AI Technology Lead

Golin is on a mission to become the first fully AI-integrated global communications agency. We are looking for an AI Technology Lead, to join our global AI leadership team and support our agency's transformation, driving innovation and excellence in AI strategy and implementation.

The ideal candidate will bring expertise in AI and machine learning technologies, with experience designing and implementing both homegrown and third-party AI solutions, and a passion for leveraging AI to drive significant business outcomes for our agency and clients. Reporting to our Chief AI Officer (CAIO), you will help architect and implement a comprehensive, multi-year AI technology strategy to modernize Golin for the AI age. We are looking for someone who will build our AI infrastructure utilizing our third-party tools and partner with vendors to implement AI offerings throughout the organization.

You will collaborate with our existing tech partners such as Microsoft, Adobe, and niche providers to keep a close eye on product enhancements and ensure we're getting the most from our existing AI investments. You will partner with IT, legal and other stakeholders from our parent company, Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), to help influence and take advantage of centralized AI solutions and strategic partnerships in the future.

And you'll identify and evaluate startups and other emerging technology providers, creating a pipeline of partners who can help us put innovative solutions into the hands of our teams and clients faster, often without cumbersome and costly in-house development. We are looking for someone who can help us move quickly - and carefully - to make Golin's use of AI technologies a sustainable competitive advantage and further accelerate our industry-leading work.

If you have a passion for solving marketing, PR and business challenges through creative application of technology, extensive knowledge of AI and how to implement it, and a collaborative make-it-happen working style, we want to talk with you.

Please note: We are open to candidates located in Chicago, Dallas, or New York.

What You'll Do:

• Support our Chief AI Officer, working with the CAIO and other agency leaders to identify business or process improvement needs which could be addressed with AI technology
• Architect a multi-year AI technology strategy to support the agency's rapid evolution
• Identify, evaluate and collaborate with leading technology companies, internal IPG stakeholders, sister agencies, and a variety of Golin partners to identify needs, select technology, and implement it efficiently and effectively
• Assess agency's existing IP and identify opportunities to enhance our products and services with the assistance of AI
• Collaborate on development of new agency products and services, providing technology counsel to support the needs of our teams and clients
• Partner with internal data experts to harness Golin, third-party and client-owned data in future AI-powered technology solutions
• Work hand in hand with our global AI training director to ensure new AI technologies aren't just sourced and implemented, but also extensively used
• Stay informed on any changes in what our technology vendors offer, ensuring the agency and individual craft communities are taking full advantage of the latest and greatest from each vendor.
• Evaluate new solutions from other vendors with unique/niche AI solutions, identifying what we should be testing and potentially deploying, across the agency or smaller craft specialist teams next.
• Design AI governance frameworks to address ethical considerations, regulatory compliance, and security protocols.
• Partner with leadership, IT, Legal, and integrated teams to ensure proper and consistent usage of tools, compliance, in support of the company's overall AI strategy.
• Measure the ROI of technology investments and constantly optimize our spend for greatest results

What You Have:

• Bachelor's degree, and up to 10 years' related technology management experience, ideally in at least one of the following industries: Public Relations, Advertising, Digital Media Communications, Creative agency, or similar communications-related or professional services field.
• Experience building AI infrastructure utilizing third-party tools and investigating new tools that address business needs.
• Skilled in working with leaders to identify business or process improvement needs which can be addressed with AI and related technologies.
• Experience collaborating with software, hardware and other tech vendors, specifically Microsoft, Adobe, Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, evaluating offerings and ensuring organizations are taking full advantage of company investments.
• Expertise in AI and machine learning technologies and in delivering innovative AI solutions.
• Practiced in researching, evaluating, and identifying the best technology to support various agency, business, client, and team needs.
• Deep expertise with Microsoft's AI solutions, specifically Copilot, with knowledge of creating custom AI assistants tailored for unique tasks, with Copilot Studio or other authoring solutions.
• Strong AI, digital and technical acumen, with an ability to oversee large scale implementation solutions, on time and on budget.
• Demonstrated leadership in guiding teams at all levels in utilizing AI and AI best practices.
• Deep knowledge of AI governance principles, implementation methodologies, ethical considerations, regulatory compliance, and security protocols.
• Deep seated experience formulating effective strategic business plans, establishing trust, fulfilling organizational objectives and business goals, in a complex and fast-paced organization.
• Experience working across an integrated team, with a collaborative and proactive demeanor, delivering big-picture thinking and trusted subject matter expertise, with a passion for mentorship, and sharing innovative and fresh ideas.
• Excellent leadership, presentation, communication and project management skills.

About Golin:

Golin is a progressive public relations agency designed to reach a profoundly diverse global market. Our ambition is to not only adapt to the rapidly evolving landscape of AI but to lead the charge. We are committed to upskilling our workforce and integrating AI into our daily work to maximize the value we deliver to our clients.

Together, we discover powerful human truths that bind us, create with bravery, and collaborate inclusively and obsessively. Golin's 1700 global employees operate across 50+ offices worldwide, allowing us to provide our clients with comprehensive solutions for multi-market, regional and global communications programs.

Recently named 2024 PRWeek's Agency of the Year,we tend to Go All In, in everything we do. We're especially committed to going all in for our people. We challenge our employees to be courageously happy and have empowered them to do so by offering our LifeTime benefits program. LifeTime offers flexible time off, enhanced family care, generous health and wellness benefits, workplace hybrid flexibility, and a monthly LifeTime stipend for the gym or hobbies.

Our expertise ranges from brand-building and cutting-edge digital content to corporate reputation, healthcare advocacy and measurement. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey through our collaborative G4 Model to deliver maximum impact for clients. Our roster includes many of the largest CPG, retail, food, healthcare technology and consumer service companies in the world.

Salary range: $150,000 - $175,000

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations.

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.

Golin is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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