Applied AI Solutions Manager - Electrical Markets Division*

Job Description:

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• The Applied AI Solutions Manager drives measurable improvements in efficiency, productivity, and decision quality across the division’s core commercial processes, including Commercialization, Pricing, Portfolio Management, and New Product Introduction (NPI).
• This role starts with the business problem, not the technology. You will work closely with business leaders and process owners to identify high-value opportunities, diagnose root causes, redesign processes, and determine the right solutions. Where technology can materially improve the outcome, you will have the technical capability to personally design and implement practical solutions using analytics, AI, automation, and related technologies.
• As an individual contributor, this is a highly hands-on strategic operator role bridging business, process, data, and technology. You will work alongside an outstanding leadership team to translate complex business needs into practical solutions that change how work gets done and deliver measurable outcomes, including faster cycle times, increased productivity, stronger margins, higher win rates, and accelerated product launches.
• You will own the divisional analytics and process-excellence roadmap, prioritize opportunities based on business value, lead process and solution design, implement solutions where appropriate, drive adoption across functions, and establish the measures required to demonstrate sustained value and ROI.

As an Applied AI Solutions Manager, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will:

• Lead Electrical Markets Division (EMD) analytics and process-excellence. In this role, your mandate is to identify, pilot, and scale analytics, automation, and AI applications that drive measurable efficiency and productivity across four core business processes: Commercialization, Pricing, Portfolio Management, and New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Drive speed-to-value and measurable ROI. Working with an Outcome first, technology second mindset, you will start from the business bottleneck, then apply the minimum-viable analytics or automation capability that moves the metric or streamlines the process.
• Support the global divisional organization through the change process. Change management is half the work. Every deployment plan must address adoption: who owns it, how users are trained, and how usage vs. impact is measured
• Ensure strong governance and risk management. Respect data privacy, IP, competitive sensitivity, and regulatory constraints.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, engineering, computer science or a related field from an accredited institution
• 7+ years improving business processes or delivering technology, analytics or automation solutions, including 2+ years hands-on building and deploying AI solutions
• Proven track record delivering measurable process improvement (Lean / Six Sigma, digital transformation, or analytics leadership a plus)
• Business and technical fluency: understands commercial processes AND practical analytics, automation, and GenAI capabilities

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• MBA or similar broadening education beyond core field
• Strong stakeholder management across sales, pricing, product, and IT
• Strong communication capabilities to explain recommendations and trade-offs in plain language and be credible with both business leaders and technical teams
• Comfortable with data governance, change management, and ROI accountability
• Executive communication: leads with the headline, quantifies impact, and drives to decisions

Work location:

• This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Business Center in Austin, TX.
• Travel: May include up to 10% domestic or international travel·      
• Relocation: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

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The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $188,251 - $230,084, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: Good Faith Posting Date Range 11/13/2026 To 12/13/2026 Or until filled All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M. Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M. Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties. Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement. Pay & Benefits Overview: 3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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