This role is on site in Pleasanton, California 

Job Summary 

AI is changing the world — and at Tekion, we’re shaping how our people grow with it. 

This is not a role about replacing what Tekionites do. It’s about expanding what they’re capable of. 

As our Director, AI Transformation & Enablement, you will architect the strategy, programs, and frameworks that help every Tekionite — from individual contributors to senior leaders — understand, embrace, and leverage AI as a genuine superpower in their everyday work. You’ll also use AI as a core part of how you and your team operate, actively modeling the future we’re building together. 

This is a brand-new role on a newly formed team — which means you’ll be building from the ground up, with the full support of the CPO and senior leadership. Some things are still taking shape, and that’s intentional: we want someone who thrives in that kind of environment, brings structure where it’s needed, and stays energized by ambiguity rather than derailed by it. 

You’ll lead a lean but mighty team of 2+, partnering with cross-functional leaders across the business to define what the future of work at Tekion looks like — for a company that is itself building the AI products transforming an entire industry. With a small team, you’ll be expected to use AI — including building and deploying AI agents in Claude and other platforms — to multiply your team’s impact and model the kind of AI-powered working that you’re asking others to adopt. 

Workforce Planning & Job Architecture 

• Build and maintain a forward-looking workforce planning framework that maps current talent capabilities against future AI-augmented skill needs 

• Lead a comprehensive job architecture redesign that reflects how roles and work are evolving — ensuring clarity, equity, and alignment across job families, levels, and career paths 

• Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to identify skill gaps and co-design targeted upskilling and reskilling pathways 

• Develop a data-driven approach to talent planning — using people analytics and AI-powered tools to help Tekion make smarter, faster decisions about where and how to grow 

• Advise on human-AI collaboration models and how roles may evolve as AI capabilities expand 

Talent Management 

• Embed AI fluency and enablement into key talent processes — including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development — in partnership with L&D, HRBPs, and Talent Acquisition 

• Design capability frameworks and learning pathways that help Tekionites build careers that evolve alongside AI — not in competition with it 

• Identify and develop AI champions and early adopters who can help scale enablement peer-to-peer across the organization 

• Ensure talent programs reflect the changing nature of work and position Tekion as a place where people come to grow into their best future selves 

Team Leadership & Execution 

• Lead, develop, and grow a lean team of 2+ people professionals — using AI tools and agents to multiply the team’s output and operate above your headcount 

• Build and deploy AI agents in Claude and other platforms to automate and accelerate team workflows, from content development to program reporting and stakeholder communications 

• Set clear goals, OKRs, and success metrics — and track meaningful impact across all programs and initiatives 

• Operate with a startup mindset in a fast-moving, resource-constrained environment and be tenacious about achieving goals, resourceful in how you get there, and flexible as priorities evolve in this new and growing function 

• Stay actively connected to the external AI transformation community — bringing best practices, emerging trends, and peer benchmarks back into Tekion’s strategy on an ongoing basis 

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR 

Required Qualifications 

• 10+ years of progressive HR, People Operations, organizational development, or management consulting experience, with at least 3–5 years managing teams (consulting background a strong bonus) 

• Demonstrated experience leading AI, technology, digital transformation, or other large-scale transformation initiatives with a strong people and change management lens 

• Proven track record in change management — ideally with formal methodology experience (Prosci/ADKAR, Kotter, or similar frameworks) 

• Experience personally facilitating and conducting AI transformation training and workshops at other companies — not just designing programs or managing others who deliver them 

• Experience designing AI transformation training curricula or capability programs, with the ability to build and iterate content rapidly based on learner feedback 

• Demonstrated ability to build and use AI agents (e.g., in Claude, OpenAI, or similar platforms) to automate workflows, enhance productivity, or deliver better outcomes with a small team 

• Active, hands-on use of AI tools (generative AI, copilots, productivity assistants) as a meaningful part of your day-to-day professional work 

• Experience in workforce planning, organizational design, and/or job architecture redesign 

• Experience working with and coaching senior leaders and executives through significant organizational change 

• Exceptional executive communication and storytelling skills — able to inspire, align, and influence at all levels without always having direct authority 

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Background in a large management consulting or HR consulting firm (e.g., Deloitte, McKinsey, Mercer, Accenture, Korn Ferry) PLUS hands-on, in-house experience at a mid-size, high-growth tech company 

• Strong, active external network within the AI transformation and future-of-work community — with relationships at peer companies doing leading AI internal adoption work 

• Experience with Workday HCM and/or AI-powered HR technology platforms 

• Track record of building and scaling people programs from the ground up in a fast-moving, resource-constrained tech environment 

• Experience designing enterprise capability academies, AI literacy programs, or large-scale learning journeys 

• Exposure to automotive, enterprise SaaS, or B2B technology industries (a plus, not a requirement) 

WHO YOU ARE 

You’re a builder, a connector, and a genuine believer in the power of people. You’ve sat in enough boardrooms to speak the language of strategy, and you’ve spent enough time with front-line teams to know that lasting change only happens when people feel seen, heard, and supported.