Senior Manager, HR AI Strategy & Governance

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

The People Technology team supports the systems, data, and tools used across Yahoo’s People organization. We partner with HR teams to improve workflows, reduce manual work, and make it easier for employees and managers to get the support they need. AI is a growing part of that work, and the team is focused on helping HR use it in ways that are practical, secure, and responsible.

We’re hiring a Senior Manager, HR AI Strategy & Governance to help determine where AI can add the most value across HR and put the right structure around how it is used. Partnering closely with the Director of People Technology, you’ll help shape the AI roadmap, prioritize use cases, and manage the governance process that moves new ideas through the appropriate legal, privacy, and security reviews.

You’ll provide direction on the solutions the team takes on and manage a direct report. While this is not primarily a development role, you’ll stay close to the work, help scope more complex solutions, and provide hands‑on support when needed. You’ll also work with HR teams to improve their AI capabilities and partner with technical teams on solutions that require more advanced infrastructure or data access.

Set direction for HR’s AI roadmap Partner with the Director of People Technology and HR leaders to identify priorities and develop a clear AI roadmap Assess potential use cases based on value, feasibility, effort, risk, and timing Create a consistent process for prioritizing requests and managing the use‑case backlog Define and track measures of adoption, impact, efficiency, and ROI Manage AI governance for HR Manage the intake and review process for new AI use cases Coordinate the appropriate legal, privacy, security, and compliance reviews Maintain and improve standards for responsible AI use, data protection, and model performance Serve as a primary point of contact between HR and internal governance partners Guide AI and automation solutions Work with HR teams to understand workflow challenges and identify practical solutions Scope solutions and guide the work from initial idea and prototype through adoption and improvement Partner with technical teams on more complex solutions, such as HR assistants, case routing, and people analytics reporting Provide hands‑on support for select prototypes and workflows when needed Improve the technical foundation Partner with People Technology, Data Engineering, IT, and other technical teams to create secure ways to use HR data Help move AI-enabled workflows away from temporary or manual solutions and toward secure, scalable infrastructure Support the use of platforms such as Big Query and Google Cloud Platform Establish clear standards for evaluating AI tools and connecting them to the HR technology ecosystem Improve high‑friction HR workflows Identify manual or inefficient processes where AI or automation could make a meaningful difference Help design solutions that reduce work for HR teams and improve the employee experience Encourage approaches that can be maintained, reused, and expanded over time Help the People team build its AI capabilities Advise HR teams as they identify and develop AI‑enabled workflows Support teams working through more complex use cases Develop training and practical guidance for using AI tools safely and effectively Help teams understand where AI is useful, where it has limitations, and when additional review is…