Director of AI Enablement

Crunchyroll; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary plus performance bonus

Flexible time off

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

HSA program

Job summary

Crunchyroll seeks a Director of AI Enablement to lead its enterprise-wide AI Enablement function and accelerate how AI is adopted across the company. This role works directly with teams to understand current workflows and redesign them with AI, agents, and automation to drive measurable value.

Reporting to the Head of Executive Office, you will own the AI enablement agenda, build a lean team, collaborate with Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Data & Insights, IT, and external AI partners, and

Responsibilities

• Lead the AI Enablement function across Crunchyroll, partnering with Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Data & Insights, IT, and other teams to turn AI opportunities into practical solutions.
• Own the company-wide AI Enablement strategy, roadmap, priorities, and operating model.
• Design repeatable approaches, playbooks, and patterns to scale AI use cases and workflows across functions.
• Develop and supervise a lean AI Enablement team, setting priorities and ensuring delivery of high-impact initiatives.
• Identify, evaluate, and manage external AI experts, vendors, and partners to accelerate capability-building and adoption.

Job description

• We’re looking for a Director of AI Enablement to lead Crunchyroll’s enterprise-wide AI Enablement function and accelerate how AI gets adopted across the company
• This is not a traditional transformation or change-management role. We are looking for someone who can work directly with teams to understand how work gets done today, identify where AI and agents can materially improve or redesign those workflows, and turn those opportunities into practical solutions
• Reporting to the Head of Executive Office, you will own the AI Enablement agenda across Crunchyroll. You will lead a lean team, partner closely with Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Data, and other functions, and bring in external AI expertise where it can accelerate progress
• The mandate is designed to evolve. Success means building the capabilities, workflows, tools, and operating muscle so AI becomes embedded in how teams work across Crunchyroll
• Own Crunchyroll’s enterprise-wide AI Enablement strategy, roadmap, priorities, and operating model
• Work directly with teams across Crunchyroll to understand their workflows, identify high-value AI opportunities, and redesign how work gets done using AI, agents, and automation
• Translate business problems into clear AI use cases and workflows, moving opportunities from discovery to prototype, implementation, and adoption
• Help teams determine where AI can create meaningful value, including when to use simple AI tools, agentic workflows, automation, or deeper technical solutions
• Partner with Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Data & Insights, IT, and other technical teams to move solutions from concept into scalable, secure, and production-ready applications
• Own the company-wide AI learning and capability-building agenda, ensuring teams have the right programs, resources, experiences, and expertise to build practical AI fluency and apply it to their work
• Identify, screen, and manage external AI experts, vendors, and partners who can accelerate capability-building, workflow redesign, and solution delivery
• Build repeatable approaches, playbooks, and patterns that allow successful AI use cases and workflows to scale across functions
• Establish the milestones, metrics, and governance for AI adoption and report progress through the Executive Office’s existing operating cadence
• Lead and develop a lean, high-performing AI Enablement team, setting priorities and concentrating resources on the highest-impact opportunities
• Build networks and communities of practice across the company that help AI expertise and successful ways of working spread beyond the central team
• Stay close to developments across AI, agentic systems, tools, and platforms, and translate what matters into practical opportunities for Crunchyroll
• The Executive Office enables enterprise alignment, executive execution, and strategic acceleration, working to keep Crunchyroll’s highest-priority work moving with clarity and speed
• AI Enablement sits within the Executive Office and serves as the company-wide capability responsible for accelerating practical AI adoption across Crunchyroll. The team works across functions to identify opportunities, redesign workflows, build organizational capability, and connect teams with the technology and expertise needed to put AI into practice

Benefits

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan, with employer match
• Health Saving Account HSA program
• Support program for new parents
• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

• Technical fluency in GenAI, AI agents, automation, APIs, data, and enterprise technology, without needing to be the person who builds the solution
• Strong ability to understand how a team works today, identify where AI can create value, and define a better way of working
• Track record of redesigning multiple complex, manual workflows using AI, agents, and automation, with measurable business impact
• Experience translating business needs into clear AI use cases and workflow designs that Engineering, ML, Data, or other technical teams can build and scale
• MBA or other advanced business degree preferred, but not required
• 12+ years of experience, starting in engineering, computer science, software development, or a similar technical field before moving into strategy, management consulting, business transformation, or AI enablement
• Experience setting AI priorities and taking initiatives from opportunity identification through implementation, adoption, and results
• Strong judgment about when to use existing AI tools, agents, automation, or more complex technical solutions
• Proven experience leading enterprise AI enablement or AI transformation across multiple teams or functions
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work across business and technical teams
• Experience leading small, high-performing teams