About Crunchyroll

Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

About the role

We're looking for a Director of AI Enablement to lead Crunchyroll's enterprise-wide AI Enablement function and accelerate how AI gets adopted across the company.

This is not a traditional transformation or change-management role. We are looking for someone who can work directly with teams to understand how work gets done today, identify where AI and agents can materially improve or redesign those workflows, and turn those opportunities into practical solutions.

Reporting to the Head of Executive Office, you will own the AI Enablement agenda across Crunchyroll. You will lead a lean team, partner closely with Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Data, and other functions, and bring in external AI expertise where it can accelerate progress.

The mandate is designed to evolve. Success means building the capabilities, workflows, tools, and operating muscle so AI becomes embedded in how teams work across Crunchyroll.

Core Areas of Responsibility

Own Crunchyroll's enterprise-wide AI Enablement strategy, roadmap, priorities, and operating model
Work directly with teams across Crunchyroll to understand their workflows, identify high-value AI opportunities, and redesign how work gets done using AI, agents, and automation
Translate business problems into clear AI use cases and workflows, moving opportunities from discovery to prototype, implementation, and adoption
Help teams determine where AI can create meaningful value, including when to use simple AI tools, agentic workflows, automation, or deeper technical solutions
Partner with Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Data & Insights, IT, and other technical teams to move solutions from concept into scalable, secure, and production-ready applications
Own the company-wide AI learning and capability-building agenda, ensuring teams have the right programs, resources, experiences, and expertise to build practical AI fluency and apply it to their work
Identify, screen, and manage external AI experts, vendors, and partners who can accelerate capability-building, workflow redesign, and solution delivery
Build repeatable approaches, playbooks, and patterns that allow successful AI use cases and workflows to scale across functions
Establish the milestones, metrics, and governance for AI adoption and report progress through the Executive Office's existing operating cadence
Lead and develop a lean, high-performing AI Enablement team, setting priorities and concentrating resources on the highest-impact opportunities
Build networks and communities of practice across the company that help AI expertise and successful ways of working spread beyond the central team
Stay close to developments across AI, agentic systems, tools, and platforms, and translate what matters into practical opportunities for Crunchyroll

We are considering applicants available to work a hybrid schedule, with three days each week onsite at our Los Angeles office.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because...

12+ years of experience, starting in engineering, computer science, software development, or a similar technical field before moving into strategy, management consulting, business transformation, or AI enablement
Proven experience leading enterprise AI enablement or AI transformation across multiple teams or functions
Track record of redesigning multiple complex, manual workflows using AI, agents, and automation, with measurable business impact
Strong ability to understand how a team works today, identify where AI can create value, and define a better way of working