Manager, AI Operations - Hybrid

Base Salary Range: $140000 - $164900

Job Title: Manager, AI Operations - HYBRID (3 days per week)
Job ID: 85540
Location: Richmond, British Columbia


Overview:
The ideal candidate for the Manager, AI Operations role is a technically credible, enterprise-scale AI leader who can build a net-new AI operations capability from the ground up. This individual will establish the foundational AI platform (“AI landing zone”), define governance and sustainment models, and ensure 24x7 operational stability while enabling safe, scalable innovation across the company.
This role requires a rare blend of deep technical AI and platform expertise, strong architectural and operational thinking, and the ability to lead in ambiguity, influencing senior stakeholders while rolling up sleeves to execute.


What you must have:
Enterprise AI & Platform Leadership

• 8+ years of experience in large, enterprise-scale environments (public or private sector), supporting complex platforms with high reliability and uptime requirements.

• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating AI-enabled platforms, including: Generative AI

• Agentic AI (copilots, autonomous agents, digital assistants)

• AI/ML workloads in cloud environments

• Experience establishing greenfield platforms rather than inheriting mature legacy solutions understanding how to design for sustainability from day one.

AI Operations & Governance

• Proven experience operationalizing AI from pilot to production, including: Defining AI infrastructure architecture and standards

• Implementing governance, privacy, security, and responsible AI controls

• Monitoring performance, accuracy, bias, and risk

• Incident response, root-cause analysis, and mitigation for AI-related issue.

• Experience building operational sustainment models, including DR, business continuity, monitoring, alerting, and lifecycle management.

Leadership & Team Formation

• Experience leading technical teams, consultants, and vendors ideally including: Acting as a technical lead or architect stepping into formal people leadership

• Building new teams, defining roles, and shaping workforce plans

• Comfortable managing a hybrid team model (internal staff + external consultants) in early-stage capability build-outs. 

Core Competencies
Technical & Architectural Excellence

• Deep understanding of AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, automation, and modern DevOps/MLOps practices.

• Ability to work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Data & Analytics, Cybersecurity, Legal, and Application Development teams.

• Strong grasp of operational best practices for mission-critical platforms, including: High availability

• Performance optimization

• Cost management and FinOps

• Secure access and permissioning

Strategic & Forward-Thinking Mindset

• Able to define and evolve a long-term AI operations strategy aligned to enterprise goals.

• Thinks beyond tools and experiments focuses on platform, governance, and sustainability.

• Designs systems that are “living and breathing,” avoiding set-and-forget implementations.

Operational Excellence

• Strong focus on stability, reliability, and 24x7 readiness.

• Comfortable responding to incidents and outages when required.

• Experienced in defining KPIs, dashboards, and metrics to track AI adoption, value realization, and operational health.

Leadership & Change Management

• Credible technical leader who can earn trust from engineers, architects, and senior executives.

• Able to lead through ambiguity, set direction where none exists, and bring structure to emerging domains.

• Demonstrated ability to balance innovation with risk management and operational discipline.

Communication & Stakeholder Influence

• Exceptional ability to translate complex AI and technical concepts into clear, plain-language insights.

• Confident presenter to senior leadership, capable of securing buy-in for new platforms and governance models.

• Strong collaborator who can align diverse stakeholders around shared standards, workflows, and approval processes.

Personal Attributes & Values

• Accountable and pragmatic: Takes ownership, follows through, and delivers results.

• Calm under pressure: Handles high-visibility issues and operational incidents with confidence.

• Curious and adaptable: Continuously learns in a fast-evolving AI landscape.

• Collaborative and respectful: Models WorkSafeBC’s values in leadership, communication, and decision-making.

• Business-oriented: Always connects technical decisions to business value, impact, and outcomes.

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Business Technology, or related discipline.

• Master’s degree preferred but not required.

• Equivalent combination of education and experience considered, especially for candidates with strong hands-on AI platform leadership.

Salary/Rate Range: $140,000.00 -$164,900.00


Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. If you are selected to move forward in the process, we will contact you directly. If you do not hear from us, we encourage you to continue visiting our website for other roles that may be a good fit.


For more information about TEEMA and to consider other career opportunities, please visit our website at www.teemagroup.com