Director, Platform Delivery

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The Director, Platform Delivery is accountable for the delivery performance, capability, effectiveness and long-term sustainability of HR technology teams responsible for building, enhancing and evolving HR technology solutions. The role ensures teams have the capacity, talent, skills, leadership, structure and ways of working required to translate priorities and technical direction into high-quality business outcomes for employees, managers and HR partners. Working through a shared leadership model, the Director partners across Product Management, Technology Enablement and Strategy, Agile Delivery Leadership and HR Technology Operations to strengthen delivery effectiveness, develop people, build organizational capability and ensure assigned teams can successfully deliver agreed business outcomes.

• Be accountable for the overall delivery performance, capability, effectiveness and sustainability of assigned teams.
• Ensure teams consistently translate agreed priorities and technical direction into high-quality delivered outcomes with the appropriate capacity, skills, leadership and team structures in place.
• Partner with Agile Delivery Leads to strengthen flow, planning, predictability, agile maturity and delivery effectiveness.
• Use delivery evidence, team insights and performance trends to identify constraints, capability gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Build resilient, collaborative and effective teams with clear expectations for roles, decision making, collaboration, accountability and outcomes.
• Lead, coach and develop Senior Analysts, Analysts and other delivery professionals; provide ongoing coaching, candid feedback, performance leadership, development planning and career guidance.
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, performance and talent development; identify capability or capacity gaps and create practical plans to address them.
• Help individuals and teams adopt new technologies, roles, ways of working and organizational models while maintaining focus on delivery outcomes.
• Partner across Product Management, Agile Delivery, Technical Strategy and Enablement, and HR Technology Operations to ensure the right people, capabilities, leadership and team structures are in place to achieve agreed outcomes.

• Significant experience leading technology, digital, platform or enterprise solution delivery teams.
• Demonstrated success improving delivery performance, team effectiveness and business outcomes in a complex organization.
• Experience ensuring teams have the capacity, skills, structures and leadership needed to meet commitments and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience working within agile or product-oriented…