Director, Strategic Programs (NPI)

Location: London, Fornebu, Europe

Company

hirify.global develops video devices and workplace collaboration experiences supporting Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google, and other business applications.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end new product introduction process from concept through post-launch review.
• Build and maintain gate calendars, readiness checklists, gate criteria, and official program records.
• Coordinate Product, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sales, and Marketing stakeholders to keep execution on track.
• Lead strategic cross-functional initiatives including commercial model changes, systems migrations, partnerships, and market entry.
• Maintain a portfolio view, report program health to executives and the board, and drive risks and blockers to resolution.
• Represent Strategic Programs in leadership discussions and translate execution details into business impact.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in hardware new product introduction, program management, or launch operations.
• Experience running a phase-gate or stage-gate process and delivering cross-functional initiatives beyond product launches.
• Experience managing external certification requirements during launches.
• Strong understanding of margin, pricing, discounting, distribution, and channel management.
• Excellent written communication and executive-summary skills, with strong stakeholder management and accountability-driving abilities.
• Experience building or scaling a program management function in a company of roughly a few hundred to 1,000 employees; comfortable working hands-on without direct reports initially.

Nice to have

• Experience in video collaboration, audio-visual, or a related hardware category.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, accountable, responsible, and growing working environment.
• Opportunity to work directly with teams, external partners, senior executives, and the board.
• Hands-on role focused on turning ambiguous, high-stakes initiatives into structured execution.