Vice President, AI Strategy & Transformation (AI)

TL;DR

Vice President, AI Strategy & Transformation (AI): Own the company’s AI roadmap and drive production deployment of LLM-powered systems with an accent on foundation model selection, AI governance, and enterprise-scale agentic workflows. Focus on building measurable AI impact across business units while translating frontier foundation model and agentic AI capabilities into an organization-wide transformation program.

Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Company

hirify.global is a leading crypto exchange and developer of hirify.global Wallet, providing access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps).

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end AI strategy and transformation roadmap, from foundation model selection to business-unit deployment plans and go/no-go milestones.
• Lead build-vs-buy-vs-partner decisions for foundation models, AI tooling, inference infrastructure, and data platforms.
• Establish AI governance covering model risk, data privacy, bias mitigation, and regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.
• Architect and deliver production-grade LLM applications, including RAG systems, agentic workflows, fine-tuning pipelines, and prompt engineering frameworks.
• Build AI-native infrastructure for model serving, automated evaluation, A/B testing, prompt/model version control, and continuous monitoring for quality and drift.
• Drive organization-wide AI enablement via AI literacy programs, internal tooling/playbooks, an AI Center of Excellence, and a structured use-case intake process.

Requirements

• 10+ years in AI/deep learning, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Director+ or equivalent).
• Proven track record shipping production AI systems that impacted business outcomes at scale.
• Deep expertise across the modern AI stack: LLMs, transformer architectures, RAG, fine-tuning, RLHF/DPO, prompt engineering, and agentic AI frameworks.
• Experience presenting complex technical concepts to board-level audiences and translating business needs into technical specifications.
• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package.
• L&D programs and education subsidy for employee growth.
• Wellness and meal allowances.
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants.
• Team building programs and company events.

Hiring process

• Process includes multiple stages with opportunities to learn more about benefits during the interview flow.