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Intuit’s AI Transformation Org is changing how 18,000+ employees do their most important work. We bring AI agents into the everyday workflows of Finance, Legal, Marketing, Customer Success, and People & Places. The people doing the work spend less time on coordination and more time on the decisions that need their expertise. We need a Principal who can scale this across the company without taking it over.
This role is the engine that gets AI-redesigned workflows into production and keeps them there. You partner with AI Champions inside each non-engineering function. You apply approved enterprise blueprints to high-friction, repeatable workflows. You set measurable baselines before redesign. You make adoption stick after the central team steps back. Your success is measured by what the function can do after you leave, not by what you personally redesigned.
You partner closely with the People & Places AI Workforce Transformation team, the Enterprise Solution Architect, the Telemetry and Insights Lead, and senior operating leaders across Intuit’s most consequential non-engineering functions.
Responsibilities
- Drive blueprint-led redesign with AI Champions across non-engineering functions. Apply approved blueprint patterns to the workflows we prioritize. Coach Champions through configuration, integration, evaluation, and rollout in their real work, not in training settings.
- Build and validate before you scale. Personally prototype agentic workflow configurations, working closely with engineering partners and directly with LLM APIs or agent tooling to test feasibility. Validate the design meets quality and reliability standards before a function adopts it.
- Hold the line on blueprint standards. Every redesign uses approved workflow logic, agent configuration standards, integration patterns, governance guardrails, and measurement contracts. Push back on bespoke designs that fragment the enterprise architecture.
- Design redesigns to stick. Set baselines before launch. Instrument the pre-state with the Telemetry and Insights Lead. Align role expectations and habits with HR Craft Leaders. Validate the post-state. Treat behavioral adoption as a design constraint from day one, not a retrofit.
- Drive blueprint adoption, not workflow possession. The redesigned workflow is the default execution model in production. The function owns it after you step back. The hand-off is the deliverable, not the redesign itself.
- Surface friction back to platform and architecture. Identify where blueprint patterns break down, where the platform is missing capability, and where governance creates drag. Feed signal to the Enterprise Solution Architect and the platform engineering team. The platform should compound with every redesign.
- Connect workflow redesign to workforce evolution. Every redesign changes what the people doing the work need to know, do, and decide. Partner with HR Craft Leaders and the People & Places AI Workforce Transformation team. Role expectations, AI proficiency, hiring criteria, and learning pathways evolve with the workflow, not after it.
- Maintain the redesign portfolio view. Make redesigns in flight, baselines committed, value captured, and risk visible at any moment. Keep prioritization honest. Resist pressure to take on work that does not meet the bar.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of progressive experience designing, building, or operating production AI/ML systems, agentic workflows, or enterprise workflow platforms.
- Engineering or technical background required: you have written production code, built technical prototypes, or held a hands-on technical role (e.g., software engineer, ML engineer, forward-deployed engineer) at some point in your career.
- Currently and personally building agentic workflow prototypes in your day-to-day work (e.g., working directly with LLM APIs, agent frameworks, MCP tooling).
- At least 3 years driving change inside other people’s organizations. This could be embedded with a business function, a forward-deployed engineering team, or a transformation function.
- Demonstrated track record of taking AI-powered workflows from prototype into in-production adoption at enterprise scale.
- Experience influencing and aligning VP-level and above stakeholders on workflow strategy and investment decisions.
- Bachelor’s degree required. Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
Preferred
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Background in enterprise HR, Finance, Legal, Marketing, or Customer Success technology. These are the functions where this role will spend most of its time.
- Experience designing or implementing responsible AI frameworks, evaluation pipelines, or AI governance programs.
- Prior experience as a forward-deployed engineer or AI solutions architect inside a customer’s organization.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs. Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
The expected base pay range for this position is:
Mountain View $243,000 - $328,500
Overview
Intuit’s AI Transformation Org is changing how 18,000+ employees do their most important work. We bring AI agents into the everyday workflows of Finance, Legal, Marketing, Customer Success, and People & Places. The people doing the work spend less time on coordination and more time on the decisions that need their expertise. We need a Principal who can scale this across the company without taking it over.
This role is the engine that gets AI-redesigned workflows into production and keeps them there. You partner with AI Champions inside each non-engineering function. You apply approved enterprise blueprints to high-friction, repeatable workflows. You set measurable baselines before redesign. You make adoption stick after the central team steps back. Your success is measured by what the function can do after you leave, not by what you personally redesigned.
You partner closely with the People & Places AI Workforce Transformation team, the Enterprise Solution Architect, the Telemetry and Insights Lead, and senior operating leaders across Intuit’s most consequential non-engineering functions.
Responsibilities
- Drive blueprint-led redesign with AI Champions across non-engineering functions. Apply approved blueprint patterns to the workflows we prioritize. Coach Champions through configuration, integration, evaluation, and rollout in their real work, not in training settings.
- Build and validate before you scale. Personally prototype agentic workflow configurations, working closely with engineering partners and directly with LLM APIs or agent tooling to test feasibility. Validate the design meets quality and reliability standards before a function adopts it.
- Hold the line on blueprint standards. Every redesign uses approved workflow logic, agent configuration standards, integration patterns, governance guardrails, and measurement contracts. Push back on bespoke designs that fragment the enterprise architecture.
- Design redesigns to stick. Set baselines before launch. Instrument the pre-state with the Telemetry and Insights Lead. Align role expectations and habits with HR Craft Leaders. Validate the post-state. Treat behavioral adoption as a design constraint from day one, not a retrofit.
- Drive blueprint adoption, not workflow possession. The redesigned workflow is the default execution model in production. The function owns it after you step back. The hand-off is the deliverable, not the redesign itself.
- Surface friction back to platform and architecture. Identify where blueprint patterns break down, where the platform is missing capability, and where governance creates drag. Feed signal to the Enterprise Solution Architect and the platform engineering team. The platform should compound with every redesign.
- Connect workflow redesign to workforce evolution. Every redesign changes what the people doing the work need to know, do, and decide. Partner with HR Craft Leaders and the People & Places AI Workforce Transformation team. Role expectations, AI proficiency, hiring criteria, and learning pathways evolve with the workflow, not after it.
- Maintain the redesign portfolio view. Make redesigns in flight, baselines committed, value captured, and risk visible at any moment. Keep prioritization honest. Resist pressure to take on work that does not meet the bar.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of progressive experience designing, building, or operating production AI/ML systems, agentic workflows, or enterprise workflow platforms.
- Engineering or technical background required: you have written production code, built technical prototypes, or held a hands-on technical role (e.g., software engineer, ML engineer, forward-deployed engineer) at some point in your career.
- Currently and personally building agentic workflow prototypes in your day-to-day work (e.g., working directly with LLM APIs, agent frameworks, MCP tooling).
- At least 3 years driving change inside other people’s organizations. This could be embedded with a business function, a forward-deployed engineering team, or a transformation function.
- Demonstrated track record of taking AI-powered workflows from prototype into in-production adoption at enterprise scale.
- Experience influencing and aligning VP-level and above stakeholders on workflow strategy and investment decisions.
- Bachelor’s degree required. Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
Preferred
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Background in enterprise HR, Finance, Legal, Marketing, or Customer Success technology. These are the functions where this role will spend most of its time.
- Experience designing or implementing responsible AI frameworks, evaluation pipelines, or AI governance programs.
- Prior experience as a forward-deployed engineer or AI solutions architect inside a customer’s organization.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs. Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
The expected base pay range for this position is:
Mountain View $243,000 - $328,500
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Document your engineering leadership scope
PERM requires your employer to define a specific job description tied to your actual duties. Collect evidence of team size managed, budget authority, and cross-functional scope now, before the job description is drafted, so it accurately reflects your role.
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Target companies with confirmed green card filing history for Principal Engineering Manager roles. Migrate Mate shows employers who have sponsored this occupation through PERM, so you're not guessing at sponsorship willingness during your job search.
Check prevailing wage tiers before salary negotiations
PERM locks your employer into paying at least the DOL prevailing wage for your location and job title. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level III or Level IV wage before accepting an offer, since the wage determination affects your comp for the duration of the process.
Distinguish EB-2 and EB-3 based on your credentials
If you hold a master's degree or a bachelor's degree with five years of progressive engineering management experience, EB-2 applies. Otherwise, EB-3 covers you as a professional. The category affects your priority date queue, especially if you're from India or China.
Confirm your employer understands the PERM recruitment phase
Many engineering firms new to green card sponsorship underestimate DOL's mandatory recruitment test, which requires specific job postings, waiting periods, and documentation before filing. Ask your prospective employer whether they've completed PERM before or whether they're working with an experienced immigration counsel.
Understand AC21 portability before you switch employers
Once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending 180 days or more, you can change employers under AC21 if the new Principal Engineering Manager role is in the same or similar occupation. Your priority date stays with you if your original I-140 was already approved.
Green Card Principal Engineering Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Engineering Manager role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Both categories can apply. EB-2 covers candidates with an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in engineering management. EB-3 covers professionals with a bachelor's degree. Your employer determines which category to file based on the job requirements they define in the PERM labor certification, so the job description language matters.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa grants temporary work authorization, typically in two-year or three-year increments, and requires periodic renewal. Green card sponsorship through PERM, followed by an I-140 petition and I-485 adjustment of status or consular processing, leads to lawful permanent residence. The PERM process requires a prevailing wage determination and a DOL-mandated recruitment test proving no qualified U.S. workers were available, steps that have no equivalent in H-1B filing.
How long does the PERM process take for a Principal Engineering Manager?
PERM involves a prevailing wage determination from DOL, a recruitment period with mandatory waiting windows, and then the actual PERM application adjudication. Processing times vary and are not fixed by regulation. After PERM approval, your employer files an I-140 petition with USCIS. Nationals of India and China face potentially long priority-date backlogs before the final I-485 or consular step can proceed.
How do I find employers who sponsor green cards for Principal Engineering Manager roles?
Start with employers that have a documented history of PERM filings for engineering management positions. Migrate Mate lists employers with verified green card sponsorship history by occupation, so you can target companies that have already navigated the PERM process for this role rather than approaching employers without a track record. This significantly narrows your search to realistic sponsorship candidates.
Can I change jobs after my green card sponsorship process starts?
Yes, under certain conditions. If your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for at least 180 days and the new role is in the same or a similar occupation, AC21 portability lets you change employers without restarting the entire process. Your priority date can also carry over to a new employer's I-140 petition if your original I-140 was already approved by USCIS.