IT Manager - People & HR Technology

Position Overview:

The IT Manager - People & HR Technology is responsible for execution of the HRIS Strategy roadmap and lifecycle management of the People / HR Technology product line. This role combines hands-on product delivery, people management, and direct product management accountability in a lean operating model. The role is accountable for executing the HR product roadmap in close partnership with the Director, Global HR Systems & Analytics (Business Owner), ensuring alignment with HR strategy, business priorities, user needs, and the company’s transition from current HR platforms toward SuccessFactors. 

Today, the HR technology landscape relies on Oracle HCM for core HR capabilities. The role will ensure technical continuity on the current landscape while delivering the future-state product model and platform transition. The role also has direct people leadership responsibility for one manager accountable for the Core HR Platforms / Core HR Operations product, and external support consultants, ensuring technical consistency across the product line and effective delivery across both operational and transformation-focused HR technology domains.

This position partners closely with the Director of Global HR Systems & Analytics, regional IT teams, platform teams, enabling services, and external partners to deliver technical solutions, system integrations, and support the evolution toward a product-based IT operating model.

Key Accountabilities:

Product Line Execution, Delivery and Governance

• Execute the operational roadmap for the People / HR Technology Product Line, aligned with HR strategy, employee needs, and enterprise technology direction.
• Manage the product line across its main products: Core HR Platforms / Core HR Operations; and Talent, Employee Experience & SuccessFactors Transition.
• Contribute to the evolution of the HR product organization, ensuring close operational alignment with the HRIS Director's functional strategy and the roadmap toward SuccessFactors.
• Guide and support the manager responsible for Core HR Platforms / Core HR Operations, ensuring alignment across technical priorities, delivery plans, and operating model expectations.
• Partner daily with the Director of Global HR Systems & Analytics to translate functional business priorities into technical delivery plans and release schedules.
• Drive prioritization across the product line, balancing run, compliance, transformation, and employee experience needs.
• Monitor and report on product line KPIs, technical progress, risks, and delivery outcomes.
• Contribute to product line governance, resource allocation decisions, and technical vendor coordination.

Product Management & Technical Delivery

• Act as Product Manager for the Talent, Employee Experience & SuccessFactors Transition product.
• Define and maintain the product vision, roadmap, backlog, and priorities for this product area in partnership with HR business stakeholders.
• Lead technical transition planning and execution from the current HR systems landscape toward SuccessFactors, in alignment with HR and IT strategy.
• Translate functional business needs (provided by the HRIS Director) into epics, features, and user stories; ensure clear technical requirements and prioritization.
• Own end-to-end product delivery, system configuration oversight, release planning, and integration management.
• Ensure the product delivers measurable outcomes in employee experience, process effectiveness, and transformation readiness.

People Leadership and Team Development

• Manage and develop the manager leading the Core HR Platforms / Core HR Operations product.
• Provide coaching, direction, and support to ensure strong performance, role clarity, and leadership growth.
• Foster collaboration across the product line team, including internal resources, regional contributors, and external partners.
• Help build a product-oriented culture focused on accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Support talent development, succession planning, and capability building across the HR technology scope.

Product Delivery, Run, and Continuous Improvement

• Oversee planning, design, development, implementation, and lifecycle management across the HR product line.
• Ensure strong coordination between product teams, platform teams, enabling services, regional IT, and external partners.
• Maintain service quality, operational continuity, and support readiness across HR technology products.
• Monitor incidents, recurring issues, technical debt, and service performance to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with security, data, architecture, and regulatory requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Establish a strong, peer-to-peer partnership with the Director of Global HR Systems & Analytics, acting as the technical counterpart to their functional leadership.
• Foster collaboration across business, technology, and support teams to solve customer and business challenges.
• Act as a key point of contact for HR technology technical priorities, trade-offs, progress, and outcomes.
• Support change management, communication, and adoption activities related to HR technology transformation led by the HR organization.
• Contribute to the maturity of the product operating model and help embed product ways of working across the organization

Qualifications:

Required:

• 8-10 years of experience in Product Management, HR Technology, HRIS, or enterprise application leadership.
• Strong experience in HR systems and processes, including core HR and talent-related capabilities.
• Experience leading or supporting large-scale HR transformation programs or platform transitions.
• Demonstrated people management experience, including coaching and developing team members.
• Strong ability to define product strategy, roadmap, backlog, and business value.
• Demonstrated experience partnering effectively with business/HR leadership while maintaining clear ownership of technical delivery.
• Strong understanding of agile methods, delivery governance, and product lifecycle management.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Strong communication, influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience working in global and matrixed organizations.

Preferred:

• Experience with SuccessFactors and/or major HR platform transformation programs.
• Knowledge of Oracle HCM, as this is part of the current HR technology landscape.
• Experience in a product operating model or product-based organization.
• Experience working across global, regional, and corporate teams.
• Deep familiarity with enterprise architecture, integration execution, security, and data dependencies in HR ecosystems.
• Experience managing external partners, AMS providers, or system integrators.
• Fluent in French.