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Sr. Director, IT and AI Transformation

204k – 275kSan Francisco, CARemote10+ YOE
Summary

Lead enterprise AI strategy, internal copilots, and automation while owning global IT operations, infrastructure, and employee experience for a remote-first SaaS company. Drive AI adoption, AIOps, compliance, and vendor management with 10+ years IT experience and 5+ years leading global teams.

About the role

Enterprise AI Platform & Automation

  • Own the Enterprise AI strategy and delivery, including internal copilots, agents, and workflow automation
  • Build and operate AI-powered internal tools (e.g., support automation, knowledge retrieval, workflow orchestration)
  • Drive adoption of AI across functions (GTM, Engineering, G&A)
  • Establish governance for AI usage, model risk, data access, and safe deployment
  • Partner with Security on AI risk management (data leakage, prompt injection, model misuse)
  • Standardize tooling for prompt management, orchestration layers, and agent frameworks
  • Define and track KPIs such as % of workflows automated, ticket deflection via AI, and employee productivity gains

IT Operations & Employee Experience

  • Own global IT service delivery, including Service Desk (L1–L3 support, self-service, automation-first)
  • Manage endpoint and asset lifecycle (laptops)
  • Handle identity-adjacent user lifecycle workflows (joiner/mover/leaver in partnership with IAM/Security/People)
  • Deliver a consumer-grade employee experience with measurable SLAs and NPS

Corporate Infrastructure & SaaS Enablement

  • Own baseline corporate technology stack including collaboration tools (Zoom, Slack), productivity suites (M365), IdP (Okta), endpoint tools (MDM)
  • Manage corporate internet and Zoom rooms for offices
  • Ensure systems are highly reliable, scalable, and optimized for a remote-first workforce
  • Partner cross-functionally to enable fast, secure SaaS adoption

Automation, AIOps, and Operational Excellence

  • Drive an “automation-first” operating model across IT
  • Implement AIOps capabilities to reduce incidents, predict failures, automate remediation, and eliminate repetitive manual work
  • Establish operational metrics including MTTR, ticket deflection rate, automation coverage, and cost per employee supported

Security & Compliance Partnership

  • Partner with Security to ensure compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and internal controls
  • Ensure secure deployment of IT and AI systems
  • Integrate security by design into IT and AI platforms
  • Support audits and evidence collection through automation

Vendor & Financial Management

  • Own strategic vendor relationships across IT and AI tooling
  • Optimize cost, utilization, and contract value
  • Rationalize overlapping tools and drive platform consolidation

KPIs

  • % reduction in manual IT work through automation
  • AI adoption across internal workflows and teams
  • Employee experience (NPS, ticket resolution time, self-service rates)
  • Reliability and performance of IT systems
  • Audit and compliance outcomes
  • Cost efficiency per employee

Experience Requirements

  • 10+ years in IT, with 5+ years leading global, high-performing teams
  • Experience operating in a cloud-native SaaS environment
  • Proven track record of driving automation and operational transformation
  • Deep understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM / ITIL), endpoint and asset management, SaaS and corporate infrastructure environments
  • Strong partnership with Security on compliance and audit programs

Preferred Experience

  • Experience building or leading Enterprise AI or internal AI platforms
  • Familiarity with LLMs, AI agents and orchestration frameworks, retrieval-based systems and prompt engineering
  • Experience implementing AIOps or intelligent automation platforms

Competencies

  • Automation mindset: defaults to eliminating work, not scaling it
  • Strong operator with ability to balance speed, scale, and control
  • Clear communicator across technical and non-technical audiences
  • High ownership and bias for action in ambiguous environments
  • Builds high-performing, adaptable teams across IT and AI disciplines
  • Experience with business transformation
Skills
IT Service ManagementITILITSMEndpoint ManagementMDMOktaMicrosoft 365ZoomSlackSOC 2ISO 27001ISO 42001AIOpsLLMsAI Agents
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