SpotOn

Director of AI Acceleration

SpotOn

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Austin • Illinois • Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Audit workflows across departments to uncover repetitive, high-friction, and high-volume processes.
  • Quantify impact in terms of time saved, output increased, or decision cycles shortened.
  • Maintain and prioritize a living AI opportunity roadmap aligned to company goals.
  • Rapidly build functional AI-powered tools and automations using APIs, workflow orchestration platforms, and lightweight scripting.
  • Launch pilots within days or weeks—not quarters.
  • Validate ROI and adoption before scaling.
  • Partner with Engineering to productionize successful initiatives.
  • Define guardrails, governance, data handling standards, and monitoring processes.
  • Create internal playbooks and best practices for AI usage.
  • Track adoption, cycle time reduction, and measurable throughput improvements.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience building and deploying AI-powered workflows in real-world environments.
  • Technical fluency with LLM platforms, agents, automation/orchestration tools, and lightweight scripting.
  • Comfort operating independently in ambiguous environments.
  • Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
  • Bonus if you have:
  • Startup or founder experience.
  • Experience building internal tools or automation systems.
  • Real product examples you can share that you’ve built with AI.
  • A track record of reducing cycle times or materially increasing team output.
Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401k with company match
  • Restricted Stock Units
  • Flexible Time Off
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Headspace membership for guided meditation and stress-relieving tools
  • Employee Resource Groups for Diversity and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA+, and other communities
  • Monthly cell phone and internet stipend
  • Subscription to LinkedIn Learning and tuition reimbursement of up to $2k per calendar year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AI-powered workflowsAPIsworkflow orchestrationlightweight scriptingautomation toolsLLM platformsdata handling standardsmonitoring processescycle time reductionthroughput improvements
Soft Skills
collaborationinfluenceindependencecomfort in ambiguity