AI Enablement Strategist

About the role

The AI Enablement Strategist supports the dentsu Enterprise Emerging Technology team, which integrates automation and AI into everything the company does. Reporting to the Global Head of Responsible AI, the role helps shape dentsu's AI culture, embeds ethical and scalable AI practices and drives adoption and literacy across functions and regions. It is a full-time permanent position based in London, with a hybrid arrangement.

Key responsibilities

• Support and deliver the engagement strategy for the global AI Connective community, growing it as a forum for innovation, feedback and peer learning.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to guide them on emerging technology, AI and automation solutions and enablement activities.
• Support relationships with strategic technology partners (Microsoft, Google, AWS and Adobe) and coordinate joint enablement programmes and pilot initiatives.
• Coordinate and run regional hackathons, office hours and innovation labs to encourage hands-on adoption.
• Deliver global campaigns showcasing internal AI success stories and encouraging cross-functional collaboration.
• Monitor and interpret emerging AI and automation trends to inform the enablement strategy.
• Help ensure AI literacy efforts align with dentsu's Responsible AI strategy and regulatory requirements such as the EU AI Act Article 4.
• Work with Learning & Development teams to design and deploy scalable AI adoption and upskilling programmes for different audiences and levels of AI maturity.
• Align AI enablement initiatives across the One Dentsu Operating Model with the DDAM team supporting DJN.
• Track, measure and report on adoption rates, literacy improvements and community engagement.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree required; master's degree desirable.
• Experience supporting AI literacy, learning, change management, digital adoption or technology enablement initiatives.
• Fluent English; Japanese would be advantageous.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Required skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management, able to explain technical concepts to business audiences.
• Business analysis and presentation skills.
• Exposure to AI use cases, pilots or proof-of-concepts.