Head of GHR Technology – Vice President

State Street•Princeton, NJ

About The Position

This role is for the Head of GHR Technology – Vice President within Corporate Functions Technology. The position reports to the Managing Director, Corporate Functions Technology. The role involves defining and executing the GHR Technology strategy, owning the global HR application portfolio, and driving simplification and standardization. It also includes owning the delivery of key transformation initiatives, ensuring the stable and resilient operation of HR applications and integrations, and managing risks, cyber, and compliance across the HR portfolio. The Head of GHR Technology will act as a strategic technology partner to HR leadership, manage a global GHR Technology organization including vendors, and oversee vendor governance, licensing, and financial aspects.

Requirements

12–15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience supporting large‑scale enterprise platforms, preferably HR or corporate functions.
Demonstrated experience managing large, global application portfolios with complex regulatory and operational requirements.
Strong understanding of HR systems, integrations, data privacy, and identity/access management.
Proven people leadership experience managing global technology teams and vendors.
Ability to operate effectively in a highly matrixed, regulated environment and influence senior business leaders.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the GHR Technology strategy aligned with HR business priorities and enterprise technology direction.
Own the end‑to‑end global HR application portfolio (~160 applications), spanning core HR, payroll, benefits, talent, analytics, and employee experience platforms.
Drive simplification, standardization, and rationalization of the HR application landscape where feasible.
Own delivery of the key transformation and important deliverables.
Experience building and deploying GHR AI & Intranet related capabilities across a large global company.
Ensure disciplined intake, prioritization, dependency management, and transparent delivery execution.
Improve speed, predictability, and quality of HR technology delivery.
Ensure stable, resilient operation of Workday and 160+ HR applications and 180+ integrations supporting payroll, benefits, time, and security‑critical processes.
Own production support, release management, lifecycle management, and vendor performance.
Strengthen business continuity and resiliency for critical HR services globally.
Ensure HR applications comply with enterprise standards for ISRMP, ARB, IAM (SailPoint), MFA, CMK, SIEM, data privacy, and resiliency.
Lead remediation of cybersecurity and compliance gaps across the HR portfolio.
Maintain continuous audit and regulatory readiness in partnership with Risk, Audit, and Cyber teams.
Act as a strategic technology partner to HR leadership globally.
Improve roadmap transparency, prioritization clarity, and stakeholder alignment to enable faster decision‑making.
Clearly communicate delivery risks, constraints, and trade‑offs.
Lead a global GHR Technology organization, including internal teams and strategic vendors.
Build future‑ready capabilities across engineering, integration, data, platform ownership, and operations.
Own vendor governance, licensing, and financial oversight across the GHR Technology portfolio.

Benefits

retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
access to our Employee Assistance Program
incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
inclusive development opportunities
flexible work-life support
paid volunteer days
vibrant employee networks