Director of Enterprise AI - Oakland, CA at Fictiv
Oakland, CA
$220,000–$260,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Oakland, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A director-level role responsible for shaping and executing the company's enterprise AI strategy across all business functions. The position involves building an internal AI champion network, designing enablement programs, governing the progression of AI initiatives from prototype to production, and advising executive leadership on investment priorities. It suits a seasoned technology transformation leader with strong change management experience and hands-on familiarity with enterprise AI tools.
Senior level · 12+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,350 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 2,500–4,350
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $238,011 (middle half $208,323–$320,108). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This role is a Director-level people-management position (hire and lead a team, communicate to executive leadership, own an enterprise AI portfolio) — 11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Managers is the primary fit. The alt code 15-1299 reflects that the role is also deeply hands-on with AI tooling and enablement, blurring the pure-management boundary.
The posting's 'Director' title and explicit Director-level framing were used for the level advertised in the title. The actual scope — leading a small team, reporting to leadership, owning a functional portfolio — maps to Senior on the standard IC/management ladder rather than Principal (which would imply org-wide, C-suite-adjacent authority).
Skills are largely strategic/methodological rather than named technologies. The only concrete tools called out are enterprise AI platforms (Claude, Copilot, 'or similar') listed under the requirements block; these are treated as a single hard-gated capability with named alternatives.
Manufacturing, supply chain, or industrial operations experience is explicitly called 'a big plus' — listed as preferred accordingly.
Work authorization is gated: must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (Green Card holder). This is a hard requirement not representable in the schema fields but worth flagging for recruiters.
Approximately 10% travel is required; the role is office-based in Oakland, CA — not remote.
Ignored 6 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI strategy, change management, AI governance, workflow automation, ROI / business case development, manufacturing / supply chain domain knowledge.
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