Provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s HR technology ecosystem
Owns the strategy, governance, and ongoing evolution of HR systems such as Workday, Qualtrics, Power BI reporting, and other HR technology tools
Responsible for evaluating new functionality, prioritizing adoption, and ensuring disciplined governance across configuration, data access, reporting, and release management
Ensures these systems are stable, compliant, well-integrated, and intentionally designed to improve employee and leader experience
Manages vendor relationships across the HR technology landscape
Partners with IT, Legal, Security, and HR process owners to ensure responsible use of HR technology
Requirements
10+ years of related work experience
3+ years leading teams, enterprise-wide programs, or large cross-functional initiatives
BA/BS degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Hands-on HRIS platform expertise: Deep experience with Workday, including configuration, security, testing, and support.
HR data, reporting, and analytics: Experience with data governance, reporting, dashboards, audits, and data quality, plus translating business questions into usable insights.
System implementation and enhancement work: Experience leading or supporting HR system implementations, upgrades, releases, and optimization efforts across modules and business processes.
Compliance, controls, and security: Experience handling sensitive employee data, access controls, audit support, and policy/compliance requirements within HR systems.
Project, program and change management: Proven success managing enterprise projects, timelines, risks, budgets, testing cycles, change impacts, and stakeholder communication.
Cross-functional stakeholder partnership: Experience partnering with HR, payroll, IT, finance, security, compliance, and vendors to define requirements and deliver process improvements.
Core HR functional knowledge: Strong understanding of HR processes such as org structures, compensation, benefits, recruiting, employee lifecycle events, performance, and talent data.