Director of IT Engineering

horizon3ai; United States; Remote; USD 218,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health coverage

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

Fully remote

Job summary

horizon3ai is seeking a Director-level IT leader to guide internal strategy, operations, and service delivery for a global, remote-first workforce. You will oversee support, corporate systems, and infrastructure teams to ensure reliable technology with strong security controls and growth support.

The role requires setting multi-year IT strategy, leading multiple teams, and partnering with security and business functions to align IT with organizational priorities.

Qualifications

• The source describes a senior IT leadership role overseeing multiple teams and managers.
• Ability to set strategy and maintain accountability for service quality and team outcomes.
• Experience supporting a distributed workforce across endpoint, identity, collaboration, and employee technology needs.
• Ability to partner with security and compliance teams on access, device, and data protection controls.
• Skill in communicating tradeoffs, priorities, and operational progress to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set a multi-year IT strategy and roadmap aligned with organizational priorities.
• Lead the performance and outcomes of help desk, IT engineering, and business applications teams, including managers and senior staff.
• Improve service operations such as intake, prioritization, change management, incident handling, and stakeholder communications.
• Partner with security, engineering, people, and finance teams on secure systems, access controls, device compliance, and data protection.
• Guide selection and lifecycle management of identity, endpoint, collaboration, asset, and support platforms.
• Manage IT budgets, vendors, contracts, and service goals; report priorities, risks, and progress to executives.

Job description

Role overview

Lead internal IT strategy, operations, and service delivery for a global, remote-first workforce. This director-level position oversees support, corporate systems, and infrastructure teams, aiming to provide employees with reliable technology while maintaining strong security controls and supporting organizational growth.

Responsibilities

• Set a multi-year IT strategy and roadmap aligned with organizational priorities.
• Lead the performance and outcomes of help desk, IT engineering, and business applications teams, including managers and senior staff.
• Improve service operations such as intake, prioritization, change management, incident handling, and stakeholder communications.
• Partner with security, engineering, people, and finance teams on secure systems, access controls, device compliance, and data protection.
• Guide selection and lifecycle management of identity, endpoint, collaboration, asset, and support platforms.
• Manage IT budgets, vendors, contracts, and service goals; report priorities, risks, and progress to executives.

Requirements

• The source describes a senior IT leadership role overseeing multiple teams and managers.
• Ability to set strategy and maintain accountability for service quality and team outcomes.
• Experience supporting a distributed workforce across endpoint, identity, collaboration, and employee technology needs.
• Ability to partner with security and compliance teams on access, device, and data protection controls.
• Skill in communicating tradeoffs, priorities, and operational progress to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote work.
• Base salary range of $218,000–$256,000 annually, with stock options for full-time roles.
• The source also mentions health coverage, flexible vacation, and parental leave.