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Sr. Director, IT and AI Transformation

6sense · San Francisco, California, United States · posted 1 day ago
FULL_TIME Software / IT
Director

Our Mission:

6sense's mission is to multiply what matters: growth, retention, and efficiency. We envision a future where companies, teams and people reach their full potential.

Our People:

People are the heart and soul of 6sense. We serve with passion and purpose. We live by our Being 6sense values of Win as One Team, Stay Curious, Do The Right Thing, Own the Outcome, and Create Belonging. Every 6sensor plays a part in defining the future of our industry-leading technology. 6sense is a place where difference-makers roll up their sleeves, take risks, act with integrity, and measure success by the value we create for our customers. We want 6sense to be the best chapter of your career.

Job Title
(Sr) Director, IT and AI Transformation

Organizational Reporting
CISO

Purpose of the Job

This role leads the evolution of Business Technology from traditional IT operations into an automation-first, AI-enabled internal platform. The Sr. Director owns end-to-end employee technology experiences, spanning service desk, endpoint management, corporate infrastructure, and a new Enterprise AI function responsible for building and operating AI systems, workflows, and agents.

Success in this role means reducing manual work, accelerating employee productivity, and embedding AI into how the company operates day to day while maintaining strong reliability, security, and compliance.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

1. 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 along

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

Employee productivity gains

2. IT Operations & Employee Experience

Own global IT service delivery, including:

Service Desk (L1–L3 support, self-service, automation-first)

Endpoint and asset lifecycle management (laptops)

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 (Net Promoter Score)

3. Corporate Infrastructure & SaaS Enablement

Own baseline corporate technology stack including:

Collaboration tools (Zoom, Slack), productivity suites (M365), idp (Okta), endpoint tools (MDM)

Corporate internet and Zoom rooms for 6sense offices

Ensure systems are:

Highly reliable and scalable

Optimized for a remote-first workforce

Partner cross-functionally to enable fast, secure SaaS adoption

4. Automation, AIOps, and Operational Excellence

Drive an “automation-first” operating model across IT

Implement AIOps capabilities to:

Reduce incidents

Predict failures

Automate remediation

Eliminate repetitive manual work across IT and adjacent teams

Establish clear operational metrics, including:

MTTR (Mean Time to Resolution)

Ticket deflection rate

Automation coverage

Cost per employee supported

5. Security & Compliance Partnership

Partner closely with Security to ensure:

Compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and internal controls

Secure deployment of IT and AI systems

Integrate security by design into IT and AI platforms

Support audits and evidence collection through automation

6. 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

Performance Measurement/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

Person Specification

Experience

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 building or leading Enterprise AI or internal AI platforms

Familiarity with:

LLMs (large language models)

AI agents and orchestration frameworks

Retrieval-based systems and prompt engineering

Experience implementing AIOps or intelligent automation platforms

Competencies and Behaviors

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