Director AI - AdFarm

<h3>Accountabilities</h3><li>
<strong>AI Strategy and Prioritization:</strong>Develop and maintain a practical AI and automation roadmap aligned with business objectives and client needs. Identify and prioritize opportunities based on business value, technical feasibility, data readiness, risk, and expected impact.</li><li>
<strong>Solution Architecture and Prototyping:</strong>Translate business challenges into clear technical requirements, solution concepts, and implementation plans. Design and prototype AI-powered applications, workflows, and automations, determining whether to build solutions internally, purchase existing tools, or collaborate with external partners.</li><li>
<strong>Innovation and Experimentation:</strong>Lead pilots and experiments to validate proposed solutions, measure their effectiveness, and determine which initiatives should be refined, scaled, or discontinued.</li><li>
<strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration:</strong>Partner with teams across strategy, analytics, operations, finance, project management, creative, media, agricultural intelligence, and client services to redesign workflows, integrate AI capabilities, and encourage adoption.</li><li>
<strong>Client-Focused AI Solutions:</strong>Identify and develop AI applications for selected client challenges, creating repeatable use cases, delivery frameworks, and value models that support innovation and measurable client outcomes.</li><li>
<strong>Technical Evaluation and Governance:</strong>Assess potential solutions for reliability, security, scalability, and maintainability while promoting responsible implementation and sustainable technology practices.</li><li>
<strong>Change Management and Adoption:</strong>Guide teams through the adoption of AI-powered tools and automated processes, helping stakeholders understand their benefits and integrate them effectively into everyday workflows.</li><li>
<strong>Performance Measurement and Reporting:</strong>Define success metrics, track outcomes, and communicate progress, trade-offs, risks, and investment requirements to senior leadership to support informed decision-making.</li><h2>Requirements</h2><li>Proven professional experience in artificial intelligence, digital transformation, innovation, marketing technology, product development, data and analytics, consulting, or a related field.</li><li>
<strong>Mandatory industry experience:</strong>Previous experience in an agency, consultancy, marketing organization, or professional services environment.</li><li>Hands-on experience designing, developing, and prototyping AI-enabled applications, automation solutions, or data-driven workflows.</li><li>Strong technical understanding of APIs, system integrations, databases, cloud platforms, and automation tools, with the ability to design practical solutions and guide implementation.</li><li>Experience evaluating technology solutions for reliability, security, scalability, and long-term maintainability.</li><li>Ability to translate business objectives and user workflows into clear technical requirements and actionable implementation strategies.</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives, managing technical partners, facilitating organizational change, and influencing senior stakeholders.</li><li>Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and consultative problem-solving skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.</li><li>A pragmatic, evidence-based approach to innovation, with a focus on business value and measurable outcomes rather than adopting technology for its own sake.</li><li>Strong strategic thinking, project prioritization, and decision-making capabilities, balancing innovation opportunities with practical constraints and organizational goals.</li><li>Experience in agriculture, food production, or another specialized industry is considered an asset.</li><h2>Benefits</h2><li>
<strong>Competitive compensation:</strong>Annual salary range of $140,000–$165,000.</li><li>
<strong>Remote work:</strong>Opportunity to work remotely from Canada.</li><li>
<strong>Strategic leadership:</strong>Take ownership of AI strategy and innovation initiatives with direct relevance to business performance and client outcomes.</li><li>
<strong>Meaningful impact:</strong>Help organizations identify practical AI applications that improve productivity, streamline operations, and create measurable value.</li><li>
<strong>Cross-functional exposure:</strong>Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across strategy, analytics, creative, media, operations, finance, and client services.</li><li>
<strong>Innovation and professional growth:</strong>Explore emerging AI technologies, lead experimentation, and develop scalable solutions across diverse business challenges.</li><li>
<strong>Leadership opportunities:</strong>Influence senior stakeholders, guide technology partners, and support organization-wide AI adoption and transformation.</li>