Managing Director Of Technology - Vancouver

Human Agency

Vancouver, Canada
On-site
Lead technical delivery for enterprise clients
Build repeatable delivery systems
Hire and develop engineering team
Human Agency is an AI-native consultancy that builds, ships, and operates alongside our clients, embedding inside enterprise organizations to deploy production AI systems

Job Summary

  • Human Agency is an AI-native consultancy that builds, ships, and operates alongside our clients, embedding inside enterprise organizations to deploy production AI systems.
  • This role requires a Managing Director of Technology to own the technical side of the house, leading client delivery, making architecture calls, building the engineering team, and being the technical voice in C-suite discussions.
  • The ideal candidate can move between writing production code and presenting to a client’s CEO in the same week, and is energized by building a company, not just writing code.

Matching Summary

Human Agency is an AI-native consultancy that builds, ships, and operates alongside our clients, embedding inside enterprise organizations to deploy production AI systems.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Lead technical delivery for enterprise clients
  • Build repeatable delivery systems
  • Hire and develop engineering team
  • Own platform and infrastructure decisions
  • Shape AI strategy through shipping experience

Nice-to-have

  • Experience scaling a startup
  • Services or consultancy model experience
  • Network of engineers

Key Requirements

  • Shipped AI/ML systems in production
  • Led technical team of at least 5 people
  • Explain technical trade-offs to non-technical executives
  • Strong opinions on AI architecture grounded in hands-on experience
  • Comfortable getting into the weeds
  • Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and engineering practices

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Independent Contractor for Canadian Applicants

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