Head of IT Systems & AI Platforms

Asana, Inc.

San Francisco (CA)

Hybrid

USD 252,000 - 296,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Asana, Inc. is seeking a Head of IT Systems Engineering in San Francisco to lead teams delivering identity, endpoints, and SaaS platform management. You will shape strategy and architecture, partnering with security, privacy, and legal to govern AI usage and vendor risk.

This role guides multi-team collaboration across Client Platform Engineering, Application Engineering, and Identity & Integrations. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in IT with 5+ years leading engineers, hands-on IAM expertise,

Qualifications

10+ years IT experience with 5+ years leading teams of systems/software engineers
Strong knowledge of cloud-based identity, SSO, SAML, SCIM
Experience with hosted cloud apps (Okta, Google Workspace, Asana, Figma, Slack)
Governance for emerging tech including AI usage policy and vendor risk

Responsibilities

Lead Client Platform Engineering, Application Engineering, Identity & Integrations teams
Own strategy and operations of endpoint, SaaS app management, and user lifecycle
Drive AI strategy and governance for platforms like Claude, Gemini, OpenAI
Set client platform standards and ensure performance, patching, and compliance
Collaborate with Security, Legal, and Privacy on AI usage policies