Director, Applied Ai Acceleration (swe)

The Walt Disney Company

Seattle, WA, USA
Base: $239,700 to $321,400 py; bonus/equity: bonus...
15+ years software engineering experience
Deep applied ai expertise with llms
Experience building teams from scratch
The role involves building a new Applied AI team from the ground up to accelerate AI adoption across The Walt Disney Company's enterprise operations

Job Summary

  • The role involves building a new Applied AI team from the ground up to accelerate AI adoption across The Walt Disney Company's enterprise operations.
  • The successful candidate will personally lead early projects to establish quality standards while recruiting and developing a distributed team of approximately 20 practitioners.
  • This position requires a unique blend of strategic vision, hands-on technical capability in AI agents, and the ability to navigate complex global enterprise stakeholders.

Matching Summary

The role involves building a new Applied AI team from the ground up to accelerate AI adoption across The Walt Disney Company's enterprise operations.

Salary

Base: $239,700 to $321,400 per year; Bonus/Equity: Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided; Benefits: Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 15+ years software engineering experience
  • Deep applied AI expertise with LLMs
  • Experience building teams from scratch
  • Hands-on AI agent development skills
  • Enterprise stakeholder management experience

Nice-to-have

  • Product mindset with user empathy
  • Bias toward action over process theater
  • Familiarity with TWDC business units
  • AI patent activity or research background
  • Management consulting or internal consulting experience

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years in software engineering or AI/ML roles
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Proven track record delivering AI products in enterprise environments

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