Director, HR PMO (AI Transformation)

Location: Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; hybrid work model with two days in-office

Base salary: $203,000–$248,000 for Connecticut and the NYC-metro area; annual bonus and equity may also be available.

Company

hirify.global operates online travel platforms including Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable, using AI and machine learning to support travel consumers and partners in over 220 countries and territories.

What you will do

• Lead the HR PMO and center-led initiatives across the HR portfolio, including governance, budgets, goals, change management, and team offsites.
• Build partnerships with corporate and brand CHROs, the People Leadership Team, HR subject-matter experts, and cross-functional business teams.
• Chair the People Lead Group, run bi-weekly and in-person meetups, and lead leadership events including the Annual HR Summit.
• Shape the enterprise People Roadmap, coordinate engagement surveys, and oversee internal, external, regulatory, and survey reporting.
• Direct HCM reporting, Crunchr analytics oversight, board materials, quarterly strategic updates, and Corporate Center inclusion governance.
• Lead AI Champions and HR training initiatives, improve AI adoption, and manage HR standards, Risk 2.0, M&A due diligence, CSRD/ESG compliance, and HR contract alignment with Procurement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Organizational Development, Human Resources, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• 12+ years of experience as an HR PMO, transformation, or change management leader in-house and/or consulting.
• Experience managing a team.
• Ability to lead cross-functional collaboration in a complex, matrixed, fast-moving environment and manage competing stakeholder priorities.
• Strong influencing and communication skills, with comfort working at all organizational levels and influencing C-suite leaders.
• Experience working in large, global, decentralized organizations and adapting to different cultures and ways of working.
• Ability to develop strategies, define a clear path forward, execute against it, and challenge established ways of working.
• Ability to work effectively with ambiguity and communicate clear stories using data and insights.
• Experience across HR PMO or strategy, HR business partnering, analytics, HR systems, communications, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Risk & Controls, IT, and Procurement is relevant to the role.
• Proficiency and demonstrated passion for AI, process improvement, business process methodologies, and HR practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive environment focused on innovation, creativity, and cooperation across a diverse workforce.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for employees and families.
• Tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, discounts, and other eligible employee perks.
• Annual bonus and equity grant eligibility in addition to base salary.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support are provided.