Senior Director, AI Strategy and Enablement

About the role

Location: Remote (U.S.-based) — Washington, DC metro area preferred. Reports To: SVP, Operational Effectiveness. Department: Systems, Technology and Operational Effectiveness. Employment Type: Full-Time. Salary Range: $115,000 – $125,000 annually.

At BBYO, we are motivated by our mission and by each other, making work inspiring, flexible, fulfilling, and deeply connected to the future of Jewish life. As the world’s leading pluralistic Jewish teen movement, BBYO is constantly looking for creative ways to reach, inspire, and engage Jewish teens through meaningful experiences, powerful relationships, and partnerships that expand what is possible. The Senior Director, AI Strategy and Enablement will build lasting AI capability across BBYO, turning emerging technology into practical, mission-aligned work. This role will provide vision, direction and governance framework for how BBYO identifies high-value opportunities, selects AI solutions that accelerate our work, and secures cross-functional engagement to deliver them at scale. This is a collaborative role: the Senior Director sets direction with BBYO’s senior leadership, partners with IT to build and secure the tools, and works alongside departments, the People team, and training staff to put AI into everyday practice.

Responsibilities

• Serve as BBYO’s internal expert on AI and set the direction for where it is worth applying.
• Provide vision, direction, and practical governance for AI adoption across the organization.
• Serve as an advisor to teams, helping them identify opportunities, redesign how work gets done, and develop practices that stick.
• Lead with process and workflow design; work with teams to map how work actually gets done, including where it breaks and what it costs in time.
• Redesign and simplify processes first, so that whatever gets automated sits on a solid foundation.
• Design feedback/sharing mechanism so successful approaches are shared, refined, and adopted across teams.
• Establish clear, practical principles for responsible AI use, spanning data privacy and quality, accuracy and bias, and transparency, and help staff weigh those considerations in their work.
• Develop and oversee an enablement approach spanning staff training, hands-on support, and peer learning.