Head of AI Solutions & Creative Technology

Role Description

We are looking for a Head of AI Solutions & Creative Technology to lead how we imagine, architect, build, and deliver technology solutions. This is not a traditional engineering management position. We are looking for a creative technologist, solutions architect, AI-native developer, and technical leader in one person.

You will work directly with clients to understand their businesses, identify problems and opportunities, design better processes, architect technical solutions, rapidly prototype ideas, and lead those solutions through production.

Our development philosophy is AI-first . Approximately 90% of our development workflow leverages AI-assisted or "vibe coding" methodologies. We want someone who knows how to push AI development tools extremely hard while also having the technical depth to get under the hood, understand the underlying code, debug complex problems, challenge poor AI-generated architecture, and manually engineer a solution when necessary.

The right person will be as comfortable brainstorming an innovative client experience as they are reviewing an API integration, database structure, application architecture, or pull request.

What You'll Own

• Client Discovery & Solution Definition
  • Lead technical and solution discovery sessions with clients.
  • Translate loosely defined business challenges into clear technical opportunities.
  • Ask the questions clients may not know they need to answer.
  • Understand current business processes, systems, workflows, pain points, and constraints.
  • Map current-state and future-state business processes.
  • Identify opportunities to improve customer experiences and internal operations.
  • Recommend solutions that may include AI, automation, SaaS platforms, integrations, custom development, or combinations of each.
  • Help clients think beyond their original request when a better solution exists.
  • Clearly communicate technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Solutions Architecture
  • Own technical solution design before development begins.
  • Balance what is technically possible with what makes sense for the client's business, budget, timeline, and goals.
• AI-Native Development
  • Use modern AI development tools to dramatically accelerate the development lifecycle.
  • Rapidly create working prototypes, MVP applications, internal tools, client portals, web applications, AI-powered experiences, AI agents, API integrations, workflow automations, and proofs of concept.
  • Understand software engineering deeply enough to recognize when AI-generated code or architecture is wrong.
• Creative Technology
  • Invent solutions and think about new ways technology, AI, automation, data, design, marketing, and customer experience can work together.
  • Collaborate with marketing strategists, creatives, designers, developers, account teams, and clients.
• Business Process & Automation
  • Understand how clients currently operate and map workflows across departments and systems.
  • Identify bottlenecks and unnecessary manual processes.
  • Redesign workflows before automating them.
  • Architect automation strategies and recommend appropriate SaaS and technology platforms.
• Build vs. Buy vs. Outsource
  • Own the decision around how a technical solution should be delivered.
• Technical Leadership
  • Lead the technical resources required to deliver our projects.
  • Manage freelance and contract developers.
  • Establish technical standards and manage technical QA.
• Client Leadership
  • Be the senior technical voice in the room with our clients.
  • Run client workshops and participate in sales and discovery meetings.
• Agency & Commercial Mindset
  • Consider business outcomes, client needs, and the simplest effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in solutions architecture.
• AI-assisted software development.
• Full-stack application development.
• Creative technology.
• Business process design.
• Automation.
• Systems integration.
• API development.
• Web development.
• Client consulting.
• Technical discovery.
• Product thinking.
• Rapid prototyping.
• Technical project leadership.
• Contractor or development team management.

What We're Looking For

• Obsessed with AI-assisted development and emerging technology.
• Can rapidly turn ideas into working products.
• Thinks creatively about technology.
• Loves solving complicated business problems.
• Can move between strategy and execution.
• Understands both software and business processes.
• Is comfortable working directly with clients.
• Can communicate with both developers and CEOs.
• Likes building more than managing meetings.
• Can operate effectively with incomplete requirements.
• Enjoys experimenting.
• Constantly evaluates new AI tools.
• Takes ownership of the final outcome, not just the code.

What This Role Is Not

• This is not a traditional IT leadership role.
• This is not a position focused primarily on managing a large engineering team.
• This is not a project manager role.
• This is not a pure solutions consultant role.
• This is not a "vibe coder" role.
• This is not a developer role who waits for someone else to define what needs to be built.

How We Define Success

• Clients trust you to help solve complex business and technology problems.
• Vague ideas become clearly defined solutions.
• Working prototypes are produced rapidly.
• AI materially reduces development time and cost.
• The right technologies are selected for the right problems.
• Development resources are used efficiently.
• Contractors deliver high-quality work.
• Technical risks are identified before they become major problems.
• Projects move from concept to production quickly.
• Solutions are maintainable after launch.

The Person We're Looking For

At the simplest level, we are looking for a Creative technologist who can actually ship . If your first instinct when someone presents a difficult business problem is: "I bet we can build something for that," we want to talk to you.