Director, AI Transformation & CoE

Instructure, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Instructure, Inc. is seeking a Director of AI Transformation to lead the AI Center of Excellence. You will own the system that makes Instructure AI-native: shared infra, governance, and a cross-functional roadmap to turn pilots into scalable capability. The role partners with leaders across functions and reports to the SVP, Data.

Your mission is to make Instructure the most operationally capable AI-native company in education, turning every function into a smarter, faster system each quarter.

Qualifications

• 12 or more years of experience in technology, data, or product roles, including 5 or more years leading teams.
• 2 or more years working directly with AI or machine-learning systems, including hands-on familiarity with modern AI tooling, agentic systems, and large language models.
• Deep understanding of the infrastructure, data, and security that production AI requires, including model registries, integrations, single sign-on, and data-loss prevention.
• Strong governance instincts. You know how to set guardrails for security, privacy, and quality that speed teams up rather than slow them down.
• Proven ability to influence across an organization, from individual contributors to executives, and to build coalitions in a decentralized operating model.
• A bias for clear metrics and honest reporting. You measure what matters and you tell the truth about progress.
• Experience building enablement and training programs that change how people actually work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical topics clear to non-technical audiences.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, data, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. An advanced degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and run the shared AI infrastructure — integrations, data boundaries, the approved-model registry, and a standard AI stack with single sign-on and data-loss prevention that every function can build on.
• Charter and run the governance council, and put in place the security, privacy, approval, and quality monitoring that let teams move fast without creating risk.
• Set AI COE priorities in collaboration with other departments.
• Define the standard metrics for cost, throughput, and quality, and report progress through the AI efficiency scorecard.
• Create centralized training libraries and enablement programs along with HR team, and build the place where teams share what works so the whole company benefits.
• Run a centralized-expertise, decentralized-execution model where the Center of Excellence owns the system, functions own the outcomes
• Hire, coach, and develop the Center of Excellence team, including forward-deployed AI engineers, admins etc

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Governance

Metrics & reporting

Training programs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Data/Business

Tools

Model registry

Single sign-on

Data-loss prevention

AI tooling

Job description

Instructure, Inc. is seeking a Director of AI Transformation to lead the AI Center of Excellence. You will own the system that makes Instructure AI-native: shared infra, governance, and a cross-functional roadmap to turn pilots into scalable capability. The role partners with leaders across functions and reports to the SVP, Data.

Your mission is to make Instructure the most operationally capable AI-native company in education, turning every function into a smarter, faster system each quarter.