AI Evangelist Program Manager
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Seattle, OR - USA
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Job Summary
Join Axon and be a Force for Good.
At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products we work better together. We connect with candor and care seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers communities and each other.
Life at Axon is fast-paced challenging and meaningful. Here youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
AI/Technology Evangelist - Program Manager (Corporate AI Team)
Team & Role Overview
Axons Corporate AI Team sits within the Enterprise Data organization and focuses on internal-facing AI solutions that help Axon employees do more highvalue work with less manual effort. The team builds and operates Cortex Axons internal AI platform that provides GPTclass models chat assistants and secure integrations with systems like Quip Jira Slack Microsoft 365 Snowflake and more.
Were looking for an AI/Technology Evangelist to drive the adoption understanding and responsible use of AI across this role youll:
Be the bridge between the Corporate AI Teams capabilities and the rest of the organizationtranslating whats possible into whats practical.
Design and deliver training programs workshops demos and enablement materials that help employees at every level use AI tools effectively and safely.
Identify high-impact AI use cases across business units champion them from concept to adoption and measure their impact.
Build and maintain the internal AI playbookguides best practices templates and reference materials that make it easy for teams to build with AI.
This is a hands-on senior IC role. Youll spend most of your time working directly with teams across the company creating content running programs and evangelizing AI capabilitiesnot managing people.
What Youll Do
Adoption & Enablement
Design build and deliver training programs (workshops office hours lunch-and-learns self-paced content) that help Axon employees effectively use AI tools including Cortex Claude Copilot and internal AI-powered applications.
Create and maintain a library of enablement materialsquick-start guides prompt engineering playbooks video walkthroughs FAQs and best-practice documentation.
Run an internal AI champions program (e.g. Champions Circle) to cultivate power users across business units who can drive adoption within their teams.
Track and report on adoption metricsusage engagement satisfaction and business impactto measure progress and identify gaps.
Use Case Discovery & Delivery
Partner with teams across Axon (Finance Sales Operations Legal HR Support Engineering) to identify workflows where AI can meaningfully reduce toil improve quality or create leverage.
Prioritize use cases based on impact feasibility and alignment with Axons mission; work with the Corporate AI Team to scope and deliver solutions.
Build lightweight prototypes and demos that show teams whats possible before committing engineering resources.
Document and share success storiesquantified wins before/after workflows and lessons learnedto build momentum across the organization.
Communication & Storytelling
Serve as the primary internal voice for Axons AI platformcommunicating roadmap updates new capabilities best practices and success stories to all levels of the organization.
Create compelling content (blog posts internal newsletters Slack updates demo videos presentations) that keeps AI visible and accessible.
Present to leadership and executive audiences on AI adoption progress emerging opportunities and strategic recommendations.
Represent Axons Corporate AI work externally where appropriateconferences meetups industry events and thought leadership content.
Security Governance & Responsible AI
Educate teams on safe and responsible use of AI toolscovering topics like secrets management data classification prompt injection risks and compliance requirements (CJIS FedRAMP SOC 2).
Develop and maintain a Vibe Coding safety guide and similar resources that help employees understand the risks of AI-generated code and content.
Partner with Security Legal and Governance teams to ensure AI adoption programs reflect Axons policies and ethical commitments.
Help operationalize responsible AI guardrailsmodel selection guidance data minimization usage controls and audit logging.
Ecosystem & Community Building
Build and maintain a clear map of AI initiatives happening across Axonconnecting teams solving similar problems and preventing duplication of effort.
Stay current with the rapidly evolving AI landscape (new models tools techniques risks) and translate what matters into actionable guidance for the organization.
Evaluate new AI tools and vendors; make recommendations about what to adopt pilot or avoid.
Contribute to Axons external AI community presence through talks blog posts open-source contributions or partnerships.
What You Bring
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Communications or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in technology roles with at least 3 years focused on AI/ML developer relations technical evangelism enablement or a closely related domain.
Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiencesin writing in presentations and in one-on-one conversation. This is the core skill.
Hands-on experience with modern AI tools and platforms (LLMs coding assistants automation frameworks cloud AI services). You dont need to be a researcher but you need to be a skilled practitioner.
Strong understanding of software development practices cloud infrastructure and enterprise technology stacksenough to have credible technical conversations with engineers.
Track record of driving technology adoption or transformation initiatives within an organization. Youve changed how people work not just told them to.
Self-directed and comfortable operating with ambiguity. You dont wait for a roadmapyou build one.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with comfort working across every level of an organization from individual contributors to C-suite executives.
Preferred Experience
You dont need all of these but experience in several of the following will help you ramp quickly:
Experience in developer relations developer advocacy technical evangelism or technical training at a technology company.
Hands-on work with LLM platforms and tools such as OpenAI (ChatGPT / APIs) Anthropic (Claude / Claude Code) AWS Bedrock Azure OpenAI or similar.
Experience building and running internal enablement programstraining curricula champions programs office hours documentation libraries.
Familiarity with AI governance responsible AI frameworks and compliance requirements (CJIS FedRAMP SOC 2).
Experience integrating with enterprise systems like Jira Confluence/Quip Slack M365 Salesforce or Snowflakeenough to understand whats possible and demo it.
Public speaking experienceconferences webinars all-hands presentations customer events.
Background in public safety government technology or regulated industries.
Understanding of prompt engineering RAG architectures agentic workflows and AI evaluation methods.
Content creation skillswriting video production or visual design experience that helps you create compelling enablement materials.
Axon is a total compensation company meaning compensation is made up of base pay bonus and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors such as: level function training transferable skills work experience business needs geographic market and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit Pay Range
$147675 - $236280 USD
Dont meet every single requirement Thats ok. At Axon we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If youre excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification listed here we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Important Notes
The above job description is not intended as nor should it be construed as exhaustive of all duties responsibilities skills efforts or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
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Axons mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axons impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental health and safety regulations policies and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.
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About Company
The Axon Network connects people, devices, and apps to protect life in all regards. From our TASER smart weapons, to police body cameras, to our industry-leading cloud-based evidence management software, we are the world’s premier public safety company and are committed to delivering ... View more
