VP, Operations Transformation

dentsu Austria

Lead strategic operations transformation leveraging AI to drive efficiency and improvement at Merkle. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to implement innovative AI solutions for business challenges.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeNew York City • Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $163,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Think strategically, lead with vision
Identify the highest-leverage opportunities across finance, staffing, project delivery, and sales operations
Inspire a distributed team of AI practitioners and analysts
Understand the problem before building the solution
Direct a team of AI-native business analysts, a technical architect, a machine learning engineer, and a data and modeling specialist toward solutions
Own the results, not just the activity
Oversee a small operational support function

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in operations, AI-driven solution development, or a related leadership role
Hands-on experience building with LLMs — prompt engineering, agentic workflows, API integration, and AI application architecture
Experience with the full solution lifecycle — from scoping and data requirements through to deployment and iteration
Deep curiosity about how businesses actually work
Understand AI at a meaningful technical level
Experience leading distributed or offshore teams
Skilled executive communicator with senior leadership experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, vision, and dental insurance
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
401k
Flexible paid time off
At least 15 paid holidays per year
Paid sick and safe leave
Paid parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI-driven solution developmentLLMsprompt engineeringagentic workflowsAPI integrationAI application architecturesolution lifecycledata requirementsdeploymentiteration

Soft Skills

strategic thinkingleadershipteam inspirationproblem understandingresult ownershipexecutive communicationcuriosityteam management