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About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

The position

At Remote, the Director of IT & AI Automation lead our IT Engineering team to enable Remoters to do their best work through innovative automation and AI solutions. We focus on automating processes across all teams and implementing cutting-edge AI tools to enhance productivity. This management role requires strategic vision to guide our IT architecture with scalability in mind, while maintaining our core principle: "Be invisible when you can be and unmissable when you should be."

You'll empower your team, provide strategic direction, and work cross-functionally with teams throughout Remote to advance our mission of making employment truly borderless.

What you'll do

Define and lead Remote’s IT strategy, including AI and automation adoption, scalable infrastructure, and the employee experience roadmap.
Drive technical innovation by deploying generative AI tools (e.g. Claude for Work, ChatGPT Enterprise, Google Gemini) to streamline workflows, reduce friction, and elevate productivity.
Design automation-first solutions, using APIs, custom integrations, and low/no-code platforms to reduce manual overhead and boost efficiency across teams.
Be a hands-on leader, solving complex technical challenges while mentoring engineers by example—not just direction.
Establish best practices and guardrails for the safe and ethical use of AI tools at scale.
Own foundational IT architecture decisions, focusing on modern device management, identity access, and zero-trust security for a globally distributed workforce.
Partner cross-functionally to anticipate IT needs, unlock strategic leverage, and champion solutions before problems arise.
Build and nurture a high-performing, remote-first IT team grounded in curiosity, experimentation, documentation, and service excellence.
Shape the evolution of IT Engineering at Remote, complex conventional perceptions of IT and pioneering innovative approaches to support a fully distributed workforce.

Requirements

A strategic and technical leader with deep experience in cloud infrastructure, SaaS ecosystems, and global device/identity management.
A builder—comfortable rolling up your sleeves to create automations, systems, and integrations that scale.
Experienced in generative AI and automation platforms—understanding their capabilities, limitations, and responsible usage.
A collaborative partner who communicates clearly and works well across all departments.
Skilled at managing ambiguity and change, with the ability to set clear priorities in fast-moving environments.
Known for your high agency—you anticipate problems, identify opportunities, and take ownership.
A mentor and continuous learner, committed to growing both your team and your own expertise.
A strong communicator with excellent written and verbal English skills.
Bonus: Prior experience in a remote-first environment is highly valued.

Practicals

You'll report to: VP of Engineering
Team: IT Engineering
Location: EMEA
Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is $72,300 USD to $162,700 USD. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

Application process

Interview with recruiter
Interview with future manager
Interview with main stakeholders
Executive Interview
Prior employment verification check

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At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is

$72,300 - $162,700 USD

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

work from anywhere
flexible paid time off
flexible working hours (we are async)
16 weeks paid parental leave
mental health support services
stock options
learning budget
home office budget & IT equipment
budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
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If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

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Director of IT & AI Automation

About Remote

The position

What you'll do

Requirements

Practicals

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Application process

Benefits

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

How to apply

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