Senior Director, People Systems (all genders)

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Director, People Systems (all genders) to join the People and Culture team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.

If you're a creative problem solver who is hungry for a new adventure, an international workplace is waiting for you in the heart of Berlin!

Develop and execute the People technology strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business needs and objectives.

Bring transparency to strategic priorities and through reporting, and come up with recommendations to improve People & Culture products.

Lead an experienced Technology global team to enable the implementation, configuration, and maintenance of People systems, with a particular focus on Workday and its associate technologies such as SmartRecruiters and Cloudpay.

Contribute to the enablement of a global team for all of our brands.

Ensure data accuracy and integrity within people systems and payroll + finance systems.

Establish the single source of truth across the entire organization, and influence critical stakeholders for usage of Workday data.

Partner with People leaders, IT teams, and external vendors to identify opportunities to improve People technology solutions and processes.

Provide leadership and guidance to the People technology team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality technology services.

Manage relationships with external vendors and oversee the selection, negotiation, and contracting of People technology solutions.

Collaborate with other IT / non-IT teams to ensure people systems are integrated with other business systems as needed.

Manage people's technology budgets and timelines.

Develop strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across the company and represent the function in cross-functional teams

Lead and develop direct reports and dotted-line employees.

Be an inspiring leader as the head of a global function and be able to grow and scale a global team.

What you need to be successful :

12+ years of experience in People technology and systems with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in Workday

Proficiency as a Techno-Functional consultant with knowledge of multiple Workday modules

Strong knowledge of people processes and practices.

Experience with third party APIs & solutions integration

Strong technical aptitude in enterprise / ERP systems

Experience managing budgets, resources, and timelines.

Experienced at creating Documentation artifacts such as User Guides, Process Flow Charts, Project Plans, Test Plans and other slide decks for presenting to leadership.

Comfortable with SDLC and Agile product delivery frameworks and tools such as JIRA

Ability to lead and resolve questions and conflicts across organizational stakeholders