Manager, Portfolio Coordination and Architecture (AI)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global provides business travel services and technology, with a focus on connected tools, collaboration, and an inclusive working environment.

What you will do

• Manage a unified roadmap for Productivity Tools and Networks, linking strategic, BAU, and AI initiatives to business outcomes.
• Prioritize stakeholder requests, run intake and scoring, brief senior leaders, and align priorities, designs, and benefits across portfolios.
• Act as design authority for Productivity Tools, lead architecture standards, design reviews, proofs of concept, and go-live criteria.
• Align productivity and network architecture across connectivity, security, and tooling decisions, including Optimization and M&A initiatives.
• Manage BAU service-improvement initiatives and track service health through incident trends, resolution times, and colleague satisfaction.
• Shape AI adoption across the Productivity Tools portfolio through guardrails, use-case fit, and readiness assessment.

Requirements

• Experience in enterprise or solution architecture and leading architects or senior technical colleagues.
• Experience delivering multi-year technology roadmaps, simplifying tool portfolios, and building business cases with benefits tracking.
• Experience managing BAU improvement or service-delivery initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Working knowledge of enterprise networking and security, including SD-WAN, cloud networking, and zero trust.
• Ability to collaborate with Portfolio leads and Architects and influence engineering, support, network, and partner stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong experience with AI platforms and governance.
• Strong experience with Atlassian tools, including Jira and Confluence, and work-management platforms such as Monday.com or Smartsheet.
• Experience in ITIL Service Management, including service design and transition.
• Good presentation skills for C-level audiences and internal spotlight sessions.
• Experience with vendor management and renewal negotiation, including telecom or carrier contracts; security and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and GDPR; Workers Councils; and business process automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and collaborative culture where colleagues are encouraged to contribute and make an impact.
• Country-tailored flexible benefits, including health and welfare insurance, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources.
• Weekly travel deals covering flights, hotels, cruises, and car rentals.
• Access to more than 20,000 learning courses, leadership development, and internal career opportunities.
• Inclusion Groups support connection, discussion, and awareness across the organization.
• Equal consideration and reasonable accommodation are available for qualified applicants.