Head of IT

The role

The Head of IT will build and own the systems that enable employees to work effectively and securely. This includes managing identity and access, devices, internal systems, SaaS applications, and day-to-day IT operations.

What you will do

• Own employee identity and access across internal systems and SaaS applications
• Build scalable onboarding, offboarding, and access lifecycle workflows
• Improve SSO, MFA, least privilege, and access management
• Own the lifecycle and security of employee devices
• Build and maintain device management, configuration, patching, and endpoint security
• Automate provisioning and onboarding
• Own and improve SaaS applications and internal systems
• Build integrations and automate workflows across business systems
• Evaluate and deploy new internal capabilities including AI tools
• Own employee support, hardware, asset management, procurement, and vendor relationships

Required qualifications

• Owned IT or corporate technology in a fast-growing technology company
• Strong understanding of identity, device management, SaaS administration, and endpoint security
• Strong technical skills with APIs, scripting, automation, and system integrations
• Designed and automated employee lifecycle and access-management workflows
• Good security judgment and experience working closely with Security and Engineering
• Ability to independently identify problems, make pragmatic technical decisions, and drive implementation
• Comfortable being hands-on while building systems and a team

About the company

Modal is building a new infrastructure layer for AI. The company has passed $1B in annualized run rate and includes creators of popular open-source projects.