowflake, dbt) — not starting from zero
- ✓ Genuine greenfield role with no legacy systems or inherited bureaucracy
- ✓ Rapid company growth (doubling in 18 months) means scope and team will expand materially
- ✓ Offshore resources and dedicated data warehouse team already in place to leverage