Senior Director, AI Strategy and Enablement

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Act as BBYO’s internal expert on AI and establish the direction for its application.

• Provide a vision, practical governance, and strategic guidance for the organization-wide adoption of AI.

• Counsel teams on recognizing opportunities, redesigning workflows, and creating sustainable practices.

• Analyze workflows, pinpoint breakdowns and time costs, and streamline processes prior to automation.

• Create feedback and knowledge-sharing systems to support successful AI initiatives.

• Set forth principles for responsible AI usage, addressing privacy, data quality, accuracy, bias, and transparency.

• Develop and manage training for staff, offering hands-on support and peer learning opportunities.

• Incorporate AI learning into professional development and onboarding processes.

• Assist staff in spotting opportunities, resolving issues, and utilizing AI to achieve organizational objectives.

• Include AI limitations, trade-offs, acceptable-use guidelines, and emerging regulations in training.

• Recommend strategies for data management, cleanup, governance, shared definitions, and standards.

• Support BBYO in leveraging existing data, programs, and operations to maximize value through AI.

• Build the organization's capacity to ask broader questions of data and act upon insights.

• Guide the selection and implementation of AI platforms, ensuring secure access and data protection in collaboration with technology staff or partners.

• Prototype and develop solutions where applicable, collaborating with IT on access, permissions, security, production, and scalability.

• Set strategic direction alongside senior leadership and work in partnership with IT, various departments, the People team, and training staff.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in technology, systems, operations, organizational development, digital transformation, or a related field, with increasing responsibilities.

• Bachelor’s degree, or a comparable combination of education and experience.

• Proficiency in process mapping and business analysis.

• Proven history of leading change and sustaining adoption.

• Practical knowledge of current AI tools and an understanding of their limitations.

• Sufficient technical expertise to develop working prototypes and assess scopes, estimates, and vendor claims.

• Capability to communicate technical concepts in layman's terms and influence senior leaders and teams.

• Strong data literacy, including the ability to recommend data cleanup and shared definitions.

• Sound judgment concerning privacy, data integrity, and the responsible use of organizational information.

• Comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced, decentralized, entrepreneurial setting.

• Commitment to BBYO’s mission and a passion for Jewish teen engagement.

• Willingness to travel occasionally for staff events, International Convention, and on-site departmental/regional tasks.

• Unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. without the need for a visa or sponsorship.

• Ability to perform essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Preferred: experience in nonprofit, mission-driven, or multi-site environments.

• Preferred: formal training in process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or business process management.

• Preferred: familiarity with Claude, Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Salesforce.

• Preferred: hands-on experience in building AI workflows, skills, or prompts.

• Preferred: technical knowledge to review code behind solutions developed by staff.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• 18 paid secular and Jewish holidays.

• Two-week-long office shutdowns.

• Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability insurance.

• 2.5x salary life insurance.

• Generous 403b and Roth retirement plan with a vested match.

• Free access to WellHub, including gyms, online workouts, and wellness apps.

• Teen Involvement Benefit stipend.

• Flexibility in bringing children on business travel.

• Generous paid parental leave.

• TSA PreCheck paid by the employer.

• Home technology allowance.

• Pet insurance options.