Global HR IT Platform Manager (f/m/d)

Duties & responsibilities

• Lead global HR IT and transformation initiatives aimed at harmonizing processes across the employee lifecycle, realizing efficiency gains, and enabling data-driven decision-making.
• Drive the continuous development of a global HR IT governance model, including design principles, decision-making structures, change management, release management, and exception processes.
• Develop and manage a long-term global HR IT roadmap and translate strategic business requirements into scalable platform, process, and technology architectures.
• Identify, evaluate, and integrate innovative technologies and market trends, particularly in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI, Skills Management, HR Analytics, Process Mining, and Automation.
• Assume global responsibility for the HR platform landscape, with a focus on SAP SuccessFactors, especially Employee Central, Talent Management, Recruiting, Learning, and cross-platform configurations.
• Continuously enhance global role-based access and authorization models and ensure secure, compliant, and consistent system usage across the organization.
• Act as a strategic sparring partner to global HR leadership on workforce planning, organizational development, HR operating model design, and digital transformation projects.
• Collaborate closely with HR, IT, Legal, Compliance, Data Privacy, and international business stakeholders to sustainably meet global requirements regarding security, data protection, compliance, and user experience.

Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Informatics, Computer Science, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of relevant professional experience in HR IT, global HR platforms, HR process management, or digital HR transformation.
• Strong knowledge of modern HR cloud platforms and enterprise system landscapes, ideally SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM, SAP HCM, or comparable solutions.
• Proven experience leading international projects, global rollouts, complex stakeholder environments, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience in the design, implementation, and optimization of digital, AI-enabled, and automated HR processes, coupled with a solid understanding of modern technology architectures.
• Excellent understanding of end-to-end HR processes across the employee lifecycle, particularly Hire-to-Retire, Talent Management, Learning, Workforce Planning, and Core HR.
• Strong expertise in system integration, data management, authorization concepts, reporting, people analytics, and interface management.
• Business fluent English, both written and spoken.

Personal Competencies

• Strong analytical, conceptual, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to present complex topics in a management-oriented manner.
• Excellent communication, consulting, and facilitation skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholder interests in an international environment.
• Independent, structured, and solution-oriented working style with a strong commitment to quality and execution excellence.
• Openness to change, curiosity about technology, strong teamwork skills, and enthusiasm for actively shaping the transformation of a long-established organization.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme
• Mobility benefits, e.g. B. Braun job ticket or job bike
• Offers supporting work & family, e.g. holiday childcare
• Flexible working hours
• Employee discounts