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Amplify

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2000

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

💰 Series C - Amplify Education on 2023-05

Education • SaaS

Amplify is a K–12 educational technology and curriculum company that builds next-generation, research-aligned curricula, assessments, and instructional tools for literacy, math, and science. Their offerings include core curricula (Amplify CKLA, Amplify ELA, Amplify Science), assessment and intervention products (mCLASS, Boost Reading, Boost Math), and digital/math resources (Amplify Desmos Math), plus tutoring and teacher professional learning resources. Amplify emphasizes the Science of Reading, provides an integrated digital platform for districts and teachers, and serves thousands of school districts and millions of students and teachers worldwide.

📋 Description

• Lead the AI Transformational team to identify, prioritize, and implement high-impact AI initiatives that drive productivity, quality, and efficiency. • Serve as an internal AI champion, leading iterative discovery engagements to assess business processes and develop actionable AI solutions and recommendations. • Evaluate the AI vendor landscape and emerging technologies to determine feasibility and alignment with business objectives. • Manage a small team of AI technical business analysts, technical lead, and other support resources (e.g., consultants/contractors) to ensure department and enterprise objectives are successfully met. • Establish and manage an enterprise AI intake and prioritization framework aligned with broader technology initiatives. • Lead the decision-making process to prioritize major AI initiatives and ensure transparency with senior business and technology leaders. • Collaborate with Business Systems Product Owners and other business leaders to align quarterly roadmaps with AI initiatives, identifying potential overlaps, conflicts, and other constraints, and ensuring resources, schedules, and objectives are understood, risks are mitigated, and conflicts and friction are minimal between teams. • Establish governance frameworks addressing AI-specific risks, including data privacy, security, ethical considerations, and organizational impact. • Partner with Engineering and Research & Measurement teams to leverage senior AI engineers to develop possible technical solutions and approaches (e.g., buy off-the-shelf products vs. custom builds); and where applicable, partner with engineering on the design, development, and optimization of AI-based solutions. • Develop and execute an enterprise AI literacy strategy, equipping leaders and teams with knowledge of AI capabilities, risks, and implementation best practices. • Develop KPI’s to measure the success of implemented solutions against the proposed returns. • Ensure the selected and implemented technology aligns with Amplify’s technological standards and meets or exceeds architectural best practices, as well as security and privacy policies and procedures. Additionally, ensure decisions made support the current and long-term company strategy and goals.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, information technology, or a related field • 10+ years of leadership experience, specifically within transformation or technology leadership roles • Deep understanding of AI tools, large language models, automation platforms, and underlying technical architectures • Previous experience driving AI adoption initiatives within other medium to large-scale organizations and teams • Demonstrated consulting experience, with the ability to lead research-driven engagements and translate findings into actionable enterprise initiatives • Excellent communication skills to interact with a wide audience, ranging from executive management to technical AI engineers and support analysts • A strategic mindset, with strong business acumen and creative problem-solving capabilities, while also driving strategic goals into actionable work • Strong background in Agile development environments, with the ability to influence multiple fluid projects and pivot based on competing priorities • Critical thinking and analytical skills to evaluate the impact of proposed AI projects, potential returns on investment, and assess complex risk factors.

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary is only one component of the Amplify Total Rewards package, which includes a 401(k) plan • Competitive health insurance and mental health options • Basic life insurance • Paid time off • Parental leave • Access to best-in-class development programs