Sr Director IT Engineering, GTM AI Applications

California, MO (On-site)

$264K/yr – $363K/yrDirector/Executive15+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the AI GTM technology strategy, architecture, governance, and cross-team initiatives that boost seller productivity and scalable AI-driven GTM solutions.

  • Define multi-year AI strategy and architecture roadmap for GTM.
  • Lead GTM engineering to scale pipeline and seller productivity with AI and automation.
  • Build and guide a global AI solutions and development team.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Technology Strategy & Roadmap: Define the multi-year technology strategy and architecture roadmap for AI integration into the GTM stack, focusing on maximizing business value in areas like intelligent automation, predictive forecasting, and generative AI-assisted selling.
  • AI Solution Architecture: Architect and establish company standards for advanced AI customer solutions, demonstrating viability through proof-of-concepts.
  • Lead Go-To-Market Engineering to scale pipeline generation and seller productivity through AI, automation, and data-driven execution.
  • Team Leadership: Lead and develop a global, multi-disciplinary team comprising AI Solutions, full-stack, and SaaS developers, cultivating a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative culture.
  • Strategic Impact: Drive significant business impact by leading large-scale, multi-organizational, or global initiatives.
  • AI Governance and Ops: Drive AI ops culture to drive continuous evolution of all GTM applications.
  • Performance and Optimization: Monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance, cost-efficiency, and operational health of all deployed AI models and solutions, driving continuous improvement through data-driven insights.

Requirements

  • Exceptional people-management skills, acting as a Player/Coach to inspire and foster desired behaviors.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, coupled with executive presence.
  • Strong enterprise communication, business acumen, and financial understanding.
  • Proven track record of thought leadership (e.g., technical articles, conference speaking, open source contributions).
  • Extensive experience with Go-to-Market (GTM) applications, particularly the Opportunity to Quote lifecycle.
  • Excellent analytical skills and a demonstrated ability to translate detailed data analysis into actionable strategic insights to drive customer adoption and provide business recommendations.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations, building consensus and driving results.
  • Proven ability to reduce organizational friction and implement scalable mechanisms.
  • Agentic AI & Generative Workflows: Autonomous Sales & Commerce Agents: Proven experience building agentic workflows using frameworks like LangChain , LlamaIndex , AutoGPT , or CrewAI to automate multi-step commercial processes (e.g., automated RFPs, dynamic quote generation, automated lead nurture).
  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): Deep expertise in architecting high-accuracy RAG pipelines using vector databases ( Pinecone , Milvus , Weaviate , Qdrant ) to ground LLMs in internal product catalogs, pricing rules, and sales collateral.

Preferred

  • Master's Degree or PhD in Engineering or a related STEM field is preferred.
  • 15+ years of experience in Product Application Engineering.
  • Expertise in enterprise AI productivity tools and platforms.
  • Modernization Mindset: Proven experience in leveraging AI and automation to modernize governance. Demonstrated success in transitioning programs from manual, spreadsheet-based processes to automated, self-healing platforms.
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Sr Director IT Engineering, GTM AI Applications

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