Firm Overview:
H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm with $67 billion of assets under management with a focus on the mid cap segment of the market. The H.I.G. family of funds includes private equity, growth equity, real estate, direct lending, special situation credit, and growth-stage healthcare. We focus on providing capital to businesses with attractive growth potential and align ourselves with committed management teams and entrepreneurs to help grow businesses of significant value. Our team of over 500 investment professionals has substantial operating, consulting, technology, and financial management experience, enabling us to contribute meaningfully to our portfolio companies. H.I.G. is based in Miami, with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, and affiliate offices in Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, and Paris in Europe as well as Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo in Latin America, Dubai in the Middle East, and Hong Kong in Asia.
Role Overview:
The Manager of AI Enablement & Adoption will act as the Generative AI (GenAI) subject-matter expert, driving the development, implementation, adoption, and oversight of GenAI technologies across H.I.G. Capital. This individual will establish an AI operating framework, coordinate high-value use cases, train employees on AI tools, and ensure scalable adoption across all teams and functions. Additionally, this role will provide portfolio-level AI initiative updates to executive leadership, ensuring alignment with H.I.G. Capital’s strategic priorities. Please note this role requires you to be in the office 4 days per week.
Role Responsibilities:
AI Strategy & Framework Development
- Partner with key stakeholders and leaders to develop and implement an AI operating framework to guide H.I.G. Capital’s AI initiatives.
- Build organizational AI capabilities by establishing tools, processes, and best practices to standardize and scale AI adoption.
- Establish and maintain relationships with external GenAI vendors to ensure access to cutting-edge AI solutions.
Vendor Management
- Evaluate, onboard, and manage GenAI vendors to meet the needs of various business functions.
- Negotiate contracts and ensure vendor performance, security, and compliance with organizational standards.
- Capture internal stakeholder feedback, manage vendor feature requests, and drive continuous AI improvements.
Organizational AI Use Cases
- Collaborate with investment teams, internal accounting, technology, and other departments to implement AI-driven efficiencies, such as predictive analytics, enhanced reporting, and workflow automation
- Manage internal “AI Champions” program to ‘train the trainers’ and identify opportunity areas
- Identify, document, and share successful AI use cases across teams to encourage best practices and innovation.
Adoption, Training & Advocacy
- Design and deliver comprehensive AI training programs to upskill employees across all functions.
- Develop and lead engaging AI training workshops, webinars, and office hours.
- Provide hands-on support and troubleshooting to ensure seamless AI adoption and implementation.
- Develop and maintain a use case library to document successful AI applications and a prompt library to support efficient AI utilization across teams.
- Serve as an internal AI advocate, ensuring leadership and teams stay informed about emerging AI trends, tools, and best practices.
Executive Reporting
- Quantify and report on GenAI efforts, including Internal and portfolio-level AI use cases
- Report on impact on financials, productivity, and resourcing.
- Deliver regular updates to executive leadership on AI adoption metrics, ROI analysis, and strategic recommendations.
- Provide insights on broader AI-driven opportunities and outcomes across the organization.
Requirements & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, data science, engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in AI/ML, data analytics, program management, or technology roles, with a focus on implementing and scaling technology initiatives.
- Proven ability to manage vendors and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Experience in developing and operationalizing AI frameworks within large, complex organizations.
- Deep understanding and passion for GenAI tools and applications (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini, and other leading platforms).
- Understanding of intermediate to advanced GenAI applications (Custom GPTs, etc)
- Exceptional project management skills with the ability to oversee multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to define, measure, and communicate the ROI of AI initiatives.
- Collaborative, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving across diverse
- Exceptional project management skills with the ability to oversee multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to define, measure, and communicate the ROI of AI initiatives.
- Collaborative, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving across diverse teams.
- Experience developing AI playbooks or frameworks for enterprise-wide adoption a plus.
- Familiarity with AI compliance and regulatory considerations a plus.
- Proven success in designing and delivering training programs to enable AI adoption a plus.
- Experience in financial modeling or assessing the strategic impact of AI initiatives a plus.
