C4C Senior Innovation Manager - PWS

Location: Shanghai, China

Company

hirify.global develops personal workspace solutions and collaboration products designed to support productivity, creativity, and teamwork.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end innovation funnel for the China market, from signal identification through prototype, validation, and roadmap integration.
• Track technologies, use cases, consumer behaviors, and emerging opportunities shaping personal workspaces in China.
• Lead design-thinking sessions, rapid innovation sprints, roadmap workshops, and post-market analysis.
• Translate complex technologies into clear visualizations, narratives, and decision-ready recommendations.
• Coordinate designers, engineers, product managers, and marketing teams to maintain cross-functional alignment.
• Build relationships with universities, startups, research labs, and external innovation hubs.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience in innovation, advanced concepts, or product management, preferably in consumer hardware or adjacent technology categories.
• Portfolio of successful innovations launched in the market, with clear attribution to the strategic contribution.
• Hands-on experience with prototyping, design thinking, system schematics, layouts, and solution architecture.
• Exceptional visual and verbal communication skills, including the ability to simplify advanced technology without losing depth.
• Experience organizing large ideation events or moderating complex cross-functional workshops.
• Pragmatic, outcome-oriented, hands-on, and deeply curious about user behavior.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and collaborative environment focused on productivity, continuity, and positive global impact.
• Flexible work environments and a company-wide hybrid model, with remote or on-premises arrangements varying by role and department.
• Comprehensive benefits packages that vary by location.
• Support for physical, financial, emotional, intellectual, and social wellbeing.