Headspace
Director, AI Enablement
Remote - United States; San Francisco - Hybrid · Director · Full-time
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About the role
- You bring strong judgment, a bias toward learning, and a commitment to responsible AI.
- You're willing to challenge defaults, run smart experiments, and unblock teams while staying inside responsible AI guardrails.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead Headspace's enterprise AI enablement strategy, roadmap, and operating model, aligning investments and priorities to company goals, member outcomes, and measurable business impact.
- Partner with the COO/Founder, executive team, and senior leadership team to identify high-value opportunities for AI across the business and turn them into a focused, transparent, and scalable portfolio of work.
- Own AI intake and prioritization: triage requests, refine problem statements, size value, and maintain a transparent queue.
- Lead AI initiatives end-to-end (discovery → pilot → launch), aligning scope, milestones, success metrics, and stakeholders. Own the outcome and drive real impact by building.
- Lead a high-impact team, while also leading/influencing crossfunctionally to coach talent and build the organizational muscle needed to scale AI adoption, experimentation, and responsible execution over time.
- Drive cross-functional alignment with senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, Security, Procurement, and functional leadership to accelerate delivery while managing risk appropriately.
- Define the enterprise standards, frameworks, and guardrails for AI vendor evaluation, implementation, and use, including build-versus-buy recommendations, governance pathways, and responsible AI practices.
- Drive Headspace's AI enablement capability through scalable programs such as leadership engagement, functional playbooks, training, office hours, and champion networks that increase fluency and adoption across teams.
- We live them daily: Make the Mission Matter, Iterate to Great, Own the Outcome, and Connect with Courage.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in product management/operations, technical program management, business operations, strategy, digital transformation, or related roles delivering software/AI projects end-to-end.
- Strong aptitude of AI concepts (LLMs/agents, common tradeoffs, prototype→pilot→scale lifecycle) and ability to translate technical constraints into clear timelines and decision points.
- Ability to define, interpret, and act on adoption and outcome metrics
- comfort with dashboards (Looker, Tableau, etc.)
- Experience evaluating AI use cases through a business lens, including feasibility, value, risk, adoption readiness, and return on investment.
- Strong analytical and operational rigor, with the ability to define success metrics, assess outcomes, and make clear prioritization decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complexity into crisp recommendations, executive updates, and change-ready messaging.
- Required Skills:
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills:
Skills
- Demonstrated success influencing and partnering with executive leaders and senior stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization.
- Ability to define, interpret, and act on adoption and outcome metrics; comfort with dashboards (Looker, Tableau, etc.)
- Experience with vendor selection, contract evaluation, and budget or portfolio management for AI tools and platforms.
- Familiarity with change management approaches that help organizations adopt new tools and ways of working at scale.
- Relevant certifications in program management, product management, change management, or AI-related disciplines (PMP/CSM/AI certificates).
- Candidates must permanently reside in the US full-time.
- Your recruiter will share more details about our hybrid model.
Compensation
- The anticipated new hire base salary range for this full-time position is $138,600-$220,000 + equity + benefits.
Benefits
- The chance to shape what mental health care looks like next
- Competitive pay and benefits that support your whole self
- The anticipated new hire base salary range for this full-time position is $138,600-$220,000 + equity + benefits.
- At Headspace, base salary is but one component of our Total Rewards package.
- Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.
- Headspace exists to provide every person access to lifelong mental health support.
- They're our shared commitment to building a more connected, human-centered team-one that's redefining how mental health care supports people today and for generations to come.
- Within this range, individual compensation is determined by a candidate's location as well as a range of factors including but not limited to: unique relevant experience, job-related skills, and education or training.
Company info
- Our salary ranges are based on the job, level, and location, and reflect the lowest to highest geographic markets where we are hiring for this role within the United States.
- At Headspace, our values aren't just what we believe, they're how we work, grow, and make an impact together.
- Act as a strategic thought partner and visible leader for AI adoption at Headspace, helping shape a culture that is ambitious, practical, and grounded in safety, privacy, and our values.
- A culture that's collaborative, inclusive, and grounded in our values
- These values shape our decisions, guide our collaborations, and define our culture.
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