Director, AI Vendor Integrations & Standards

Role overview Lead the enterprise process for assessing third-party AI products and ensuring they fit required architecture, interoperability, and control standards. You will oversee vendor reviews from intake through ongoing use, guide integration decisions, and represent technical requirements in evaluations and vendor discussions. The role combines team leadership with close partnership across governance, security, procurement, legal, and technology functions.

Responsibilities - Direct intake reviews for new vendor AI, AI features added to existing products, and changes in vendor offerings; coordinate risk and governance reviews before contracting or deployment. - Lead due diligence on vendors’ models, agent behavior, data use, testing, lineage, retention, privacy handling, subprocessors, and incident response. - Assess and document how each solution fits the enterprise AI environment, including agent frameworks, model gateways, and observability controls; identify gaps and remediation needs. - Set and monitor integration standards for protocols, APIs, model routing, version changes, telemetry, and cost tracking. - Establish evaluation methods for competitive assessments, including scoring, evidence expectations, architecture fit, and recommendations. - Lead a team and represent technical requirements in vendor evaluations, relationship management, and contract negotiations.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree and at least seven years of related experience, including management experience, or equivalent demonstrated capability. - Ability to lead technical assessments and define standards for integration and interoperability. - Experience coordinating work across governance, security, procurement, legal, business, and technology stakeholders. - U.S. work authorization that does not require employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. - Ability to travel for business two to three times per quarter.

Nice to have Experience assessing and implementing vendor solutions, particularly AI products, and building evaluation processes across a large organization.

Benefits and work setup Remote within the United States, with quarterly business travel. The listed annual pay range is $146,000–$269,600. Benefits may include health coverage, retirement and stock purchase plans, tuition support, paid time off, and holidays; eligibility and compensation depend on individual circumstances.