Director of IT & AI Innovation at Progressive Staffing LLC
Buffalo, NY
$150,000–$190,000
Jul 12, 2026
Buffalo, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior leadership role at a Western New York manufacturer, responsible for both day-to-day IT operations across global sites and driving the organization's AI adoption from concept through deployment. The position owns the Odoo MRP system, manages network security and cloud infrastructure, leads an IT team, and is expected to identify and implement AI tools that improve sales, engineering, finance, and marketing workflows. Suits an experienced IT professional with a manufacturing background and hands-on AI implementation experience.
Senior level · 5+ years · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $150,000–$190,000
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 20 people in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 8–25
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $176,447 (middle half $141,474–$211,716). 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)
Location is described as 'WNY' (Western New York); mapped to the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY CBSA. No specific city is named, but WNY strongly implies the Buffalo metro area.
The title is 'Director,' which typically implies Principal-level framing, but the actual requirements (5+ years IT experience, 1-3 years leadership) support only a Senior-level scope — a relatively modest gate for a Director title.
Windows and Linux are listed together as a single 'Windows/Linux' requirement; emitted as two separate skills since both are distinct operating environments the candidate is expected to know, with each listed as an alternative for the other to reflect the combined phrasing.
AWS and Azure are listed together ('AWS/Azure cloud systems'); emitted as one skill (AWS) with Azure as an alternative, reflecting that either cloud platform satisfies the requirement.
AI tools/implementation is a core responsibility and explicitly called out under required skills ('Expert computer skills'); captured as a required skill. No specific AI platform or framework is named.
Manufacturing or engineered products background is listed as preferred, not required — omitted from the skills list as it is domain context rather than a named technology.
The role is 100% in-office with no relocation available; remote is set to false.
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