Director, IT

LawZero; Montreal; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A non-profit organization focused on advancing safe and ethical AI systems is seeking a Director, IT. The role involves defining the organization's technological vision, developing secure IT environments, and managing a growing IT team. Ideal candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, significant IT leadership experience, and strong skills in high-performance computing environments. The position offers a collaborative work environment and generous benefits.

Benefits

Minimum 20 days vacation per year

Retirement savings employer contribution of 4%

Generous flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Confirmed experience in IT leadership or management in a developing environment.
• Ability to supervise and grow the IT team.
• Strategic vision related to AI, cybersecurity, and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Define the organization's technological vision and strategy.
• Develop a secure and reliable IT environment for the scientific team.
• Oversee the IT project lifecycle from planning to implementation.

Skills

IT leadership experience

Expertise in HPC and GPU environments

Team management

Strong communication skills

Change management skills

Collaboration in interdisciplinary settings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

We are seeking a Director, IT to define the organization's main technological directions, ensure the consistency and security of its digital environments, and support the team's scientific mission by creating a solid and scalable technological framework.

Key responsibilities

• Define LawZero's technological vision and strategy, in line with its research and innovation mission.
• Develop a secure, reliable, and scalable IT environment, adapted to the needs of a scientific team.
• Represent the technology function to external partners and ensure the consistency of IT decisions.
• Supervise and grow the IT team, developing skills and collaboration within the group.
• Work in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments to support system performance and the availability of GPUs necessary for research.
• Support researchers in their projects by ensuring the availability and performance of computing, collaboration, and storage tools.
• Establish best practices for cybersecurity, data governance, and sensitive information access management.
• Oversee the entire IT project lifecycle, from strategic planning to implementation and continuous improvement.

Skills and qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Sciences, or a related field.
• Confirmed experience in IT leadership or management, ideally in a developing or transforming environment.
• Expertise in HPC and GPU environments, with an understanding of distributed computing and virtualization architectures.
• Demonstrated experience in managing a growing team, with the ability to develop talent and structure IT functions.
• Strategic vision and understanding of technological issues related to AI, cybersecurity, and data governance.
• Ability to build from a developing context, lay solid foundations, and support growth.
• Aptitude for collaborating with scientists, researchers, and engineers in an interdisciplinary setting.
• Excellent communication, popularization (explaining complex concepts simply), and change management skills.
• Natural leadership, technical rigor, and a taste for collaboration.

What we offer

• The opportunity to contribute to a unique mission with a major impact
• A minimum of 20 days vacation per year upon start
• A minimum retirement savings employer contribution of 4%
• Generous flexible benefits designed to contribute to your well-being
• A team of passionate experts in their field
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment with offices in the heart of Little Italy, in the trendy Mile-Ex district, close to public transportation

About LawZero

LawZero is a non-profit organization committed to advancing research and creating technical solutions that enable safe-by-design AI systems. Its scientific direction is based on new research and methods proposed by Professor Yoshua Bengio, the most cited AI researcher in the world. Based in Montreal, LawZero’s research aims to build non-agentic AI that learns primarily to understand the world rather than to act in it, giving truthful answers to questions based on transparent and externalized probabilistic reasoning. Such AI systems could be used to accelerate scientific discovery, to provide oversight for agentic AI systems, and to advance the understanding of AI risks and how to avoid them. LawZero believes that AI should be cultivated as a global public good—developed and used safely towards human flourishing. For more information, visit www.lawzero.org

You belong here

At LawZero, diversity is important to us. We value a work environment that is fair, open and respectful of differences. We welcome applications from highly qualified individuals interested in working towards our mission in a respectful, inclusive and collaborative setting.