Senior IT Manager, Sanctuary AI
Offers equity
Human-like intelligence robotics
Job no longer available
Human-like intelligence robotics
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
Offers equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots at a time that is right to make it happen.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of relevant experience, with a demonstrated career progression of increasing achievements and responsibilities
- A demonstrated track record of technical excellence and successful projects under minimal supervision
- Relevant certifications are welcomed (ITILv4, SAFe, Scrum Master, etc)
- Experience selecting, implementing, integrating, maintaining ERP and PLM systems
- Skilled at partner and vendor management
- Experienced in staff development and making hands-on technical contributions while overseeing project activities
- Skilled at requirements gathering, building and advocating for business cases
- Confident in a service-based IT approach within an ITIL framework
- Skilled at developing and executing against a cybersecurity maturity roadmap
- Proficient in administering and maintaining enterprise tools (GSuite, Microsoft Office 365 and related ecosystem, Atlassian, Azure, AWS)
- Skilled in diagnosing and resolving issues in Windows, MacOS, and Linux environments
- Experienced with scaling PKI infrastructure and supporting its business adoption
- Familiar with networking ecosystems (Juniper JunOS, Fortinet, Mist) and core technologies (VLAN, VRF, iBGP/eBGP/OSPF) for maintainability and scalability (EVPN, VXLAN, SDWAN)
- Strong practical experience in DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools for IaC (Ansible Mesh, Bicep, Gitlab, Azure DevOps, Terraform) with an ability to make direct contributions
- Experienced in managing distributed systems and lights-out datacenters with parity between on-prem and cloud infrastructure
- Skilled in building and managing ADVPN and ZTNA fabrics
- Proficient in project management approaches, including Agile and Scrum, and promoting a culture of sprint-based delivery
- Capable of building partnerships and communicating effectively with technical and non-technical teams
- Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems
- Promotes a culture of documentation and accountability
- Fosters a culture of execution and agility under constraints
- Passionate and skilled at leading a team and developing staff to fulfill their potential
- Embodies and promotes a culture of decisiveness, accountability, and action
- Embodies a customer-focussed, service-minded approach in all activities
- Advocate of personal responsibility and team accountability
- Decisive and proactive with excellent time-management and prioritization skills
- Takes initiative in ambiguity; excels in complex problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Skilled in optimistic listening and conflict resolution
- Enthusiastic about tackling new challenges with resilience and positivity
- Mission-driven and passionate about bringing human-like intelligence to machines
What the job involves
- Sanctuary, a world leader in building AI-based control systems for humanoid robots, is looking to hire a Senior IT Manager to join our Enterprise IT team
- Reporting to the COO, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of our infrastructure and services and will support the ongoing growth of our business
- Partner with key stakeholders and collaborate with the COO and other executives to ensure IT projects align with the company's strategic goals
- Support key Enterprise Project scoping, delivery, and ownership including ERP and PLM systems
- Mature the organization’s cybersecurity posture and capabilities in line with business needs
- Play a crucial role in shaping the team's capabilities and culture for rapid, high-quality project delivery. You'll identify opportunities to enhance our systems, develop solutions, and make technical contributions to bring these improvements to life and make hands-on technical contributions when needed
- Play a vital role in supporting the team through project delivery, staff development, hands-on technical contributions, and effective time management. By mentoring and fostering growth, you'll help the team reach its full potential
Our take
Sanctuary has set itself the ambitious task of developing human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots, intending to complement the human labor market - and eventually helping humans settle in outer space. Its robots are modelled on the size and shape of humans, and their cognitive architecture is based on the subsystems of the human brain. The hope is that this puts the so-far elusive artificial general intelligence (AGI) in closer reach.
It’s a challenging mission, but the Sanctuary team have remarkable expertise and experience. Before Sanctuary, the founders launched deep tech robotics company Kindred with backing from the likes of Google and Bloomberg Beta. Whilst it was eventually bought out by Ocado, Sanctuary was designed to pick up where Kindred’s early research left off.
Some critics suggest that Sanctuary’s technology isn’t anything new - just yet. Nor has any company promising AGI (including Tesla) offered up material results. There’s also some question as to whether AGI, technologically glamorous though it may be, is better than highly specialised systems. If it can be done, however, there’s no doubt it’ll prove a remarkable deep-tech breakthrough.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
81% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$30m
GRANT
Mar 2022
$58.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $88.5m
Company HQ
Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Geordie Rose
(CEO)A Doctor of Theoretical Physics, who subsequently founded and served as CTO of quantum computing systems and software company D-Wave Systems, before moving on to co-found Kindred.ai.
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