Director, Applied AI & Strategy

Job Description

THE ROLE: Director, Applied AI & Strategy

• View "doing more with less" as a creative challenge, not a budget constraint.
• Partner across business functions and within Technology & Operations to analyze complex workflows, identify AI opportunities, design interventions, and implement them.
• Help build and deploy production-grade AI agents using various tools, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and safety.
• Integrate AI agents with enterprise resources through MCP and legacy applications via APIs.
• Collaborate with Legal & Business Affairs (L&BA) and Cyber Security to ensure AI adoption respects guardrails and governance.
• Measure productivity gains, cost savings, and efficiency improvements.
• Maintain composability in toolsets for future agility.
• Stay updated on AI developments relevant to the Media Industry and provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Translate high-level business strategies into tactical technical roadmaps, prioritizing workstreams that yield the highest return on investment.
• Perform technical and functional audits of emerging AI tools aligned with media industry workflows.
• Create sensible budgets in ambiguous environments.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ Years of total experience in a technical function (Solutions Architecture, Digital Transformation, or Technical Operations).
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade solutions and advanced workflow integration, including systems integration and workflow automation.
• Expertise in architecting logic across complex SaaS ecosystems, not just automation.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building with Large Language Models (LLMs) for production-ready agents.
• Demonstrated proficiency in advanced prompting techniques, multi-agent orchestration, RAG frameworks, and a solid grasp of unstructured content and techniques for curation, enrichment, and accurate retrieval for LLMs.
• 3+ years of experience managing complex stakeholder relationships, translating high-level business strategy into tactical execution plans.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a "Vibe Coder," utilizing AI-augmented development tools to ship functional code and automations at high velocity.
• Rapid prototyping and implementation of RAG architectures at scale and/or fine-tuning large language models.
• Certifications in AI/ML technologies and cloud platforms are an added advantage.
• Background in statistical modeling or mathematics is a plus.

Compensation

Annual Pay Range: $188,034 - $220,000

Annual Incentive Target: 17.50%

The annual/hourly pay range displayed serves as a good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum base pay range for this role. Compensation for the role will be based on a number of different factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, location, and experience.

A+E offers a competitive total compensation package, which includes healthcare coverage, 401k matching, and a range of other benefits.