Director of IT & AI

Develop and execute Emesent’s multi-year IT strategy aligned to business growth and operational priorities. 

Lead and grow the IT function, building a high-performing and service-oriented team. 

Oversee corporate IT infrastructure including networks, WiFi, corporate systems, SaaS platforms, internal engineering VM compute clusters, and Microsoft/Linux environments. 

Improve reliability, recoverability, and governance across the IT ecosystem. 

Lead disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives, including offsite backups and infrastructure resilience. 

Drive identity and access management improvements, including Microsoft IdP integrations with SaaS platforms and AWS environments. 

Responsibility for Emesent’s AI Governance Framework, including the AI policy and principles. 

Support the operational rollout of AI tools and capabilities across the business. 

Enable teams to safely adopt AI technologies and workflows, including internal AI and AI-created tools for business operations. 

Administer and govern AI platforms such as Claude Code and other emerging AI technologies. 

Execute the operational requirements of Emesent’s AI Governance Framework, including AI registers, audit support, and tool governance. 

Partner closely with the future Cybersecurity Director to manage and uplift the technology and governance elements of our security posture. 

Support cybersecurity framework compliance assessments and audits. 

Contribute to Defence-readiness and supply chain assurance considerations across technology decisions. 

This role does not have responsibility for Emesent’s products’ cybersecurity posture. 

Improve reliability across wired and wireless networks. 

Perform a BIA and review/uplift the BC/DR capability across IT systems. 

Establish scalable identity and access management practices. 

Review, implement and maintain the new AI governance framework. 

Assess capability gaps and set up the IT function appropriately. 

Finalise key hires and define the right balance between internal capability and external partnerships. 

Build an operating model that supports Emesent’s scale and customer expectations. 

Develop a board-ready IT strategy informed by business growth, AI adoption, and security priorities. 

Establish strong practices and enable adoption of AI governance. 

Collaborate with the Director of Cybersecurity to define and execute the Cybersecurity Program