Senior Manager, Global HR Technology

Overview

Who will you be working with?
In this role, the successful candidate is a strong people leader who will work in close partnership with Wabtec HR, IT leaders, and other impacted stakeholders to define the global HR IT Product Strategy. Tactically, this role is responsible for overseeing, designing and implementing solutions that address the organization's evolving HR business requirements. By driving new opportunities and managing organizational change within the HR function, the candidate will play a key part in supporting critical HR initiatives.

Furthermore, this position will represent and integrate these strategic and operational changes within enterprise HR systems to ensure seamless alignment and effective support for vital HR efforts throughout the organization.

What will you do? The Senior Manager, Global HR Technology is responsible for leading, mentoring, and growing a global technical team, as well as defining and managing the associated operational processes required to achieve successful implementations of Wabtec’s HR pillar systems. The role emphasizes managing project scope to avoid unnecessary expansion that could jeopardize timely delivery and distract from core business objectives.

The manager must anticipate challenges and requirements for implementing changes, ensuring the team remains focused on addressing business needs. This position is accountable for delivering successful project outcomes, managing priorities in close collaboration with HR counterparts, and ensuring all initiatives are executed efficiently and effectively. The timely and accurate execution of these initiatives is critical, as they directly impact essential functions such as employee payroll, timekeeping, and compliance, including requirements driven by mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and alignment with key compliance and regulatory obligations.

• Eight (8) years minimum industry experience in Information Technology and/or supporting HR systems and their related data, with a strong preference for hands-on experience and deep knowledge of at least 3 Workday modules: payroll, timekeeping, absence, Talent/Performance, T&E, Benefits/Comp, Security, HCM, to name a few.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or related IT Program Mgmt and HR Systems equivalent experience required
• 3+ years managing a team of individual contributors including project managers, technical analysts and architects
• Willingness to work non-standard hours/time frames on occasion to support major implementations and break/fix scenarios impacting operations
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to support implementations. Expected annual travel is