Senior Director, Product & Operations Lead (AI)

Location: Shanghai, China; travel required 00%–25%; relocation is not provided.

Company

hirify.global is transforming into a digital-first, data-driven enterprise by embedding technology, data, and AI into core business domains.

What you will do

• Lead operational governance and execution management across strategic products, platforms, and transformation initiatives.
• Align priorities, roadmaps, dependencies, and execution plans with enterprise objectives across business, product, digital, operating unit, and bottler stakeholders.
• Drive product operationalization, adoption, delivery readiness, lifecycle management, intake, backlog coordination, release planning, and stabilization.
• Establish governance forums, operational rhythms, delivery tracking, KPI reporting, structured analytics, and executive visibility.
• Identify risks, dependencies, execution gaps, and process inefficiencies while driving mitigation, simplification, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Lead stakeholder communications and executive discussions while evaluating automation, AI-enabled capabilities, and operational best practices.

Requirements

• 10–15+ years of experience in product operations, program management, digital transformation, strategy, business operations, or related leadership roles within complex global organizations.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional operational initiatives and managing enterprise-scale programs and delivery governance.
• Strong understanding of product operating models, Agile delivery practices, portfolio management, and operational execution frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to manage dependencies, risks, stakeholder alignment, prioritization, and organizational change activities.
• Exceptional structured thinking, communication, executive storytelling, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong ability to use data, analytics, AI tools, and operational insights to drive decisions and business outcomes.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders, digital organizations, operating units, and external stakeholders.
• Expertise in Microsoft 365 tools, project and portfolio management platforms, and collaboration technologies.
• Fluent English and Mandarin, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders across functions in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Exposure to commercial, supply chain, finance, people and culture, and enterprise operations environments.
• Experience in consumer products, global enterprises, or highly matrixed operating environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a highly matrixed, global environment involving commercial, supply chain, finance, digital, operating unit, and bottler ecosystems.
• Culture grounded in curiosity, empowerment, inclusion, agility, continuous learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Travel required at 00%–25%; relocation is not provided.