IT HR Principal Engineer

Location: Indianapolis
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** supervisor lifecycle and hire‑to‑retire experience. You will be directly accountable for designing the digital backbone across Workday, Service Now HR Service Delivery, Success Factors, ADP, and SAP so managers and employees can complete critical actions quickly and confidently—from onboarding and job changes to performance, compensation, leave, and offboarding. You will define the architectural vision and long‑term roadmap for the Manager and Employee Experience, ensuring it is robust, compliant, and aligned with our “One Elanco” experience ambitions.

This role is for a seasoned expert who sets technical standards, mentors engineers, and drives the evolution of our HR technology ecosystem to deliver measurable business value and a world‑class employee experience.
** Your Role
** As a Principal Engineer for HR Technology, you will be a technical thought leader shaping the strategy that powers Elanco’s end‑to‑end
* Manager Enablement:
Equip supervisors with intuitive tools, guided workflows, and insights that improve decision quality and reduce administrative burden.
* HR Service Delivery & Automation:
Modernize case management, knowledge, and orchestration in Service Now to improve resolution speed, self‑service adoption, and employee satisfaction.
* Productivity & Data‑Driven Decisions:
Improve operating margin by streamlining processes and integrations, enhancing data quality, and enabling actionable analytics for HR and business leaders.

Employee Lifecycle Excellence:
Simplify and standardize core HR processes across the hire‑to‑retire journey (onboarding, job changes, transfers, promotions, compensation, leave, and offboarding) to reduce cycle times and increase data integrity.
* Architectural Leadership:
Own the architectural roadmap for Elanco’s enterprise HR platforms (Workday, Service Now HRSD, Success Factors, SAP). Ensure scalability, resilience, and a consistent cross‑platform user experience for managers and employees.
* Experience Design & Process Optimization:
Lead re‑engineering of critical HR processes (e.g., onboarding, job change/move, compensation cycles, performance reviews, leave of absence, terminations). Target improved cycle time, first‑day readiness, data integrity, and self‑service adoption.
* Technical Governance and Mentorship:
Establish engineering standards and design patterns for HR integrations and configurations (e.g., Workday EIB/Studio, Service Now flow/orchestration, SAP interfaces). Serve as the technical escalation point and mentor, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
* Global Integration Strategy:
Define the integration strategy across Workday HCM, Success Factors (Training Plans), SAP (e.g., Cost Centers/Banking), and Service Now HRSD to create a seamless “digital thread” of the employee record. Emphasize event‑driven integrations, canonical data models, and strong MDM practices.
* Controls, Privacy & Compliance Strategy:
Develop and oversee validation, privacy, access, and audit‑readiness approaches for HR systems. Ensure role‑based access, segregation of duties, and consistent evidence for audits and internal controls.
* Influence Senior Leadership:
Translate complex technical capabilities into clear business cases, demonstrating the ROI and strategic value of HR technology investments (e.g., faster manager actions, reduced cost‑to‑serve, improved employee satisfaction).
* Innovation and Technology Scouting:
Identify and evaluate emerging HR tech trends (e.g., guided AI experiences for managers, case deflection via knowledge/virtual agents, skills graphs, advanced analytics). Lead proofs‑of‑concept to assess impact on experience, quality, and efficiency.
* ** Educational Background:
** Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
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* Required Experience:

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