Strategic AI adoption lead (Central)

Writer

$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • At least 9 years of proven experience in customer success and activation roles.
  • Expertise in understanding and translating customer use cases into workflows.
  • Proven ability to implement effective activation strategies such as champion programs and workshops.
  • Experience in building advocate networks and communities among users.
  • Strong ability to articulate the connection between platform usage, business outcomes, and ROI.

Responsibilities

  • Own and ensure the success of platform activation and customer engagement.
  • Collaborate with customers to create tailored AI solutions that meet their specific needs.
  • Design and implement strategies that boost platform adoption and deliver measurable results.
  • Establish and cultivate champion communities within client organizations.
  • Lead engaging educational workshops and live events customized for different audiences.
  • Continuously enhance training materials based on user feedback and analytics.
  • Work collaboratively across teams to align with evolving customer requirements.

Benefits

  • Generous PTO and company holidays.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families.
  • Paid parental leave for all types of parents (12 weeks).
  • Support for fertility and family planning.
  • Early-detection cancer testing offered through Galleri.
  • Flexible and dependent spending accounts available.
  • Health savings account with company contributions for eligible plans.
  • Annual stipends for wellness activities and professional development.
  • Opportunities for company-wide and team off-sites.
  • Competitive compensation including stock options and 401k.
Full Job Description
About the role

WRITER is looking for a customer success professional who will own deployment and activation success across a customer portfolio. You'll embed deeply into your customers' organizations, understand their business objectives, and build the programs, communities, and frameworks that turn AI investment into measurable outcomes. You'll partner closely with a Transformation lead to identify the right WRITER capabilities for each use case, then design and execute the strategies that drive meaningful adoption: building champion networks, running customized workshops, and advising customers on how to scale their AI programs over time.

The ideal candidate brings a builder's mindset to customer success: you're not waiting for customers to engage, you're creating the conditions for it.

This is a hybrid role based in our Chicago and Austin hubs.

What you'll do

Own activation and platform success
  • Deeply understand each customer's specific use cases, business objectives, and success metrics
  • Build and co-develop custom AI solutions with customers, translating their specific use cases into workflows that drive measurable business impact
  • Design and execute activation strategies that drive measurable platform adoption and business outcomes
  • Implement champion programs, office hours, usage dashboards, customized trainings, and workshops

Build champion communities
  • Create advocate networks and champion communities within customer organizations
  • Establish power user communities that drive peer-to-peer learning
  • Train internal customer trainers to scale enablement
  • Design innovative customer experiences that deepen engagement

Lead educational workshops & live events
  • Facilitate dynamic live and virtual training sessions tailored to diverse audiences
  • Partner with curriculum team while owning customization and delivery for your customers
  • Create memorable learning experiences that inspire action and drive adoption

Continuously improve & collaborate
  • Refine materials based on customer feedback and adoption data
  • Work cross-functionally to understand evolving customer needs
  • Identify gaps and champion new training opportunities
  • Build deep relationships with customer stakeholders and executive sponsors


☆ What you need

Customer success & activation expertise
  • At least 9 years of proven track record owning activation success and driving measurable adoption outcomes
  • Deep experience understanding customer use cases: you discover, map, and leverage specific workflows and business objectives
  • Experience implementing activation strategies: champion programs, office hours, dashboards, and workshops
  • Success building advocate networks and power user communities
  • Ability to connect platform usage to business outcomes and articulate ROI

AI & technical proficiency
  • Ability to scope, design, and deliver custom solutions and demos tailored to customer use cases, working hands-on alongside business stakeholders
  • Comfortable understanding technical concepts and communicating them effectively to varied audiences
  • Ability to demonstrate use cases and articulate business value

Facilitation & education skills
  • Expertise delivering virtual and live instructor-led workshops
  • Skilled at tailoring content and delivery to diverse audiences based on their use cases
  • Ability to partner effectively with curriculum teams while owning customization and delivery

Collaboration & growth
  • Excellence building relationships with stakeholders at all levels
  • Strong program management skills and natural advisor mindset
  • Thrive in fast-paced environments; comfortable with experimentation
  • Self-aware, feedback-driven, and committed to continuous growth
Note

Travel Requirements: 25% domestic and international travel may be required.

Benefits & perks (US Full-time employees)
  • Generous PTO, plus company holidays
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
  • Paid parental leave for all parents (12 weeks)
  • Fertility and family planning support
  • Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri
  • Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options
  • Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution
  • Annual work-life stipends for:
    • Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.
    • Learning and development stipend
  • Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
  • Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k

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