AI & Automation Lead

About Us

• AmeriTerpenes, LLC is the leading U.S.-based producer of natural terpene-based ingredients.
• AmeriTerpenes produces natural terpene-based ingredients derived from renewable pine-based feedstocks.
• The product portfolio includes Dihydromyrcenol, Linalool and Anethole, used in perfumes, household products, and food and beverage flavorings.
• The company holds leading market positions in several of these core products, including as the largest North American producer of Dihydromyrcenol, and supplies customers across the consumer goods, personal care, food & beverage and industrial chemicals markets.
• The company generates approximately USD 200 million in revenue and employs around 170 people.
• With manufacturing across two integrated U.S. production sites in Jacksonville, Florida, and Colonels Island, Georgia, the business serves customers globally, particularly across North America and numerous international markets. Many of these customer relationships span more than a decade, notably long-standing by industry standards.

Your Role

We are looking to hire a hands-on, entrepreneurial AI & Automation Lead. Your mission is to make AI and automation a practical, cost-avoiding part of how every function at AmeriTerpenes works, while helping architect the technical landscape for the future alongside the ongoing IT carve-out project.

• Conduct discovery workshops across HR, Commercial, Operations, QA/QC, Supply Planning and EHS to identify AI and automation opportunities addressing real pain points - manual data entry, repetitive reporting, and disconnected workflows
• Define and prioritize use cases based on business impact, feasibility, and implementation effort, building on initiatives already underway (invoice scanning automation in Procurement, production automation on the plant floor)
• Design and implement automation and AI workflows using tools such as Power Automate and Copilot Studio, including replacing legacy reporting platforms (e.g. MicroStrategy) with modern, self-service alternatives
• Lead the technical architecture for AI adoption across the business, working with Claude and other AI tooling to automate repetitive processes using AmeriTerpenes' research and production data
• Partner with Mutares Group IT and the IT Separation (carve-out) project team to ensure AI and automation initiatives are built into the standalone technical landscape from day one, not bolted on afterward
• Act as the first point of contact for functional leaders who want to explore automating a process, translating business pain points into practical, low-cost technical solutions

Job Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience desired
• At least 3 years of experience designing and implementing AI or automation solutions in a business context, ideally in manufacturing, industrial, or specialty chemicals environments
• Strong, practical understanding of automation platforms (Power Automate, Copilot Studio), machine learning fundamentals, and cloud-based AI tooling
• Comfortable working directly with production and research data, and translating it into automated, repeatable processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with an entrepreneurial mindset and a genuinely hands-on approach - this is a build-it-yourself role, not a strategy-only role
• Based at or able to regularly travel to the Jacksonville, FL and Colonels Island, GA sites; occasional coordination calls with Mutares Group IT

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with AmeriTerpenes.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.