Ulta Beauty · 1 day ago
VP Enterprise AI Strategy and Value Capture
Bolingbrook, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$375K/yr - $390K/yr
10+ years expUlta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer, and they are seeking a Vice President of Enterprise AI Strategy & Value Capture to lead their enterprise AI strategy. This role will focus on transforming customer experience, operational performance, and revenue growth through AI-enabled solutions and driving enterprise-wide AI transformation.
BeautyConsumer GoodsCosmeticsRetail
Responsibilities
Define and champion the enterprise-wide strategy to accelerate and amplify impact against business priorities and customer experience goals, enabled by AI
Identify and prioritize opportunities to leverage AI to accelerate our go-to-market agenda, partnering across the organization to deliver system-wide efficiency through transformation of front and back-end processes and capabilities, and create insulating competitive differentiation
Develop strategy to drive people enablement / build capability in the organization, partnering with HR
Partner with executive leadership to shape AI investment strategy and communicate progress to the Board and key stakeholders
Partner with business, product and technology teams to define and deliver AI powered programs from strategy through value realization
Partner to redesign business processes to unlock optimal value from AI, not simply automate legacy ways of working
Align enterprise KPIs to track adoption, financial impact, productivity gains, and guest outcomes
Establish a multi-year AI enterprise strategy with clear business cases, ROI targets, and prioritization across functions
Translate strategy to advise and inform product vision, roadmaps, and success metrics in partnership with IT Technology, data science, product and functional business teams
Champion enterprise-wide AI programs from concept to launch—ensuring cross-functional execution, governance, and adoption
Oversee portfolio of AI priorities in alignment with strategy, ensuring program-level prioritization, funding, and resource alignment
Support technology delivery at scale through strong execution discipline, agile methodologies, and platform thinking
Serve as a change agent, moving from traditional automation to AI powered ways of working
Partner with HR teams to drive change management for AI adoption, including communication, training, and enablement
Build AI fluency across the organization—from executives to frontline teams
Influence senior leaders to adopt AI-driven operating models and decision frameworks
Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team on AI trends, risks, and opportunities in retail
Integrate existing AI governance models and protocols and partner with existing teams to refresh responsible AI development and deployment practices, working with the Data Governance, Legal, Compliance, and Risk teams
Ensure products meet high standards of ethics, transparency, security, and inclusivity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Product Management, or related field; Advanced degree (MBA, MS, PhD) preferred
10+ years of leadership experience in AI/ML, product innovation, or digital transformation
Demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale strategy and transformation in omnichannel retail, consumer or adjacent sectors
Deep understanding of AI/ML foundations (data, integration, platform access, risk, reliability, governance) and experience defining target-state AI architecture and partnership strategy
Experience leading cross-functional teams across product, engineering, data science, and business operations
Proven experience reengineering end-to-end workflows, partnering with executives and teams to redesign processes and build prioritized AI roadmaps tied to capturable value
Strong track record leading cross-functional AI product teams to deliver roadmaps, build reusable tech and data capabilities and drive adoption to capture value
Experience leading a cross-functional executive cadence to set AI priorities, approve investments, unblock delivery and track realized value against defined business outcomes
Pragmatic visionary leader and strategic thinker with a bias for action and measurable outcomes
Strong communicator with excellent storytelling and executive engagement skills
Ability to influence at the executive leadership and board level, while engaging deeply with technical teams
Connector who bridges seamlessly across strategic, operational and technical topics and translates technical capabilities into business value and financial impact
Change leader who can shift mindsets and operating models at scale
Skilled at balancing long-term innovation bets with short-term wins and fast delivery
Comfortable operating in high-change, high-ambiguity environments
Champions a 'win together' culture
Benefits
Paid time off
Health
Dental
Vision
Life and disability benefits
Company
Ulta Beauty
Ulta Beauty is a beauty retailer that offers a wide range of products including cosmetics, fragrances, skincare, and hair care.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Ulta Beauty has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (9)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$266.3MKey Investors
Berkshire HathawayDimensional Fund Advisors
2024-08-14Post Ipo Equity· $266.3M
2016-10-11Post Ipo Equity
2007-10-25IPO
Leadership Team
Kecia Steelman
President & CEO
Chris Lialios
Senior Vice President Controller
Recent News
2026-02-04
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