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Assoc Strategic Operations Director (AI)

IQVIA


Job Location:

Durham, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 82600 - 229900
Posted: 16 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 20 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

Fully remote role open to candidates in the United States.

Description
The Associate Director Strategic Operations leads DSSMs AI Change Management program by designing delivering and scaling AI change management efforts. Reporting into the DSSM Change Management Office (CMO) this role is responsible for leading end-to-end cross functional projects specifically involving AI changes partnering with business technology and functional leaders to strengthen an AI-informed culture.

The role will integrate project management rigor with change methodologies like ADKAR to align teams mitigate risks and embed new ways of working. This will serve as both a hands-on CM expert and a strategic builder contributing to establishing best practices playbooks tools and governance models that enable consistent scalable AI execution across DSSM. Success will hinge on employee readiness adoption of AI based tools and long-term benefit realization.

As DSSMs AI maturity grows the responsibilities of the role may evolve. The role will also function as a strategic change management advisor to external partners supporting transformation efforts guiding on adoption best practices and aligning change strategies across organizational boundaries to enable effective collaboration and value realization. Scope and depth of partner engagement may evolve as strategic partnerships expand.

Responsibilities

Strategy

  • Apply advanced change management expertise (Prosci ADKAR) to complex organizational cultural and capability shifts driven by AI
  • Translate AI strategy into clear adoption roadmaps spanning operating model governance roles and behaviors
  • Guide teams through from experimentation to enterprise AI adoption
  • Lead adoption across multi-workstream multi-geography and multi-year programs
  • Anticipate and manage adoption risks across interdependent teams platforms and business units
  • Define adoption and value metrics tied to AI usage behavior change and business outcomes
  • Ensure AI adoption is responsible scalable and embedded into day-to-day operations
  • Set standards for AI adoption operating model design and change management excellence

Execution

  • Design and execute structured change management approaches that support successful adoption of new processes systems and ways of working.
  • Partner with functional leaders to assess change impacts stakeholder readiness communication needs and adoption risks.
  • Develop and implement plans for communications training coaching and engagement to achieve adoption and minimize disruption
  • Establish clear project governance KPIs decision-making frameworks and escalation paths to drive accountability and momentum
  • Facilitate CM upskilling and coaching of senior leaders frontline managers and business experts to champion the change and reinforce new behaviors
  • Ensure projects are delivered on time in scope on budget and aligned with strategic priorities
  • Implement analytics feedback loops and lessons learned processes to drive ongoing improvement and reduce change saturation.
  • Track benefits realization through KPIs like adoption rates user proficiency and ROI adjusting strategies based on data
  • Embed change management best practices into project delivery so that change is not an afterthought but a core capability.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational change frameworks
  • Help maintain standards templates and best practices around project management and change delivery
  • Communicate clearly with executive sponsors and senior leaders on project status risks tradeoffs and outcomes.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders navigating complex change.
  • Lead delivery of flagship programs such as:
    • AI Foundation Learning
    • AI Peer Learning Community enablement.
    • Applied AI training for teams adopting specific solutions (Copilot Agentic workflows ..etc.)
  • Coordinate with the AI Division to ensure training content stays aligned with technical capabilities governance and emerging AI tools.
  • Coordinate development of practical AI learning assets including playbooks scenario sheets prompt libraries micro-learning modules demos and hands-on exercises.
  • As a secondary responsibility provide act as a change management advisor with external leadership teams offering bestpractice guidance on communication training engagement and leadership enablement for change initiatives

Skills Required
  • Prosci Certification required. Please ensure this is clearly identifiable on your resume/CV.
  • Extensive program / project planning and execution skills in handling large and complex change and transformation programs/projects
  • Experience of using a variety of project and business change management methodologies (Prosci Kotter etc.)
  • Proven adaptability skills that enhance communications trainings and ultimately adoption
  • Expert user of MS PowerPoint Smartsheet
  • Fluent in MS Office.
  • Understanding of Lean / Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement
  • Proven experience building or formalizing project and/or change management functions not just operating within them.
  • Exceptional communication skills including facilitation and executive presentations.
  • Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
  • Customer management with a global attitude decision-making influencing and challenging ability
  • Ability to empower others toward project goals
  • Strong program governance and delivery leadership with the ability to guide project teams through CM activities when working in Agile environments.
  • Proven track record of deploying Change Management for AI in enterprise/commercial settings with measurable business outcomes.
  • Familiarity with AI concepts GenAI capabilities prompt engineering would be helpful
  • Adaptability across cultures roles and learning needs
  • Responsible AI mindset and commitment to safe practices
  • Analytical mindset to interpret usage and learning data

Fully remote role open to candidates in the United States.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at

IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law. is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements misrepresentations or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application or termination of employment if discovered later in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

The potential base pay range for this role when annualized is $82600.00 - $229900.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge skills education and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered incentive plans bonuses and/or other forms of compensation may be offered in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.

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