Job Summary:
H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm with a focus on the mid cap segment of the market. They are seeking a Director, AI Enablement to execute the firm's AI strategy and manage the ACE platform, ensuring that AI capabilities translate into measurable productivity gains and improved decision quality.
Responsibilities:
• Oversee the scalable architecture and product roadmap for ACE in partnership with the CTO and firm leadership
• Translate front-office workflows into platform requirements, release plans, and reliability and performance targets
• Manage vendor and partner relationships supporting the platform and represent H.I.G. with strategic AI providers
• Lead data, MCP, and connector integration across deal sourcing, CRM, research, document management, and portfolio reporting systems
• Establish reusable integration patterns, evaluation harnesses, and governance for new connections
• Partner with IT, InfoSec, and Data teams on architecture, access controls, and data lineage
• Maintain a prioritized backlog of bots, agents, and skills with explicit ROI hypotheses and success metrics
• Direct internal and partner development resources against the highest-value front-office workflows
• Set quality, evaluation, observability, and rollback standards prior to release
• Drive adoption across investment professionals through workflow integration, white-glove support, and embedded enablement
• Define and report on usage, impact, and quality metrics by team and workflow
• Partner with the Director of AI Training and Development on capability building and the GenAI Champions network
• Surface portfolio-relevant patterns to the Operating Partner team where appropriate
• Coordinate with the GenAI Steering Committee, Champions network, and senior firm leadership on direction and trade-offs
• Contribute to AI governance, acceptable use, and skills policy
Qualifications:
Required:
• 8+ years of combined experience across product management, applied AI deployment, and enterprise software, including at least 3 years leading AI or platform initiatives at scale
• Demonstrated track record shipping AI or agent products in production with measurable business impact
• Strong technical fluency in LLM tooling (Anthropic, OpenAI), retrieval, agent frameworks, MCP, and enterprise integration patterns
• Experience driving adoption of new technology with senior, demanding professional users
• Excellent written and verbal communication and executive presence
Preferred:
• Prior experience in private equity, asset management, or other financial services
• Familiarity with deal workflows (sourcing, diligence, portfolio monitoring, and exits)
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Salesforce or equivalent CRM, and the modern data stack
• Experience hiring and leading small, high-leverage technical teams
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent commercial training is a plus
Company:
H.I.G. Capital is a global alternative investment firm providing equity and debt capital to middle-market companies. Founded in 1993, the company is headquartered in Miami, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.