Senior Director, Editorial Strategy and Operations (AI)

Location: Remote in the United States; employees near hirify.global offices may choose fully remote or hybrid work with Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the office. Occasional business travel is required.

Salary: $104,000–$155,000 annually, adjusted by location, experience, qualifications, and market data.

Company

hirify.global is a self-sustaining nonprofit advancing educational and career opportunities through programs, research, content, and services for students and educators.

What you will do

• Own and scale the editorial workflow from intake, triage, risk-based tiering, assignment, and approval through reporting and capacity planning.
• Lead the integration and continuous improvement of AI and automation tools for editing and workflow administration without lowering quality standards.
• Manage 8–10 experienced editors plus contract and freelance colleagues; hire, coach, develop, calibrate, and provide coverage planning.
• Set enterprise editorial standards, quality KPIs, service tiers, accessibility, clarity, voice, and tone expectations across programs and platforms.
• Turn workflow and quality data into strategy, resource decisions, risk identification, and process improvements.
• Partner with high-volume stakeholder teams, provide training and consultation, and reduce rework by improving upstream content quality and timelines.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in copy editing, editorial standards, or content governance, applying rigorous quality standards to high-volume, high-visibility content in complex organizations.
• Proven experience managing editors or content quality professionals and leading a tenured team through significant operational change.
• Experience building intake systems, SLAs, reporting frameworks, workflow redesigns, and other operational systems.
• Experience integrating AI, automation, or other process innovation into editorial or content workflows, with enthusiasm for emerging technologies and independent adoption of digital tools.
• Strong data fluency and ability to translate workflow and quality metrics into strategy.
• Experience managing blended teams of full-time employees and contractors, including capacity planning and hiring decisions.
• Executive presence and ability to influence stakeholders without formal authority, including pushing back on senior leaders regarding timelines, formats, and scope.
• Strategic, inclusive leadership style; ability to set priorities, structure teams, plan for future needs, foster belonging, set high expectations, provide evidence-based feedback, and coach performance and growth.
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer; clear written and verbal communication skills; collaborative, empathetic, learner-oriented, mission-driven approach.

Nice to have

• No additional qualifications were specified.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on expanding educational and career opportunities.
• Collaborative, inclusive culture grounded in craftsmanship, curiosity, feedback, experimentation, and shared success.
• Remote work is available; employees near hirify.global offices may work hybrid on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
• Occasional in-person business travel is required.
• Competitive, transparent compensation with location-adjusted salaries and comprehensive benefits.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed immediately and remain open until the position is filled, for a minimum of five business days.
• The process generally includes application and résumé review, recruiter phone or video screening, hiring manager interview, a performance exercise, panel interview, leadership conversation, and reference checks.