Horizon3AI
Director of IT Engineering
$218K–$256K
US, Remote · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 10+ years in IT; at least 5+ years in people leadership.
About the job
Leads Horizon3’s internal IT strategy, operations, service delivery, and teams to provide secure, reliable technology for a global remote workforce.
What you'll do
- Set IT strategy and oversee Help Desk, IT Engineering, and business applications service delivery.
- Build and develop the IT organization, including managers, and establish operating processes and performance metrics.
- Partner with Security, Engineering, Compliance, People, and Finance on secure IT systems, employee technology workflows, budgets, vendors, and incident response.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of IT experience and 5+ years in people leadership, including managing managers and distributed or multi-site teams.
- Experience owning IT strategy and operations for a mid-sized or larger organization.
- Experience supporting remote-first or hybrid employees across time zones.
- Deep knowledge of core IT domains, including endpoint management, identity and access management, collaboration suites, ITSM, enterprise AI administration, and cloud infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience in a high-growth startup or scale-up.
- Cybersecurity or IT security background, or experience supporting federal, regulated, or public-sector customers.
Pay
$218,000 - $256,000 annually (base salary); eligible for an equity package in the form of stock options (amount not stated).
Tools
macOS, Windows, Okta, Entra, Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Jira Service Management
AI focus
Oversee enterprise AI administration and enablement, with examples including Claude, Gemini, and AWS Bedrock.
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