Technical Director, HR & Corp Tech Enterprise Platform Engineering

DECIEM • Long Island, NY

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Director, HR & Corporate Technology Platform Engineering serves as the Platform Owner for enterprise platforms supporting Human Resources and Corporate Technology. The role owns platform engineering strategy, roadmaps, lifecycle management, modernization, optimization, and long-term platform health, ensuring capabilities remain secure, scalable, resilient, supportable, and aligned with approved functional technology strategy, product roadmaps, target-state architecture, and enterprise standards. The portfolio includes Global HR, Global Legal, Global Security & Privacy, and Global Communications & Public Affairs, with a primary focus on enterprise HR technology.

A major focus is modernization of the enterprise HR technology landscape, which currently includes a legacy core HR platform and an established SAP SuccessFactors talent ecosystem integrated with platforms such as Eightfold. The Technical Director will provide senior engineering expertise during evaluation of future-state HCM architecture and guide the engineering realization of the selected solution. This includes assessing platform suitability, architecture, scalability, configurability, extensibility, implementation feasibility, integrations, security, data requirements, release models, and long-term sustainability. The role maintains accountability for the health and stability of current HR platforms while leading engineering input through implementation, migration, and transition.

The role leads Enterprise Platform Engineering's engagement with System Integrators, Enterprise Business Services, and strategic technology partners, with accountability for engineering quality, technical outcomes, architecture alignment, delivery accountability, knowledge transfer, production readiness, and sustainable operations. It governs migration planning, data transition, integration readiness, cutover, production acceptance, operational transition, and the future-state HCM engineering operating model.

Beyond HR, the Technical Director provides platform ownership and engineering leadership for Corporate Technology platforms supporting Global Legal, Global Security & Privacy, and Global Communications & Public Affairs. The role partners with Process Technology Leaders, Product leaders, Capability Design, Enterprise Product Design Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Security, Operations & Infrastructure, EBS, and strategic partners to translate approved capabilities and solution designs into coordinated, secure, scalable, resilient, and sustainable engineering outcomes. It also builds the engineering capability, partner model, governance, and platform disciplines needed to support current platforms and future modernization.

The position is based in a hybrid/global work environment, with collaboration across virtual and asynchronous channels and international time zones. Travel is estimated at 5–10%, primarily for strategic portfolio alignment at corporate headquarters and regional EBS technology execution hubs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, Human Resources Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise application engineering, HR technology, HCM platforms, platform engineering, or technology delivery within complex global organizations.
• Demonstrated leadership owning or governing enterprise HR technology platforms supporting complex global Human Resources capabilities.
• Deep experience with one or more leading enterprise HCM platforms, such as SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle Cloud HCM, or comparable enterprise-grade solutions.
• Strong understanding of modern cloud HCM architecture, platform lifecycle management, security, extensibility, integration, and implementation considerations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise HR capabilities, including Core HR, talent management, recruiting, onboarding, performance, compensation, succession, learning, workforce management, and employee lifecycle processes.
• Experience supporting large, geographically distributed organizations with significant regulatory, privacy, security, data, and integration requirements.
• Demonstrated technology or platform engineering leadership in at least one major end-to-end enterprise HCM implementation, modernization, or transformation.
• Experience transitioning from legacy or highly customized HR platforms to modern enterprise SaaS HCM solutions, including migration planning, data transition, integration, testing, deployment, production acceptance, and operational transition.
• Experience partnering with major System Integrators during enterprise HCM implementations while maintaining accountability for engineering quality, technical outcomes, architecture alignment, readiness, knowledge transfer, and sustainability.
• Experience as a senior Platform Engineering authority during HCM platform evaluations, providing technical and engineering input on platform suitability, architecture, scalability, configurability, extensibility, implementation feasibility, integrations, security, data, release models, and sustainability.
• Strong understanding of global HCM implementation considerations, data migration, integration, testing, release management, security, controls, privacy, and operational readiness.
• Ability to balance legacy HR platform stability and lifecycle requirements with implementation and transition to a future-state HCM environment.
• Experience establishing platform engineering governance, lifecycle and release management, environment strategy, engineering standards, platform health measures, and long-term operating models.
• Ability to govern engineering realization across EBS, System Integrators, strategic technology partners, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise SaaS architecture, APIs, integration patterns, identity and access management, cloud technologies, security, privacy, SDLC, Agile delivery, DevSecOps, and modern engineering practices.
• Experience governing complex HCM ecosystems and dependencies involving payroll, identity, Finance, talent, workforce management, data and analytics, and other enterprise platforms.
• Ability to balance modernization, engineering quality, operational stability, security, privacy, technical risk, production readiness, and long-term sustainability.
• Demonstrated ability to establish engineering operating models, governance, partner accountability, decision rights, and escalation processes in federated delivery environments.
• Proven ability to develop platform understanding across diverse enterprise SaaS and business application portfolios and apply consistent governance, lifecycle, health, and modernization practices.
• Experience managing dependencies, engineering sequencing, technical risks, and capacity across multiple enterprise platforms or technology domains.
• Experience driving platform optimization through technology rationalization, SaaS utilization management, automation, AI-enabled capabilities, technical-debt reduction, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of SaaS vendor ecosystems, release models, platform utilization, licensing, technical obsolescence, and technology lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated success leading complex global platform engineering organizations and providing technology leadership across major enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, organizational influence, negotiation, and decision-making skills, including communicating complex technology considerations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and major modernization while remaining accountable for existing platform health and future-state outcomes.
• Ability to build and evolve engineering capabilities, develop engineering leaders, plan succession, and establish sustainable knowledge transfer from implementation partners.
• Ability to lead a broad platform portfolio through technical credibility, organizational influence, engineering governance, and clear accountability.
• Ability to collaborate with business, Product, Process Technology, architecture, security, operations, EBS, System Integrators, and strategic technology partners.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP SuccessFactors or an equivalent enterprise HCM platform, including Core HR and/or Talent capabilities; SuccessFactors is particularly relevant.
• Experience with talent intelligence and workforce platforms such as Eightfold and their role in a broader enterprise HCM ecosystem.
• Experience with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP integration and extensibility capabilities, or comparable cloud platform technologies.
• Experience providing platform leadership across Corporate Technology applications beyond HR; experience supporting Legal, Security & Privacy, Communications & Public Affairs, or other corporate functions is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform engineering and lifecycle roadmap, modernization initiatives, and long-term evolution of enterprise HR and Corporate Technology platforms.
• Serve as the senior Platform Engineering authority during HCM platform evaluation, advising on suitability, architecture, scalability, configurability, extensibility, implementation feasibility, integrations, security, data requirements, release models, and sustainability.
• Partner with Process Technology Leaders, Product leaders, Capability Design, Enterprise Product Design Engineering, and Enterprise Architecture to turn approved capabilities, solution designs, and product roadmaps into engineering realization plans.
• Develop and execute lifecycle and modernization plans that balance business priorities, technical sustainability, security, platform health, operational continuity, and future-state objectives.
• Maintain ownership of the existing HR technology landscape during modernization, including stability, reliability, supportability, lifecycle management, and investment.
• Provide strategic stewardship for the SAP SuccessFactors talent ecosystem and related technologies, including Eightfold.
• Own and guide Corporate Technology platforms supporting Global Legal, Global Security & Privacy, and Global Communications & Public Affairs.
• Establish a common platform engineering and lifecycle framework covering modernization, technical debt, resiliency, security, supportability, and sustainability.
• Govern engineering realization of approved capabilities and designs across EBS, System Integrators, strategic technology partners, and Enterprise Platform Engineering.
• Provide technical direction, engineering governance, implementation oversight, quality assurance, and platform decision-making during major HCM implementations.
• Lead engagement with System Integrators and strategic technology partners, ensuring engineering quality, technical outcomes, architecture alignment, delivery accountability, knowledge transfer, operational readiness, and sustainability.
• Lead engineering aspects of migration from legacy HR technologies to the future-state HCM environment, including migration strategy, technical planning, data transition, integration readiness, cutover, production acceptance, and operational transition.
• Establish the future-state HCM engineering operating model, including governance, release and lifecycle management, technical standards, enhancement delivery, optimization, and partnership with EBS.
• Maintain accountability for platform health, performance, reliability, scalability, supportability, security, technical sustainability, environment strategy, release readiness, and operational readiness.
• Drive platform optimization through evaluation of technology utilization, environment strategy, SaaS capabilities, technical debt, data lifecycle, engineering efficiency, automation, licensing utilization, and sustainability.
• Proactively manage platform risks, dependencies, implementation challenges, and lifecycle concerns, escalating issues that could compromise approved designs, standards, security, controls, stability, or sustainability.
• Establish governance, decision rights, escalation mechanisms, and operating models across Enterprise Platform Engineering, EBS, System Integrators, strategic partners, and supporting technology teams.
• Partner across Process Technology, Product, Capability Design, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Operations, and engineering organizations to realize secure, scalable, resilient, sustainable capabilities.
• Ensure engineering solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, technology principles, security requirements, and engineering patterns.
• Collaborate with Cyber Security, Privacy, Operations & Infrastructure, EBS, and partners to meet security, privacy, control, resiliency, and operational requirements for sensitive employee information.
• Ensure the HR technology ecosystem works effectively with talent, identity, payroll, Finance, data and analytics, and other dependent platforms.
• Coordinate across business, architecture, engineering, operations, security, EBS, System Integrators, and strategic partners to resolve dependencies, risks, and implementation challenges.
• Manage cross-platform dependencies, engineering sequencing, capacity, and technical risks across HR, Legal, Security & Privacy, Communications & Public Affairs, and adjacent enterprise capabilities.
• Balance modernization velocity with platform stability, operational continuity, security, employee experience, and successful production transition.
• Provide organizational and engineering leadership, establishing accountability for engineering quality, platform health, modernization delivery, and long-term sustainability.
• Lead EBS, System Integrators, strategic technology partners, and Enterprise Platform Engineering resources through clear governance, technical leadership, delivery accountability, and organizational alignment.
• Champion modern engineering practices, automation, AI-enabled engineering, reusable engineering assets, and continuous improvement.
• Establish knowledge-transfer and capability-building practices during HCM implementation so Enterprise Platform Engineering can govern, enhance, and evolve the future-state platform.
• Build and evolve the HR and Corporate Technology Platform Engineering capability, defining skills, leadership structure, succession pipeline, and operating model.
• Develop engineering talent through mentoring, technical leadership, succession planning, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
• Promote engineering documentation, platform standards, operational readiness, and institutional knowledge throughout platform lifecycles.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Wellness and family support programs.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Paid leave programs.
• Education-related programs.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.
• Highly competitive bonus program, with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.
• Participation in the share incentive plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director