Director of Artificial Intelligence, AI Strategy

Location: Hybrid, Manila, Philippines

Company

hirify.global provides professional services and is building enterprise-wide capabilities for secure, scalable AI adoption.

What you will do

• Develop enterprise AI reference architectures, solution blueprints, reusable design patterns, standards, and implementation guidance aligned with TOGAF principles.
• Lead architecture for generative AI, agentic AI, automation, and analytics solutions from concept through production.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, Information Security, Data Engineering, and business technology teams to deliver secure, resilient, and governed solutions.
• Define security, identity, access management, data protection, monitoring, Responsible AI, and regulatory controls by design.
• Review solution designs, maintain architecture decision records, provide technical assurance, and evaluate emerging AI capabilities.
• Manage engineering, business, and vendor stakeholders while aligning delivery with business requirements, return on investment, and product roadmaps.

Requirements

• 8+ years of enterprise or solution architecture experience within large organisations.
• Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise AI or cloud architecture.
• Enterprise and solution architecture experience in Azure cloud environments, including Azure AI Foundry, Azure Databricks, Azure OpenAI, and AI platform engineering.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services, ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Claude.
• Knowledge of LLMs, Retrieval Augmented Generation, vector databases, AI agents, orchestration, API-first architecture, event-driven integration, and cloud-native design.
• Experience with Python, modern software engineering practices, identity, security, observability, and operational resilience.
• Knowledge of TOGAF architecture methods and governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication across engineering and business teams.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Manila, Philippines.
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused collaboration across engineering, security, and business teams.
• Focus on reusable engineering, secure AI adoption, continuous learning, and clear communication of complex technical concepts.