Senior Director of Engineering, Consumer AI

About this role

1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing.

About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work.

If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

The Senior Director of Engineering, Consumer AI will define and execute 1Password's Applied AI strategy across customer-facing products and experiences.

This leader will be responsible for identifying meaningful customer problems that AI can solve, building the organizational and technical capabilities needed to deliver those solutions, and ensuring that everything shipped meets 1Password's standards for trust, privacy, security, reliability, and user experience.

You will partner closely with Product, Design, Security, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Data, Platform Engineering, and Executive Leadership to shape both near-term product investments and long-term AI strategy.

This role requires a unique combination of:

- AI strategy

- Product thinking

- Engineering leadership

- Organizational design

- Executive influence

- Trust and privacy judgment

The ideal candidate has experience building AI-powered products, leading senior engineering organizations, navigating ambiguity, and translating emerging technologies into durable customer value.

How we’re using AI today

Our Engineering, Product, and Design teams are thoughtfully integrating AI across the full software and product development lifecycle to move faster without sacrificing quality or security. In practice, that looks like engineers using AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate reviews and catch bugs earlier, product managers synthesizing user research at scale, and designers rapidly prototyping and iterating with AI-generated mockups. We approach AI the same way we approach security: with clear principles, human accountability at every consequential decision point, and rigorous evaluation before anything ships to customers.

This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.

What we're looking for:

Experience

- 12+ years software engineering experience

- 5+ years leading large engineering organizations

- Experience leading AI-powered product initiatives

- Experience operating in high-growth SaaS environments

Technical Leadership

- Strong understanding of modern AI systems and product development

- Experience balancing experimentation with operational rigor

- Strong systems-thinking mindset

- Ability to guide senior technical leaders

Organizational Leadership

- Demonstrated success leading leaders

- Strong talent judgment

- Organizational design experience

- Ability to build high-performing teams

Product & Business Partnership

- Ability to connect technology strategy to customer outcomes

- Strong prioritization judgment

- Experience partnering closely with Product and Design

Trust & Privacy Mindset

- Appreciation for security-sensitive environments

- Strong privacy instincts

- Ability to balance innovation with customer trust

Communication

- Excellent written and verbal communication

- Comfortable operating with executives

- Strong cross-functional influence

What you can expect:

- Define Consumer AI Strategy - Partner with Product and Executive Leadership to identify the highest-value AI opportunities across the consumer business.

- Build AI Capabilities - Establish the teams, operating models, and technical foundations required to build and scale AI-powered experiences.

- Deliver Trustworthy AI Products - Ensure AI-powered experiences are secure, reliable, privacy-preserving, explainable, and aligned with customer expectations.

- Develop Leaders - Recruit, coach, and develop engineering leaders capable of operating in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

- Drive Cross-Functional Alignment - Partner with Security, Privacy, Legal, Design, Product, and GTM teams to align priorities and execution.

- Shape Long-Term Strategy - Help define how AI contributes to 1Password's long-term product and business strategy.

USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $272,000 USD and $408,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $254,000 CAD and $381,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensu

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