Hiring: AI Operations & Enablement Lead – Marketing Center of Excellence (CoE) Company: Brunswick Corporation Location: Mettawa, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:22:59 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Embedded Systems, LLM, Program Management, Salesforce, User Experience About the job Experience: •8 years blending Marketing Operations, Technical Program Management (TPM), Product Operations, or MarTech engineering. Required Skills: •While this role requires a master-level grasp of systems thinking and cross-functional program management to navigate our corporate architecture, it is fundamentally a scrappy, builder-first position •. You will not just recommend solutions—you will build, tweak, audit, and run them alongside our brand teams. •Use Case Discovery & Solution Auditing (The Systems Thinker) •Triage & Backlog Management: Actively partner with brand and business teams to audit their current workflows, identify bottlenecks, and surface high-impact AI opportunities (e.g., automated content variation, localized ad ops, predictive lead scoring). •Solution Review: Evaluate existing or vendor-proposed AI tools to ensure they integrate seamlessly with our current MarTech stack without fracturing data workflows or violating security guardrails. •Feasibility Guardrails: Filter opportunities into distinct buckets: "Quick wins" (low-code automation), "Strategic builds" (partnering with Data Science), or "Not viable." •Technical Prototyping & Agent Development (The Builder) •Rapid Prototyping: Build and test AI-driven agents and intelligent automation workflows using APIs and orchestration frameworks approved by Brunswick Corporation. Qualifications: •Recent Hands-On AI Building: Must have a proven track record of actively building with current AI tools within the past 12 months (e.g., custom agent orchestration, API-driven workflows, or multi-step LLM automations). Be prepared to walk through a workflow you built. •Systems & Architecture Fluency: A strong conceptual grasp of how enterprise data flows, how APIs connect, and how AI overlays across a fragmented modern marketing stack. •MarTech Familiarity: Solid working knowledge of enterprise CRMs, marketing automation platforms, and ad platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Adobe/Marketo, Google/Meta Ads infrastructure). •The "Scrappy Translator" Mindset: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain complex LLM behaviors to a traditional brand manager, coupled with a self-directed work style that thrives on "figuring it out" in ambiguous environments. •You have successfully audited our top 3 prioritized functional capability areas and established a clear, prioritized backlog of AI operational use cases. •You have built, tested, and deployed at least 4 custom AI workflows or agent solutions that compress marketing production time by 30% or greater. •You have built a foundational "Marketing AI Playbook" that allows teams to self-vet ideas before bringing them to the CoE. •You have achieved 40% active adoption across the top 3 prioritized initiatives, measured by weekly active users of deployed workflows. •The anticipated pay range for this position is $118,400-174,000 annually. The actual base pay offered will vary depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, relevant experience, business needs, and geographic location. In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. •At Brunswick, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the salary range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the specifics of the candidate’s qualifications and the business context. Compensation: •$118,400 - $174,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!