Vice President, Global Head of HR Systems

Key Responsibilities

• HR Technology Strategy & Roadmap: Partners with senior leadership to design a comprehensive and forward-looking HR technology strategy that aligns with business growth objectives, enables the broader HR and organizational strategy, and maximizes return on investment to drive business outcomes.
• Team Leadership: Lead, engage, instill a growth mindset, and inspire the global HR Systems team to achieve high performance and deliver on commitments.
• Workday Technical Leadership: Lead the design and execution of enterprise scale Workday solutions, bringing deep hands-on experience across configuration, reporting, integrations, and module functionality to deliver scalable, secure, and business-aligned solutions. Serve as the lead technical subject matter expert and liaison between HR leadership and Technology.
• Platform & Process Simplification: Increase Workday capability through driving agenda to design and implement user-friendly HR systems and processes that streamline operations, create HR transaction efficiency and support business growth. Ensure effective controls are in place to proactively manage risk.
• Innovation: Proactively scan the market and peer firms to recommend best practice solutions and emerging technologies to continue advancing our capabilities. Leverage a strong technical network to anticipate industry trends and evolving solutions.
• Implement an Agile Product Model: Implement and utilize agile product methodology to prioritize work most critical to the organization. Create and implement a resource plan based on business needs, scope of work, cost, and skill requirements.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence: Leverage your team and a framework to partner and provide innovative solutions to our HR customers in the following areas:
  • Talent Development: Create and manage systems that support the development and growth of talent within the organization.
  • Candidate Attraction & Selection: Consult on technology solutions that improve the attraction, selection, and onboarding of top talent.
  • Performance Management & Compensation: Collaborate on administration of performance development, performance management, and compensation processes through effective HR systems.
  • Learning Management: Partner with talent and learning and well as corporate compliance to deliver digital learning experiences that build skills and abilities that meet required compliance.
  • Efficient HR Administration: Leverage platform to ensure flawless transaction processing of core HCM, compensation, payroll, year-end processes, and benefits administration.
  • Manage external vendor relationships and collaborate with internal cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field, or equivalent years of work experience.
• 10+ years of relevant experience, including experience leading teams, designing, and implementing HR technology.
• Strong technical experience with integrations, security models, and prior experience deploying and configuring Workday.
• Proven experience in contributing to and executing HR technology strategies at a global level with primary focus on Workday.
• Strong understanding of HR processes and systems, including performance management, compensation, talent development, and recruitment.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Ability to drive change and innovation in HR technology.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication and people skills.
• Experience managing product teams and capacity planning.
• Proven skills in the areas of thought leadership, delivering results, developing people, self-leadership, and ability to apply a growth mindset.
• Display leadership principles in the areas of organizational stewardship, operating effectiveness, and leadership excellence.

Pay

Base Pay: The estimated base salary for this role is $160,600 - $240,900/year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role.

Benefits

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.

Employment Type

• Full-Time/Part-Time: Full time
• Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt

Job Family Group

Human Capital

Line of Business

HR Human Resources

About Our Company

We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.