Manager, Business Systems Engineering - Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM)

Compass•Boston, MA

12d•$140,490 - $156,100

About The Position

At Compass, the mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. The Manager, Business Systems Engineering will lead the engineering team responsible for the architecture, delivery, maintenance, and operational reliability of Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) integrations and related application capabilities. The role owns execution of the HCM roadmap, including integrations, Visual Builder enhancements, workflow approval processes, security roles, engineering delivery, production support, and team development, while aligning work with business priorities and the broader Oracle transformation. Working closely with the Senior Integration Engineer – HCM Applications, business stakeholders, and external implementation partners, this leader will maintain continuity across current HCM operations while delivering scalable solutions for future business needs. The role requires strong people leadership, deep technical expertise, operational judgment, and experience managing complex enterprise transformations. Clear communication with internal teams, external partners, and leadership is essential.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise application engineering, HCM technology, or integrations, including 4+ years managing engineering teams.
8+ years of managerial experience managing a combination of onshore and offshore resources.
Proven experience hiring, coaching, and developing engineers and managing employees, contractors, and geographically distributed teams.
Significant experience leading enterprise HCM integrations across benefits, payroll, retirement, equity administration, identity, and employee data management.
Strong expertise in Oracle HCM Cloud OCI, OIC, Oracle HCM APIs, HCM Extracts, HDL/HSDL, and related integration technologies.
Strong knowledge of REST/SOAP APIs, web services, middleware/iPaaS, SFTP and file-based integrations, batch processing, and event-driven integrations.
Solid experience using PGP encryption and decryption capabilities.
Strong understanding of server connectivity using SSH keys.
Working knowledge of HCM security roles, areas of responsibility, workflows, Fast Formulas, value sets, RTF/XSLT templates, and Visual Builder Studio.
Demonstrated ability to guide architecture, evaluate technical decisions, and establish scalable and maintainable engineering practices.
Proven experience supporting business-critical production systems, including incident management, root-cause analysis, monitoring, and operational improvement.
Experience balancing business-as-usual needs with large projects, major implementations, migrations, or transformation initiatives.
Experience managing implementation partners and vendors, including delivery oversight, knowledge transfer, and transition to internal support.
Strong understanding of data security, privacy, access controls, and handling sensitive employee information.
Experience partnering with HR/HCM, Benefits, Payroll, Security, and Enterprise Technology stakeholders.
Excellent prioritization, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain technical risks and delivery tradeoffs clearly.
Experience using Jira for SDLC, backlog management, sprint planning, and reporting; experience leading daily standups and sprint ceremonies when needed.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
Self-motivated leadership and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving blockers.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Oracle Fusion Financials.
Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.x on an AIX platform.
Experience operating in a SOX-controlled enterprise environment and leading HCM platform transformations.

Responsibilities

Lead HCM integration engineers across HCM applications to deliver innovative solutions.
Own roadmap planning, prioritization, resource allocation, and delivery across business-as-usual work, existing HCM application maintenance, and transformation initiatives.
Oversee integrations supporting recruiting, onboarding, benefits, payroll, core HR, learning, and performance management.
Manage Visual Builder Studio enhancements to meet customer requirements.
Partner with the Senior Integration Engineer to establish architectural direction and engineering standards across HCM and OIC development.
Ensure consistent practices for design reviews, code quality, testing, deployments, monitoring, documentation, and change management.
Own production support and act as the primary management escalation point for critical HCM application and integration issues.
Establish support coverage, on-call rotations, escalation paths, recovery procedures, and primary and secondary ownership for critical systems.
Lead HCM integration delivery for the Oracle transformation, including testing, cutover readiness, and post-launch stabilization.
Manage Deloitte and other implementation partners and vendors, ensuring accountability, delivery quality, and knowledge transfer.
Partner with business stakeholders to manage requirements, dependencies, and competing priorities, and communicate progress, risks, and resource needs to leadership.
Ensure adherence to security, employee data privacy, access controls, SOX requirements, and change-management processes.
Reduce key-person dependencies through cross-training, documentation, and succession and coverage planning.
Work with internal and external partners to complete challenging projects on time and with scalable solutions.
Hire, coach, and develop engineers, and manage employees, contractors, and geographically distributed teams.
Develop integrations, apply Visual Builder enhancements, provision or understand security roles, and support workflow notifications and approvals.
Guide architecture, evaluate technical decisions, and establish scalable and maintainable engineering practices.
Support business-critical production systems through incident management, root-cause analysis, monitoring, and operational improvement.
Use Jira for SDLC, backlog management, sprint planning, and reporting, and lead daily standups and sprint ceremonies when needed.

Benefits

Participation in incentive programs, which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions.
Paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave.
Medical, tele-health, dental, and vision benefits.
401(k) plan.
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
Commuter program.
Life and disability insurance.
Maven support system for new parents.
Carrot fertility benefits.
UrbanSitter caregiver referral network.
Employee Assistance Program.
Pet insurance.
Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package.