Workiva, Inc

AI Operations Lead, CPX

Workiva, Inc$118K — $194K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent in a related field
  • 8+ years of experience in business operations or technology program management
  • Subject matter expertise in AI tools and SaaS technology stacks
  • Experience in vendor management and software procurement
  • Proven strategic experience leveraging AI investments across enterprise platforms

Responsibilities

  • Direct AI enablement and strategic leadership across CPX
  • Maintain a catalogue of AI use cases for standard operational workflows
  • Improve processes for generative AI and machine-assisted development
  • Consult with teams to formalize workflows for AI solutions
  • Partner with Business Technology to ensure AI compliance and security
  • Manage AI technology spend and monitor ROI
  • Define success metrics and execute scalable pilots

Benefits

  • Discretionary annual bonus
  • Restricted Stock Units at hire
  • 401(k) match
  • Comprehensive employee benefits package
Full Job Description
The AI Operations Lead, CPX serves as the strategic thought leader for Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration across CPX systems and processes. In this advanced individual contributor role, you will partner extensively with CPX Leadership and Business Technology to optimize our growing tech stack, operationalize metrics and deployment of high-value AI use cases, oversee technology spend, and build scalable solutions that evolve how our teams operate.

What You'll Do
  • Direct AI enablement across CPX, transitioning from hands-on tactical execution to scalable, department-wide strategic leadership
  • Own and maintain a comprehensive catalogue of AI use cases across CPX functions (Professional Services, Customer Success, Support), serving as the critical link to turn team ideas into standard operational workflows
  • Define and continuously improve processes for the internal utilization of generative AI, autonomous agents, and machine-assisted development workflows
  • Consult with CPX functions-including Professional Services, Customer Success, and Support-to identify, prioritize, and formalize intake workflows for a continuous pipeline of agentic solutions
  • Partner directly with Business Technology and InfoSec to ensure secure-by-default practices, compliance, adoption, and lifecycle management of AI tooling
  • Own responsibility for managing CPX AI technology spend, monitoring ROI, tracking financial benchmarks, and implementing measurement frameworks to quantify cost metrics against output volume
  • Drive the definition of success in highly ambiguous spaces, utilizing a structured 30-60-90 day roadmap to establish empirical baselines, execute controlled pilots, and scale delivery
  • Identify and document shadow or undocumented workflows across CPX functions to develop AI-augmented standards that drive successful sub-functional outcomes
  • Provide mentorship, technical oversight, and strategic direction to distributed AI Champions and cross-functional project teams without formal administrative people management responsibilities
  • Operate as an advanced individual contributor to standardize processes for enablement, deployment, tool assessment, and prototyping AI solutions


What You'll Need

Minimum Qualifications
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in business operations, technology program management, customer operations (CS/Services/Support), or digital transformation


Preferred Qualifications
  • Recognized as a subject matter expert in AI tooling, Business technology stack & workflow system within a SaaS environment
  • Proven experience in vendor management, software procurement processes, and technology budget oversight
  • Direct strategic experience leveraging AI investments across platforms like Claude, Gong, NotebookLM, Gemini, Workato, or similar enterprise tools
  • Strong background in business process re-engineering, change management, cohort analytics, and driving user adoption across non-technical teams


Travel Requirements & Working Conditions
  • Minimal travel for customer and internal meetings
  • Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely and not in a Workiva office

How You'll Be Rewarded
• Salary range in the US: $118,000.00 - $194,000.00
• A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
• Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
• 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package

The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.

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About Workiva, Inc

Workiva Inc. is a global software company headquartered in Ames, Iowa. The company provides cloud-based solutions for connected reporting and compliance, enabling collaboration and data integration for enterprises. Workiva's platform offers a suite of tools for data management, reporting, and compliance, including SOX, SEC, and XBRL reporting. The company's customers include more than 75% of the Fortune 500 and over 2,800 enterprises worldwide. Workiva was founded in 2008 and went public in 2014.
Learn more about Workiva, Inc
Size
2,106 employees
Market Cap
$4.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$48.4 million
Founded
2008
5 Year Trend
+19.9%
Revenue
$351.5 million
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