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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Director, AI & Digtial Automation - **Company:** FormFactor - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $146,700.0 - $192,570.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Governance, Information Technology Operations, Deployment Automation - **Published:** May 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/16972514/It-Director-Ai-Digtial-Automation-Indiana ## About the Role * Experience leading or building AI, data, or advanced automation capabilities in an enterprise setting. * Strong technical understanding of modern AI tools, platforms, and implementation patterns. * Proven ability to work across business and technical teams and translate needs into solutions. * Comfort operating with ambiguity and building structure from scratch. * Practical mindset: focused on delivery, adoption, and outcomes-not hype. * Strong communication, influence, and stakeholdermanagement skills. Skills: Cross-Functional Team Building, Cyber Security Standards, Data Privacy Standards, IT Vendor Management, Project Management, Technical Knowledge, Minimum of 12+ years of relevant experience in leadership roles, with a Bachelor's degree; or 10 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience| Required ## Description FormFactor is hiring an IT Director, AI & Digital Automation to establish and lead our AI capabilities across the enterprise. This is a foundational role responsible for setting AI standards, policies, and practical implementation patterns that enable the business to safely and effectively adopt AI at scale. This role starts small by design. You will build the strategy first, then the team, focusing on areas where AI can deliver immediate and durable value, such as Design, Finance, Operations, Sales, and Engineering. The goal is not experimentation for its own sake, but real, productionready AI enablement that improves decisionmaking, efficiency, and execution across the company. Role Focus The IT Director, AI & Data will: * Own AIrelated platforms, tools, and software (and only those, initially). * Define enterprise AI standards, policies, and guardrails to ensure security, compliance, and responsible use. * Bring handson technical expertise to business teams to move AI from idea to impact. * Act as a crossfunctional leader, guiding mixed teams of IT, Engineering, Design, Finance, Operations, and Sales. * Build and lead a small, highleverage IT team focused on AI innovation and delivery. This role does not own general IT operations, infrastructure, endpoints, or identity at the outset-but partners closely with those teams to align AI solutions with existing IT and security standards., * Establish the enterprise AI strategy, including standards, reference architectures, and usage policies. * Identify and prioritize highvalue AI use cases in partnership with Design, Finance, Operations, and other business leaders. * Own evaluation, selection, deployment, and lifecycle management of AI tools and platforms. * Enable practical AI adoption through templates, best practices, and repeatable implementation patterns. * Lead crossfunctional delivery teams to implement AI solutions that solve real business problems. * Ensure AI solutions comply with security, data governance, legal, and ethical requirements. * Educate and influence stakeholders on what AI can and should do-and where it should not. * Hire and develop an IT AI team as demand and maturity grow. What Success Looks Like: * Business teams can adopt AI solutions quickly and safely without reinventing the wheel. * AI deployments are consistent, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. * IT is seen as an enabler and advisor, not a gatekeeper. * AI delivers measurable value in productivity, quality, and decisionmaking within the first year. ## Related Videos - [AI PowerPlay: Building High-Impact Teams & Transformative Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1005-ai-powerplay-building-high-impact-teams-transformative-solutions) - [Data Governance in the Era of AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1622-data-governance-in-the-era-of-ai) - [When human meets canary](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100233-when-human-meets-canary) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [AI beyond the code: Master your organisational AI implementation.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1248-ai-beyond-the-code-master-your-organisational-ai-implementation) - [Unlocking Value from Data: The Key to Smarter Business Decisions-](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1367-unlocking-value-from-data-the-key-to-smarter-business-decisions) ## Related Articles - [Stephan Gillich - Bringing AI Everywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/489-stephan-gillich-bringing-ai-everywhere) - [What Industries Outside of AI Are Hiring The Most AI Experts?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/98-what-industries-outside-of-ai-are-hiring-the-most-ai-experts) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Why Your AI Tool Fails After the Demo](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/704-why-your-ai-tool-fails-after-the-demo)