Senior Manager of Human Resources Technology

Principal Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee the technical health, configuration strategy, and roadmap for SAP SuccessFactors, with accountability for Employee Central and core platform capabilities.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Employee Central design, configuration standards, data model integrity, workflows, security, and integrations, including making system updates as appropriate.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across HR, HR Centers of Excellence, HR Operations, Shared Services, IT, Finance, and external vendors to translate business needs into sustainable system solutions.
• Ensure system decisions align with Perdue’s HR and IT operating model, data governance standards, and enterprise architecture.
• Lead planning and execution for SAP SuccessFactors semiannual releases, including impact assessment, change intake, sandbox validation, regression testing, production readiness, and go-live support.
• Establish and enforce a repeatable release management framework ensuring changes are tested, documented, approved, and communicated.
• Partner with Training and HR stakeholders to ensure downstream impacts to processes, documentation, and user guidance are addressed.
• Define and maintain testing standards, including documentation, test scenarios, regression cycles, SME validation, and defect tracking.
• Ensure testing is planned, disciplined, and consistently executed for releases, enhancements, and break/fix work.
• Hold the team accountable for quality outcomes and system stability.
• Manage and direct external partners such as SAP, SuccessFactors, and third-party support providers to ensure high-quality delivery and adherence to Perdue standards.
• Act as a trusted partner to leadership, providing clear guidance on system capabilities, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Ensure technical decisions are clearly explained and documented for non-technical stakeholders.

Minimum Education and Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on SAP SuccessFactors expertise.
• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central certification.
• Demonstrated experience leading SuccessFactors releases, testing cycles, and production deployments.
• Experience organizing technical teams and establishing repeatable processes.
• Strong understanding of HR processes, data governance, security, and compliance considerations.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience with additional SuccessFactors modules (Onboarding 2.0, Recruiting, Compensation, Performance and Goals, Succession).
• Experience operating in a post-go-live, optimization-focused HRIS environment.
• Familiarity with enterprise integrations and HR data analytics ecosystems.
• Experience in a complex, multisite, or manufacturing organization.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Factors

• Office-based role with standard business hours.
• Occasional movement between buildings or departments.
• Ability to travel commercially to various sites, including flying and driving.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $128,000 - $192,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications with annual bonus available (variable depending on performance).

Benefits

In addition to the base salary, Perdue offers a competitive benefits package, including medical/Rx, 401(k) with employer match after 1 year, critical illness, accident insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, optional group life insurance, short-term and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts and paid time off.

Work Location

This position is remote. The position includes approximately 10-20% travel, which may include visits to the corporate office in Salisbury, MD, company facilities, customer or vendor locations, training sessions, meetings and industry events.