Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering (AI Agent Platform Product Management)

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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering. (AI Agent Platform Product Management)

Business: CTO Platforms (AI Platforms)

Job ID: 46875 

Location: Guangzhou / Xi'an

Principal responsibilities

• Own platform vision, strategy, and prioritised roadmap for Group AI Agent Platform
• Translate use cases into PRDs/epics with clear acceptance criteria and NFRs (security, resilience, privacy, latency)
• Drive delivery with Engineering/Architecture; manage dependencies, releases, and operational readiness
• Define and implement agent lifecycle capabilities (build, test, deploy, version, promote, retire)
• Establish governance and controls (guardrails, approvals, audit trails, policy-as-code) with Risk/Cyber/Legal/Data Privacy
• Set and track OKRs for adoption, reliability, quality, and cost; use telemetry to drive continuous improvement
• Enable adoption via onboarding journeys, documentation, reference patterns, and stakeholder communications

Requirements

• Proven ability to drive decisions to conclusion among multiple stakeholders within a matrix organization, leveraging strong influencing skills.
• Proven technical product management experience on platforms (developer platforms, AI/ML platforms)
• Ability to prioritise ruthlessly and make trade-offs using data, customer insight, and engineering constraints
• Working knowledge of LLM/agent concepts: orchestration, tool integration, evaluation, and safety/guardrails
• Effective management of dependencies and interactions among related and complementary projects.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication, along with strong presentation skills.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering successful business-enabling programs.

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