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The Operations Enablement Specialist is a cross-functional contributor on the Operations Enablement team responsible for designing, integrating, and optimizing the processes and workflows that keep the Operations organization running efficiently. This role connects strategy to execution, partnering with teams across the business to ensure new products, initiatives, and tools are operationalized effectively and consistently.
A growing and central part of this role is AI enablement. The Operations Enablement Specialist serves as an organizational resource for AI project intake, coordination, and cross-functional guidance, helping teams across Cars Commerce identify AI use cases, navigate implementation, and adopt tools in a structured and responsible way. This role reports to the Senior Manager, Operations Enablement and operates with a high degree of independence on project-level work. Essential Job Functions
AI Project Intake & Cross-Functional Guidance
Serve as the intake point for AI project requests across the organization, evaluating use cases, assessing feasibility, and coordinating prioritization with the Senior Manager, Operations Enablement
Provide cross-functional guidance to teams exploring AI tools and automation, helping them structure their use cases, identify the right solutions, and implement in a way that is consistent with Cars Commerce’s AI governance standards
Partner with the Senior Manager to develop and maintain AI intake processes, evaluation frameworks, and documentation that give the broader organization a clear path for bringing AI ideas forward
Track the status and outcomes of active AI initiatives across Operations, maintaining visibility into what is in flight, what has launched, and what impact has been measured
Contribute to the development and delivery of AI enablement resources, including playbooks, training materials, and internal guidance documents that help teams adopt generative AI tools with confidence
Stay current on emerging AI tools, capabilities, and best practices; bring relevant recommendations to the Senior Manager on where to invest attention next
Process Development & Integration
Design and implement new operational processes that improve efficiency, reduce friction, and support consistent execution across the Operations organization
Integrate workflows across products, teams, and systems to ensure continuity as the business evolves, with particular attention to newly launched or recently changed products
Partner with Product, IT, and Operations teams to ensure that new…