Program Operations Specialist, AI & Innovation

Job description

Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA) is a publicly traded renewable energy company and a global leader in geothermal and energy storage. The Role Ormat runs a broad innovation agenda across its global operations - advanced technologies, process redesign, transformation, strategy, AI, and automation. This role supports two connected efforts: the AI Center of Excellence and the innovation portfolio. You'll keep AI governance running day to day, manage the innovation pipeline, and make it easy for employees company-wide to participate - partnering closely with Legal, other HQ functions, and the business units. It suits someone highly organized, sharp, and well-spoken who can own a program end to end and lead training in front of a room. What You'll Do AI intake & assessment. Run the intake process end to end - form, channels, triage, review workflow, SLAs, and risk-based decisions. Innovation operations. Track all submissions, maintain the idea and venture pipeline, and support logistics and communications. Training & enablement. Develop and deliver AI governance and tool-adoption training - live and written. Inventory & policy upkeep. Maintain the approved-AI-systems inventory and keep the AI Policy, risk tiers, and guidance current. AI Committee support. Serve as the committee's operational secretariat. Program administration. Support scheduling, documentation, reporting, and dashboards with IT. Help desk. Be the first point of contact for governance and innovation questions. External ecosystem. Work with the innovation external ecosystem where relevant. What We're Looking For Organized and self-directed: 2+ years in program coordination, operations, compliance, or governance, ideally in a public or regulated company. Strong communicator and presenter: comfortable leading trainings and facilitating senior stakeholders. Proven at structured processes with clear SLAs, documentation, and audit trails. Strong stakeholder management across HQ and business units. Working familiarity with AI/GenAI tools and a basic grasp of vendor terms, data-privacy, and information-security concepts - coordinate with Legal and IT Security. Pragmatic, service-oriented mindset. Fluent Hebrew and English. A Plus Experience with a governance committee or innovation program; exposure to SEC-regulated environments or NIST/EU AI Act frameworks