HRIS Implementation Manager

HR Process Re-Engineering Specialist - HRIS ImplementationTHE ROLE

A financial services business are looking to appoint an HRIS Implementation Lead to drive the business implementation and adoption of a large-scale HR technology transformation, consolidating a fragmented systems landscape onto a single platform across HR, Payroll, Recruitment, Reward and Learning.

This is a business transformation programme
, not an IT deployment. The Project Manager retains governance, planning and controls.
This role owns process design, configuration decisions, readiness and adoption
, reporting to the Head of HR Operations & Transformation.

• Process redesign, simplification and standardisation
• Configuration decisions and solution design
• Change, communications and training
• Business readiness, embedded throughout rather than at go-live
• Embedding sustainable ways of working post go-live

The current operating model is high-touch and manual. The new platform introduces automation, self-service and workflow, requiring significant behavioural change across HR teams, managers and employees. The programme follows an adopt-not-adapt principle: processes are standardised to the system, not replicated in it.

A permanent team of HR functional leads is allocated full time. The Implementation Lead coaches them to own design, configuration, testing, training and readiness.

• Complex HRIS/HCM implementations delivered through to go-live
• Multi-module experience across HR, Payroll, Talent, Learning, Recruitment, Benefits or Reward
• Organisational change and adoption programmes, weighted equally with implementation experience
• Strong understanding of HR and Payroll operations, including statutory requirements
• Process redesign and optimisation
• Train-the-trainer models, where internal teams retain ownership

• Coaching and capability building within business teams
• Senior stakeholder management and constructive challenge
• Willingness to challenge existing practice and push for automation and simplification
• Alignment of business, technical and supplier teams

Ownership of business implementation across a multi-workstream transformation, direct exposure to senior stakeholders, and lasting influence over the HR operating model that follows go-live.