Director, AI Automation & Growth

Job Description

Job Title: Director, AI Automation & Growth
Reports To: EVP, Strategy, Integration & Operations
Department: Strategy, Integration and Operations
Location: Los Angeles
A little bit about our team:
The Warner Chappell Global Strategic Integration and Operations team is a small but mighty team focused on delivering and implementing business objectives. Working closely with our global leaders, we are responsible for driving and embedding our global business strategy.
Your role:
As the Director, AI Automation & Growth, you are a visionary, player-coach responsible for building a high-performing team and executing the strategic roadmap for AI-driven automation across Warner Chappell. You will lead the charge in identifying, developing, and implementing innovative AI solutions that enhance operational efficiency and drive strategic growth. This role requires a deep, practical understanding of modern AI technologies and a proven ability to translate that technical expertise into an actionable business strategy.
Here you'll get to:
• Develop and champion the AI automation strategy: Define a clear vision, strategy, and roadmap for leveraging AI and automation to achieve business objectives, in alignment with global strategic priorities.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team: Recruit, lead, and develop a team of AI Analysts, fostering a culture of rapid innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Identify and prioritize automation opportunities: Collaborate with global leaders and stakeholders across various departments to identify high-impact areas for AI and automation implementation.
• Drive end-to-end project lifecycle: Oversee the planning, design, development, testing, and deployment of complex AI automation solutions, ensuring successful delivery and adoption.
• Establish best practices and governance: Develop and implement best practices, standards, and governance frameworks for AI and automation development, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration: Act as a key liaison between business units, and technology teams to ensure seamless integration of automation solutions and alignment with overall technology architecture.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies: Continuously research and evaluate new AI and automation technologies, tools, and methodologies to identify opportunities for competitive advantage.
• Manage vendor relationships: Evaluate, select, and manage relationships with external vendors and partners for AI and automation technologies and services as needed.
• Communicate impact and progress: Regularly report on the progress, impact, and ROI of AI and automation initiatives to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
About you:
• A Strategic Leader with Technical Depth: You have significant experience leading technology or process improvement teams, paired with a deep, hands-on understanding of how modern AI applications are built. You're as comfortable discussing system architecture as you are presenting to executives.
• An Expert in AI-Accelerated Development: You have a passion for leveraging AI not just to solve problems, but to build solutions faster. You have mastery of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor/Windsurf) and can effectively guide a team on rapid development and prototyping workflows.
• Expertise in Modern Stack: You have a strong, practical grasp of the current AI landscape and the modern frameworks used to build full-stack AI applications, including Next.js, React, and Django. Experience with agentic frameworks like LangGraph is a big bonus.
• Exceptional communication and influence skills: Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence decision-making at all levels.
• Proven Ability to Execute: You have a track record of successfully managing complex technical projects from conception to completion and delivering measurable business results.
• Change management advocate: Experience in driving organizational change and fostering adoption of new technologies and processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Ability to analyze complex business problems and design innovative, data-driven solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Data Science); Master's degree preferred.
We'd love it if you also had:
We are seeking a passionate AI advocate with a deep enthusiasm for AI and automation, believing in their potential to revolutionize business processes and drive growth. As an innovative problem-solver and leader, this individual will eagerly apply AI technologies to solve complex business challenges and improve operational workflows. The ideal candidate is a continuous learner that stays up to date with the latest developments in AI and automation, excited to implement solutions that deliver measurable improvements in operational performance. With a results-oriented mindset, they will work across-functional teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful AI adoption. Additionally, they will act as a change management champion, guiding the organization through a seamless transition to AI-powered operations along the way.
About us:
At Warner Chappell Music (WCM), we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere. Our people and culture are at the epicenter of our company, and we are looking for team members who share our service-oriented mindset and have a passion for looking after our songwriters.
As the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), we're a collective band of music lovers, innovative connectors, and relentless supporters of our songwriters and catalog of iconic works. We lead with curiosity, collaborate across departments, borders, languages, and genres, and we're committed to delivering on the promises we make to each other and to our songwriters.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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This position requires a minimum of four days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it's essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships.
Salary Range
Annual Rate: $130,000 - $165,000 Annually
Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.
Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Links to relevant documents:
2025 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf
EVerify Participation Poster.pdf
Right To Work .pdf

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-xkk88z-216-73-216-144-42 in your application.