Director, HR Technology Governance & Projects

McKesson•Mississauga, ON

1d•$142,600 - $237,600

About The Position

The Director, HR Technology Governance & Project Management leads the planning, governance, project management, and vendor management disciplines that turn HR priorities into an executable technology portfolio. The role owns HR technology intake, quarterly and annual planning, portfolio prioritization, capacity planning, and delivery visibility across major HR technology initiatives. The Director serves as a connective leader across HR Product, HR Systems, McKesson Technology, and HR functional teams, ensuring work is evaluated, sequenced, resourced, governed, and delivered. The role directly manages strategic HR technology vendor relationships and leads a team responsible for project management, vendor management, and portfolio execution.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Information Systems, Technology, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
12+ years of professional experience and 4+ years of management experience.
Significant experience leading technology portfolios, programs, project management, or technology governance in a complex enterprise environment.
Demonstrated experience managing intake, prioritization, capacity planning, and portfolio governance across competing business demands.
Experience directly leading and developing project or program management teams responsible for complex, cross-functional initiatives.
Demonstrated experience directly managing strategic technology vendor relationships, including vendor performance, escalations, QBRs, contract and renewal planning, and ongoing relationship management.
Experience partnering closely with Product organizations to translate product strategy, priorities, and roadmaps into executable technology plans.
Experience working across HR, Product, and Technology organizations in a matrixed enterprise environment.
Strong portfolio, program, and project management discipline.
Ability to translate strategy into executable roadmaps, delivery plans, and resource decisions.
Strong judgment around prioritization, capacity, risk, and business tradeoffs.
Executive presence and ability to communicate complex portfolio issues, risks, and recommendations clearly with senior leaders.
Strong cross-functional collaboration, relationship management, and influencing skills across HR, Technology, Product, Procurement, and other enterprise functions.
Strong vendor management and commercial judgment, including the ability to manage strategic vendor relationships and performance.
Ability to create clear executive-level portfolio visibility from complex underlying work.
Experience establishing governance that improves decision-making without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with HR technology and enterprise platforms.
Working knowledge of HR technology ecosystems and platforms such as Workday, ServiceNow, Moveworks, and related HR applications.

Responsibilities

Own enterprise HR technology intake and planning, including quarterly PI Planning and annual portfolio planning.
Establish the cadence, criteria, and governance for evaluating demand, assessing capacity and dependencies, prioritizing investments, and translating HR and Product priorities into an executable roadmap.
Maintain a transparent technology backlog and provide leaders with recommendations and tradeoffs when demand exceeds available capacity.
Lead the HR technology project management capability and establish standards for project planning, execution, risk management, status reporting, and delivery.
Direct and develop project managers responsible for medium- to large-scale, complex HR technology initiatives.
Maintain portfolio-level visibility into scope, timelines, dependencies, resource requirements, and delivery risks; surface issues early and ensure decisions are made at the appropriate level and projects meet committed outcomes.
Maintain a consolidated view of the HR technology portfolio, including work in flight, planned investments, capacity constraints, dependencies, and decisions requiring leadership attention.
Establish practical governance connecting intake, solution design, prioritization, delivery, and operational handoff.
Partner with HR Product leaders to translate strategy and priorities into sequencing and execution plans.
Directly manage key HR technology vendor relationships and lead vendor governance across the portfolio.
Own vendor relationship management, performance reviews, QBRs, escalations, renewal planning, contract coordination, and assessment of vendor value and performance.
Partner with Procurement, Legal, Finance, HR Product, HR Systems, and McKesson Technology on commercial decisions, contract strategy, technology roadmaps, and vendor performance.
Lead, develop, and set direction for a team responsible for HR technology project management, vendor management, and portfolio execution.
Represent portfolio priorities, risks, and tradeoffs with HR and technology leadership.
Build cross-functional partnerships with HR Product, HR Systems, functional COEs, and McKesson Technology, ensuring accountability and effective handoffs from strategy and prioritization through delivery and ongoing operations.