Manager, IT Human Resources Business Partner (Onsite)

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.•San Diego, CA

67d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, IT Human Resources Business Partner serves as a strategic technology partner to the Human Resources function, providing technical expertise, infrastructure support, and integration leadership while enabling HR's business ownership. The IT Business Partner will represent IT with internal and external customers and will provide strategic and in-depth focus on managing both ongoing and future projects, aligning with our planned corporate growth and ensuring better scalability, automation and efficiency. This role requires thorough understanding of HR technology in a global, publicly traded pharmaceutical environment, with particular expertise in technical architecture, integrations, and infrastructure supporting HR systems including: Workday HCM (primary focus), ServiceNow HR Service Delivery, and the broader HR technology ecosystem including talent management, learning platforms, employee engagement tools, and HR point solutions. This individual will manage vendor relationships for technical services, infrastructure, and integration platforms and delivery for technology, such as systems, web-based solutions, SaaS enterprise systems and/or point solutions. In addition, the IT Business Partner will manage external consulting resources to support project work and systems support. Responsible for the technical architecture, integration development, and infrastructure support for HR systems, which may also require compliance with employment, FDA, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Sunshine Act, GDPR and HIPAA regulations. This role requires a unique blend of thorough technical expertise and strong partnership skills. The ideal candidate understands that their success is measured by enabling HR to achieve their objectives through reliable, scalable, and secure technology solutions.

Requirements

BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field and 6+ years of IT experience within pharmaceutical/regulated environment OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field and 4+ years of IT experience
Proven experience managing complex integrations between HR systems and enterprise platforms
Demonstrated success partnering with business functions and enabling their technology ownership
Requires understanding of how the team / work area relates to other related areas and uses that knowledge to improve efficiency and produce high-quality work on problems with cross-functional impact
Identifies and resolves technical, operational and organizational problems/problems relating to own discipline
Frequently works cross-functionally as the representative for their area
Knowledge of best practices and broader business concepts
Focuses on improving tools and processes within their area
Developing a strong reputation within the company
Ability to lead cross-functional teams, with excellent leadership, computer, communication, and project management skills
Proficient knowledge of HR technology architecture, with deep expertise in Workday technical architecture, integration patterns, and infrastructure requirements
Proficient in integration technologies including APIs, web services, ETL tools, and enterprise integration platforms
Strong understanding of identity and access management including SSO, SAML, OAuth, and enterprise directory services
Strong partnership orientation with ability to influence without direct authority
Proficient in designing, developing, and implementing technical architecture and integration solutions
Strong data analytical skills, including data structure, querying, transformation, reporting, and troubleshooting
Familiar with industry practices, technology trends, budgets, customer services, client/stakeholder relationships, contract development, data management and analytics, and vendor management
Excellent communications, problem-solving, analytical thinking skills
Sees broader picture and longer-term impact on division/company
Proven ability to cultivate cooperative relationships with departments and IT staff and to work as part of and/or lead multiple teams
Proficient in agile/iterative development and SaaS/cloud tools
Experienced in managing the launch of enterprise-wide systems, leading cross-functional teams, and developing business requirements and user stories

Responsibilities

Partners with HR leadership to develop technology roadmaps that enable HR strategic objectives, providing technical feasibility input and infrastructure planning
Leverage experience in pharmaceutical IT business environment to collaborate closely with Human Resources business partners translating business needs into technical architecture, integration requirements, and infrastructure specifications
Works with department management to plan, budget, develop and maintain Human Resources systems that meet current and evolving requirements
Leads in the development, maintenance, and execution of IT-related policies and procedures
Develops sound and robust purchasing contracts with vendors to improve reliability and cost-effectiveness in system acquisition and support
Leads cross functional activities including discovery sessions to identify gaps and opportunities for the existing systems/tools and to prioritize new features and functionalities.
Supports HR-led training initiatives by providing technical documentation and training materials to enable system adoption
Partners on HR-led UAT by coordinating technical testing environments, release management, integration testing, and providing technical troubleshooting during testing cycles
Collaborates on HR-led change management by providing technical documentation, release notes for integration changes, and technical training materials. Collaborates with HR on impact assessments when infrastructure or integration changes affect business processes
Measures the effectiveness of newly implemented features/functions, draws lessons and takes corrective actions as needed
Serves as the primary IT liaison to HR, providing technical expertise on architecture, integrations, and infrastructure. Owns the technical subject matter expertise for HR systems integration strategy
Owns the technical architecture and integration strategy for HR systems, ensuring scalable, secure, and efficient connectivity between Workday and enterprise systems
Leads integration design, development, testing, and monitoring for all HR system integrations (inbound/outbound), partnering with HR on Workday Studio development
Manages technical infrastructure supporting HR systems including network connectivity, SSO/authentication infrastructure, API gateways, SFTP servers, and middleware
Maintains comprehensive integration documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams in partnership with HR
Provides technical impact assessments for HR system updates and HR-driven configuration changes that affect integrations or infrastructure
Maintains monitoring and alerting for integration health, proactively identifying and resolving technical issues

Benefits

retirement savings plan (with company match)
paid vacation, holiday and personal days
paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans

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