Tempo Io
VP, AI
1mo ago
USAC-levelRemoteaimachine learningproduct strategyteam leadership
Leading AI vision and engineering to embed AI capabilities in Tempo's product suite and drive business impact.
Conditions
- Impact : Work on meaningful products that empower enterprise users and improve productivity.
- Innovation : Be part of a culture that values creativity and innovation, with opportunities to make a real impact.
- Collaboration : Join a supportive, collaborative UX team that values openness, communication, and a continuous learning environment.
- Growth : Opportunities for professional development, including conferences, courses, and mentorship.
Other
- With over 30,000 customers, including a third of Fortune 500 companies, Tempo is trusted by organizations across the globe to make their workflows work better.
- We create a suite of integrated solutions for time management, resource planning, budget management, roadmapping, program management, reporting and more. We create the tech that enables the modern team to deliver – for every step from first vision to value.
- Since our beginning in 2007 as a project to make a time-tracking tool to help a client – Tempo has expanded to become the #1 time management add-on for Jira, and we have developed and acquired a multitude of tools to become one of the most trusted names in the Atlassian ecosystem.
- We want everyone to work better – but we also want to be a tech company with a heart. Join us as we continuously innovate our award-winning products, create new solutions, and help the world work smarter, not harder.
- About the role:
- Tempo is looking for a Vice President of Engineering - Artificial Intelligence to define and lead our AI vision across products and platform. This role will be responsible for turning AI into a core competitive advantage, shaping how customers plan, predict, and optimize work.
- You will operate at the intersection of product strategy, engineering execution, and business impact. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will set direction, build high-performing teams, and deliver AI-powered capabilities that are deeply embedded in Tempo’s product suite.
- A key mandate of this role is to establish Tempo’s long-term AI capability by defining strategy, building a strong in-house team, and ensuring tight alignment with product priorities.
- Define and own Tempo’s company-wide AI strategy aligned to business goals and product roadmap
- Identify high-impact use cases across planning, forecasting, resource management, and productivity
- Translate emerging AI capabilities into clear product and platform opportunities
- Act as a thought partner to executive leadership on AI investments and priorities
- Partner closely with Product leadership to define and execute the AI roadmap across Tempo’s product suite
- Drive development of intelligent features such as predictive insights, recommendations, and automation
- Establish a scalable AI platform layer that supports multiple products and use cases
- Ensure AI capabilities are practical, usable, and deliver measurable customer value
- Build and lead a high-performing team across GenAI, Agents, machine learning, data science, and applied AI engineering
- Define operating model, hiring strategy, and capability roadmap for AI at Tempo
- Foster strong collaboration across Product, Engineering, Design, and Data teams
- Elevate AI literacy across the organization
- Partner with Data and Platform teams to ensure strong foundations for AI development
- Drive strategy for data quality, governance, and model lifecycle management
- Ensure scalable, secure, and cost-effective AI infrastructure
- Establish best practices for ethical, secure, and compliant use of AI
- Ensure customer trust through transparency, privacy, and responsible model usage
- Stay ahead of regulatory and industry developments related to AI
- Represent Tempo as an AI leader in the Atlassian ecosystem and broader SaaS space
- Engage with customers, partners, and industry communities
- Bring external perspective on trends, tools, and competitive landscape
- Hands on Experience in implementing GenAI and ML in software solutions
- Proven leadership experience building and scaling AI or data-driven product capabilities
- Track record of shipping AI-powered features in SaaS or enterprise products
- Experience operating at senior leadership level
- Strong understanding of modern AI/ML approaches, including LLMs and applied AI systems
- Ability to bridge technical depth with product thinking and business outcomes
- Experience with data platforms, experimentation, and model deployment at scale
- Strong executive presence with ability to influence across Product, Engineering, and GTM teams
- Experience building teams and attracting top AI talent
- Ability to operate in ambiguity and drive clarity at scale
- Customer-first approach to AI, focused on real value not hype
- Pragmatic and outcome-oriented
- Curious, forward-thinking, and comfortable navigating rapid change
- AI becomes a clear differentiator across Tempo’s product suite
- Customers experience measurable improvements in planning, forecasting, and efficiency
- A strong AI platform and team are established and scaled
- Tempo is recognized as a leader in AI-driven work management
- Opportunity to shape AI strategy at a pivotal moment
- Direct impact on product direction and company growth
- Strong foundation of products, customers, and ecosystem to build on
- High visibility role with executive influence
- Note: As our hiring teams are global, please submit your resume in English only
- Remote First work environment
- Unlimited vacation in most of our locations!!
- Great benefits including health, dental, vision and savings plan.
- Perks such as training reimbursement, WFH reimbursement, and more.
- Diverse and dynamic teams with challenging and exciting work.
- An opportunity to have a real impact on our business.
- A great range of social activities (both in person and virtual).
- Optional in person meet-ups and the ability to travel to our international offices
- Employee referral program