TL;DR

Head of Digital Technology: Leading operational excellence and strategic growth for global digital operations in Manila, focusing on innovation, automation, and team management across web, CMS, and banner production. Focus on driving efficiency, maintaining high quality standards, and scaling capabilities within a fast-paced content production environment.

Location: Must be based in Manila, Philippines

Company

%hirify_global% is a global content production company, part of WPP, partnering with top brands to deliver engaging and measurable content across all channels.

What you will do

Drive operational excellence for the digital team in Manila, ensuring adherence to KPIs for staff cost, quality, utilization, productivity, and sourcing.
Lead team recruitment, performance management, mentoring, and retention, including local market sourcing strategy.
Establish a robust onboarding plan for new client workstreams into the GDC team.
Identify and implement automation opportunities to streamline manual workflows.
Plan for future scale and growth of digital teams and functions, enhancing capabilities.
Collaborate with global leaders to raise the profile of the Manila GDC and solve problems effectively.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years of experience managing teams of developers and tech leads, and leading operational strategy.
Recent experience overseeing work using HTML5, PHP, and AEM.
Experience in the advertising space and working across varied client workstreams.
Comfortable in a fast-paced content production environment with a focus on operational and commercial efficiency.
Excellent people manager, communicator, innovative problem solver, and collaborative team player.

Culture & Benefits

Values of Hands on, Honesty, Heart & Soul, Happy Family, Hungry.
Commitment to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging, and continuous learning.
Supportive and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued.
Focus on doing things right, honest direct communication, and passion for craft.
Curiosity-driven culture that questions, experiments, and seeks out what's next.