n8n

Head of AI & Automation

n8n

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Germany

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Drive company-wide adoption of AI and automation to create a modern, efficient, and enjoyable workplace.
  • Design and run hackathons, enablement sessions, and dogfooding initiatives that boost daily AI and automation usage.
  • Build repeatable programs with clear success metrics such as participation, satisfaction, and business impact.
  • Partner with People Ops to embed AI and automation habits into onboarding, L&D, and performance rituals.
  • Lead a structured AI watch to track market trends, peer practices, and emerging tools.
  • Define guardrails and best practices that balance speed, safety, and measurable outcomes.
  • Ensure creation of reusable internal assets and external-facing content that showcases our AI and automation practices.
  • Collaborate with Marketing to amplify internal success stories and thought leadership.
  • Equip Sales and GTM with narratives, demos, and artifacts that demonstrate modern ways of working.
  • Lead the Automation team, directly managing one manager plus team while scaling from 2 to 15+ in 2026.
  • Set vision, OKRs, and performance standards, and coach for results while fostering experimentation and innovation.
  • Oversee automation product delivery and cross-functional execution with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Biz Ops.

Requirements

  • 👥 Proven team leadership: You have led managers and ICs, set clear standards, and grown high-performing teams.
  • 🧠 AI fluency: You are technically conversant in AI concepts and can evaluate tools, risks, and opportunities.
  • 🛠️ Workflow automation expertise: You have hands-on experience with automation platforms, ideally n8n or similar, and real business use cases.
  • 🚀 Adoption and change leadership: You have driven internal adoption programs that changed behaviors at scale.
  • 🔎 Insight to action: You translate market trends into actionable programs, playbooks, and internal content.
  • 💼 B2B SaaS experience: You have operated in a high-growth SaaS environment at a similar stage.
  • 🧑‍💻 Engineering background: You are comfortable diving into technical discussions and solution design.
  • ✍️ Storytelling and content: You create clear, engaging content for internal and external audiences.
  • 🎉 Program facilitation: You have run hackathons, enablement tracks, or internal innovation programs.
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay.
  • Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others,” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity.
  • Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge:
  • Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are.
  • US: 15 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
  • Health & wellness 🩺 –
  • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
  • US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families—plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA—along with dental and vision coverage.
  • Future planning 💰 –
  • Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*
  • US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
  • Financial security 🛡️ –
  • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
  • US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance to support you and your loved ones.
  • Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching to level up your skills.
  • A passionate team 🤩 – We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it!
  • Remote-first 🌏 – Our team works remotely across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid—please check the job description.
  • Giving back 🤝 – We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.
  • AI enablement 🤖 – We believe in working smarter—everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity.
  • Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang.
  • An ambitious but kind culture 😍 – People love working here—our eNPS for 2024 is 94!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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