Senior Director, AI Platforms & Ops

NY 411; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sports broadcasting is seeking a Senior Director of AI Platforms & Ops in New York City. This critical role involves overseeing the development of the AI control plane and foundational infrastructure while leading a team dedicated to ensuring safe, scalable AI deployment across operations. Candidates should have 10+ years of experience in platform engineering or large-scale systems and a deep understanding of AI/ML operational challenges. Excellent leadership skills and experience in compliance and governance are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in platform engineering or large-scale systems.
• Experience in building AI gateways or service platforms.
• Understanding of AI/ML systems, including operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the AI control plane and foundational infrastructure.
• Build and manage a high-performing team that ensures compliance and security.
• Establish governance frameworks and optimize costs related to AI systems.

Skills

Platform engineering

AI gateways or service platforms

Observability and monitoring

FinOps

Leadership

Security and compliance

AI/ML systems expertise

Job description

Overview

This is a Full Time position in the field of Live Broadcast / Sports / TV News / Technical Operations, located in New York, NY.

THE POSITION: We are hiring a Senior Director of AI Platforms & Ops to lead the development of FanDuel’s AI control plane and foundational infrastructure. This role is responsible for building and operating the foundation that makes AI safe, scalable, and production-ready across the enterprise. You will lead teams responsible for everything from model access and orchestration to governance, monitoring, and cost control. You will partner closely with Forward Deployed AI teams, AI Software Engineering, Security, Legal, MarTech, Ops, and Data to ensure that AI systems can be deployed quickly without compromising reliability, compliance, or trust. Success in this role means accelerating AI adoption across FanDuel while maintaining strong guardrails and operational excellence. In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN

Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Scale the team and roadmap: Build and lead a high-performing team while defining the long-term vision for AI Platforms. Create platforms that allow teams to move fast while ensuring compliance, security, and reliability.
• Build the AI control plane: Own the systems that govern how AI is accessed, orchestrated, and managed across FanDuel. Oversee the AI Gateway, MCP Registry, Agent + Skills Marketplaces, and Firewall, ensuring safe and scalable integration of models and tools.
• Own governance, compliance, trust & safety: Establish best-in-class tracing, monitoring, and debugging for AI systems in production. Build and operationalize GRC frameworks for AI usage, including risk reviews, auditability, and policy enforcement. Establish a scalable Trust, Safety, and Red Teaming swat team focused on how we believe and how we break AI tools, ensuring AI systems meet standards for responsible use, content safety, and user protection.
• Optimize cost and performance: Lead FinOps for AI, including usage tracking, cost controls, and efficiency optimization. Own enterprise license strategy and vendor relationships across model providers and tooling.
• Partner across the organization: Work closely with FDE and AI SWE teams to ensure platform capabilities align with real-world needs.

Experience

THE STATS: What we\'re looking for in our next teammate

• Have 10+ years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or large-scale systems, having led platform or infrastructure teams at scale, ideally in data or AI environments.
• Have experience building or managing systems related to: AI gateways or service platforms, developer platforms, observability, monitoring, and/or FinOps.
• Understand AI/ML systems, including LLMs and their operational challenges.
• Have experience working with security, compliance, or regulated environments.
• Are comfortable operating at both strategic and deeply technical levels.
• Can balance speed, cost, and risk in a fast-moving environment.
• Are an effective leader who can build teams and influence across functions.

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