Manager, HRIS
The Manager, Hris leads global Hris operations for Dayforce Hcm across 16 countries, ensuring system integrity, compliance, and optimization. This role partners with Hr, Payroll, Total Rewards, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Finance, It, and Compliance to deliver strategic enhancements and operational excellence. In addition to core administration, this role owns the Hr technology roadmap that includes a multi-year Dayforce deployment, drives change enablement, and supports Manda onboarding and offboarding through standard processes and governance. This role is a key driver of global Hr process standardization, ensuring consistent practices, controls, and data integrity across all regions and business units.
What Youll Do:
- Manage Dayforce Hcm configuration across Core Hr, Payroll, Workforce Management, Compensation, Performance, Recruiting, Onboarding, Reporting/Analytics, Document Management, Engagement, Wallet/Mobile.
- As Hr project owner and decision maker, lead the team, including project managers, to execute the Hr technology roadmap and deliver strategic initiatives.
- Drive the standardization and harmonization of Hr processes, data, and workflows across all regions and business units by collaborating with stakeholders to implement and monitor consistent practices, leveraging the Hris platform to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
- Oversee all inbound/outbound integrations (time clocks, GL, tax filing, benefits, equity, treasury) using Api/Sftp/middleware; ensure reliability and traceability across systems.
- Maintain formal governance: role based security and Segregation of Duties (SoD), audit readiness (Sox/Coso), documented change control, and risk assessments for configuration changes.
- Lead change management for Hr technologycommunication plans, stakeholder readiness, and end user adoption programs across Hr, managers, and employees.
- Develop and deliver training content, job aids, and standards to drive effective use of Dayforce and data quality across all segments.
- Support Manda due diligence and integration activities (data migration, access design, Wfm/pay policy alignment, go live hypercare) to onboard/offboard entities into/from Dayforce.
- Own vendor management for Hr technology: contracts, renewals, Slas, and escalation; partner with Finance on license utilization and cost optimization.
- Manage change orders and proactively create partnerships with internal business units and external vendors to support Hr technology objectives.
- Plan and direct work for Hris analysts and contractors; allocate resources and set goals to meet delivery commitments.
- Drive release cycles, regression testing, configuration repository, Sops, and production checklists with clear entry/exit criteria.
- Own ticket intake and Sla governance; provide hyper care for payroll cycles and critical go lives; trend issues to inform backlog and training content.
- Deliver compliance reports and executive dashboards (adoption, Sla performance, defect rates, data quality); insights to actions and track improvements.
- Continuously assess processes and configurations to reduce manual work, improve user experience, and increase reliability and scalability.
What Youll Bring:
- Bachelors degree
- 10+ years Hris experience; 3+ years managerial experience
- Demonstrated expertise in global Hcm systems (e.g., Dayforce, Workday, Sap, Oracle, etc.); Dayforce experience preferred
- Experience owning an Hr technology roadmap and leading structured change control and risk assessments
- Vendor management with contract/Sla accountability; ability to manage escalations and optimize license spend
- Advanced Excel and reporting; familiarity with Sql and Api/Sftp; data modeling and governance
- Proven ability to plan and allocate resources across internal teams and contractors; coach analysts and enforce standards
What We Value:
- Project/Change Management certifications (e.g., PMP, Prosci); Data/Analytics credentials (e.g., Power BI)
- Experience leading global teams and managing Hr system implementations across multiple geographies
- Experience with Manda integration workstreams (due diligence, migration, onboarding, hypercare)
- Audit/control frameworks (Sox/Cobit) and privacy standards (GDPR/Ccpa/Pipeda)
- Demonstrated success by building adoption programs and training strategies for Hr technology
- Strong stakeholder management, vendor negotiation, and executive communication skills
