Director, Product Automation

dentsu; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

ICUC is seeking a Director of Product Automation to own the automation and AI strategy across our services, from community management to social listening. This founding role requires building the function from the ground up and partnering with leadership to shape market positioning.

You will pilot tools, design scalable automation, and measure impact on efficiency, quality, and margins. A product mindset will help transform automation into a client-centric offering.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building or scaling a product, automation, or AI strategy function.
• Track record delivering measurable operational impact through automation or AI initiatives.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with marketing, delivery, and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own ICUC's automation and AI strategy across products and services.
• Translate automation capabilities into go-to-market messaging and client value.
• Lead across delivery, operations, and client success to drive adoption of tools and workflows.
• Build and champion a narrative for AI-enabled, human-powered service delivery.

Skills

Product strategy automation

Automation

AI/tech strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Martech familiarity

Tools

Martech platforms

Job description

## Director, Product AutomationApply: USA - Remote – Florida – Central Time: USA – Remote – Michigan – Central Time: USA – Remote – Texas – Central Time: USA - Remote - South Carolina: USA - Remote - Colorado: Full time: Posted Today: R1132804**Job Description:****Recruiting Job Description**ICUC is the global leader in Social Media solutions for over 20 years. To date, the ICUC team consists of over 350 people, in over 35 countries, covering 50 languages around the clock. In an environment where the only constant is change, we create common ground between brands and audiences across communities and social media. Fueled by a unique culture built in and around meritocracy, we bring the passion, the know-how and the balance necessary to maintain the charted course we set for ourselves: to be the best, we employ the best. Are you ready to be part of the ICUC team? **The Role**ICUC is creating a new leadership role to own our automation and AI strategy across the business. This is a product and innovation mandate, not a workforce-efficiency one: the Director, Product Automation is responsible for how AI and automation get built into the actual work we do for clients — community management, strategy, insights, monitoring, and social listening, so our teams can work faster, with more precision, and with sharper focus on the client. This is a founding, leadership-level position. You'll set the vision and build the function from the ground up, working closely across leadership to make sure ICUC's AI and automation strategy is as strong internally as it is in how we tell that story to the market. **What You'll Be Doing****Automation & AI Strategy*** Own ICUC's automation and AI strategy as it applies to our products and service delivery* Evaluate, pilot, and select tools and technologies that make our core services - community management, strategy, insights, monitoring, and social listening - faster, more precise, and more scalable, without compromising the quality clients expect.* Define a standardized, scalable automation blueprint for ICUC's service offerings, rather than one-off, client-by-client fixes.* Build the reporting infrastructure needed to measure automation impact including efficiency gains, quality, and margin — across our platform ecosystem.* Bring a product mindset to this work: treat automation and AI capability as a product to be designed, tested, and iterated, not a back-office project. **Cross-Functional Leadership*** Partner closely with Operations, Product Marketing and Growth to translate our internal automation and AI capability into external go-to-market positioning and messaging.* Collaborate with Marketing to align messaging with ICUC's broader brand and content strategy.* Work across delivery, operations, and client success teams to ensure new tools and workflows are adopted in practice, not just approved in theory. **Organizational Leadership*** Represent automation and AI strategy at the leadership table, helping shape how ICUC positions itself against AI-native competitors and evolving client expectations.* Build and champion a clear, company-wide narrative for what \"AI-enabled, human-powered\" means at ICUC, internally and externally.* Mentor and influence teams across the business to build automation literacy and confidence, without a large direct team of your own at the outset. **What You Bring to the Table*** Proven experience building or scaling a product, automation, or AI/technology strategy function, ideally within a services, agency, or martech environment.* A track record of taking automation or AI capability from concept to measurable operational impact.* Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; comfortable partnering with marketing, delivery, and executive stakeholders who may have different priorities.* Familiarity with social media, community management, or social listening platforms is a strong asset.* Experience navigating the reporting and data limitations of enterprise martech platforms and building workarounds or systems to close those gaps.* A genuine product-innovation mindset: curious about tools and technology but always tying it back to what makes the client experience better.* Comfortable operating as a founding leader in a new function - able to build structure and process without waiting for someone else to define it. **Additional information:****Additional information:****Vacancy**: Is this posting for the purposes of filling an existing vacancy? **Yes** The salary range is $110k-$135k USD. Actual hourly pay within the hourly range will be based on a variety of factors including location, relevant experience, knowledge, and skills. **AI Disclosure**: [dentsu] utilizes artificial intelligence tools as part of its recruitment process, as during the sourcing and screening stages. All other parts of the dentsu application and hiring processes do not utilize artificial intelligence tools.*At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.* **Ready to Join the Team?**If you’re all about social media, community vibes, and crafting content that connects apply now! #LI-NC1#LI-ICUC#LI-Remote **Location:**USA - Remote – Florida – Central Time**Brand:**Icuc**Time Type:**Full time**Contract Type:**Permanent