Technology Director (AI)

Location: Los Angeles; local hires must work in the office Monday–Thursday, with optional work-from-home Fridays. Remote candidates may be considered. Travel within the US and internationally may be required.

Salary: $150,000–$175,000 USD annually, plus medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and unlimited PTO.

Company

hirify.global is a brand transformation consultancy combining management consulting, creative studio, digital product agency, and production capabilities, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Vancouver.

What you will do

• Own and scale IT infrastructure across networks, hardware, cloud services, business applications, and offices.
• Manage procurement, onboarding, offboarding, help desk operations, system reliability, software platforms, vendors, licensing, and the technology budget.
• Establish security policies, access controls, monitoring, data protection, incident response, compliance processes, and vulnerability remediation.
• Set AI security and governance standards, evaluate AI platforms, and lead the rollout, access management, training, and monitoring of approved tools.
• Build secure data management, media storage, archiving, and production infrastructure with scalable workflows and strong user experience.
• Advise the CEO and Managing Director, build the technology function, hire additional support, and develop company-wide security awareness.

Requirements

• Experienced technology leader with a strong foundation in IT infrastructure, systems administration, and information security.
• Experience building or maturing infrastructure for a fast-growing creative organization and supporting a company of 100+ people.
• Ability to design reliable systems that scale with headcount, offices, and client engagements.
• Strong security judgment across networks, devices, data, cloud environments, third-party tools, access management, encryption, and client-data controls.
• Ability to evaluate and implement AI tools while balancing innovation, data security, and responsible use.
• Fast, reliable problem-solving skills and willingness to respond outside standard hours, including evenings and weekends, when systems or security issues require it.
• Clear communication skills for translating technical risk and decisions to non-technical leaders and employees.
• Ability to manage vendors, licensing, technology budgets, and long-term contract negotiations.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a growing global team across Los Angeles, New York, London, and Vancouver.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Local hires work from the office Monday–Thursday, with optional work-from-home Fridays; remote candidates may be considered.
• Travel within the US and internationally may be required, and the role may involve extended hours when needed.