Nexus Cognitive

Head of IT

Atlanta HQ · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 69 days ago

AzureAgentic AICybersecurityMicrosoft DefenderNegotiationLogisticsProcurementPerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

Ensure consistent provisioning and deprovisioning of access, devices, and accounts across the organization.
Establish IT policies, standards, and service levels for a distributed workforce (US + India).
Plan and execute projects with clear timelines, change management, and minimal business disruption.

Design and manage streamlined onboarding and offboarding workflows leveraging Rippling IT.
Own device lifecycle management, including procurement, inventory tracking, and hardware refresh cycles for Mac and Windows fleets.
Maintain accurate asset records and optimize refresh schedules to balance cost and performance.
Evaluate and implement AI security controls and tooling to protect against emerging risks.
This role is both hands-on and strategic-you will run day-to-day IT operations, manage vendor performance, and partner closely with Security and Compliance to maintain strong controls without slowing the business.
Partner with Security to establish governance around AI tool usage and data protection.
Develop and maintain IT policies that support business growth while ensuring security and compliance.

10+ years of progressive IT experience, including ownership of corporate IT in a scaling environment.
Proven experience leading hands-on IT operations.

Experience leading collaboration migrations (M365 ↔ Google Workspace, Teams ↔ Slack).
Familiarity with endpoint security tooling (for example, Microsoft Defender) and partnering with Security teams.
Experience with AI security governance and tooling.
Experience in a product and engineering-driven company.
Service-oriented, high ownership, and comfortable being the escalation point.
Pragmatic and cost-aware, with strong vendor negotiation instincts.
If this role sounds like a great fit - or even close to one - we'd love to hear from you.

85+ open-source tools pre-integrated.
AI-native automations that deploy and self-heal the stack without human toil.
It's working, and fast.
Our platform processes credit risk data for 90%+ of US small businesses - 40M+ - every month.
Intent signals for 300M+ subscribers monthly for Africa's largest telco.
The data and AI layer for a Top 3 US bank.
A collaborative team culture built on curiosity and respect
Challenging work where your contributions clearly matter
A leadership team that invests in learning and development
The opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud, data, and AI innovation

You will build a high-trust, high-velocity IT function supporting a fast-growing, engineering-heavy company with employees across the US and India.

We're the converged data platform for the AI era - composable by design, built on an open-source foundation, and AI-native from the ground up.
We are hiring an in-house IT leader to own corporate IT delivery as we scale.

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