Enterprise AI and Emerging Technologies Leader

• Collaborate with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and technology leaders to identify AI-enabled and emerging-technology opportunities aligned to business goals and strategic objectives.
• Define and maintain the enterprise AI and emerging technology vision, principles, roadmap, and three-to-five-year target state.
• Establish portfolio-level direction, prioritization frameworks, and value-tracking mechanisms for AI and emerging technology initiatives.
• Ensure initiatives are clearly positioned, scoped, and architecturally aligned to enable effective delivery by execution teams.
• Review proposed solution approaches for alignment with enterprise architecture, data strategy, security requirements, and long-term technology direction, without owning build or delivery execution.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, standards, patterns, and guidance that inform consistent and scalable adoption.
• Identify gaps between current capabilities and the target architecture, and define transition strategies, sequencing guidance, and risk considerations to support delivery teams.
• Assess technologies in the context of organizational readiness, scalability, security, regulatory considerations, and cost.
• Define evaluation criteria and decision outcomes (e.g., observe, pilot, adopt, or defer) and guide proof-of-concept efforts in partnership with delivery and platform teams.
• Provide strategic guidance on build-versus-buy considerations and vendor capabilities as technologies progress from experimentation toward enterprise adoption.
• Establish and lead governance practices for AI and emerging technologies, including policy development, ethical use guidelines, regulatory alignment, and risk mitigation.
• Ensure architectural guardrails, standards, and decision forums are in place to support consistent and compliant adoption.

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology, analytics, engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise technology leadership, AI, data, or digital strategy roles, including people management responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience working with enterprise architecture, governance models, and senior technology leadership.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills., * Experience with responsible AI frameworks and technology governance standards (e.g., NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001).
• Experience evaluating, governing, and guiding adoption of emerging technologies in an enterprise environment.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a non-delivery leadership role that partners closely with execution teams.
• Innovative, systems-level thinking with the ability to balance near-term needs and long-term strategy.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, data platforms, automation technologies, and modern AI/ML development practices.

This is a hybrid remote position. A reasonable driving commute (1-2 hours) of the New Bremen, OH location is necessary. Relocation assistance is available.

Work Authorization:

Crown will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Crown offers an excellent wage and benefits package for full-time employees including Health/Dental/Vision/Prescription Drug Plan, Flexible Benefits Plan, 401K Retirement Savings Plan, Life and Disability Benefits, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation, Tuition Reimbursement, and much more.

Crown Equipment Corporation is a leading innovator in world-class forklift and material handling equipment and technology. As one of the world's largest lift truck manufacturers, we are committed to providing the customer with the safest, most efficient and ergonomic lift truck possible to lower their total cost of ownership.