HR Technology Platform Lead
Job Title
HR Technology Platform Lead
About the Function:
Our Digital and Technology (D&T) team are innovators, delivering ground-breaking solutions that will help shape the future of our iconic brands. Technology touches every part of our business, from the sourcing of sustainable ingredients to marketing and development of our online platforms. We utilise data insights to build competitive advantage, supporting our people to deliver value faster.
Our D&T team includes some of the most talented digital professionals in the industry. Every day, we come together to push boundaries and innovate, shaping the digital solutions of tomorrow. Whatever your passion, we'll help you become the best you can be, creating career-defining work and delivering breakthrough thinking.
About the Role
The HR Technology Platform Lead is accountable for the stability, cohesion, and evolution of the organization's Workday platform.
While large-scale transformation initiatives are led by a dedicated transformation team, this role ensures architectural consistency, product integrity, and long-term coherence of the Workday landscape across all change initiatives.
You will lead a team of approximately 20 professionals (internal employees, contractors, and vendor resources) and act as the single point of accountability for Workday IT services - covering BAU defect management, service requests, small enhancements, and cross-project solution alignment.
This is a senior management role requiring strong platform ownership mindset, operational discipline, and the ability to protect solution integrity in a complex stakeholder environment.
Job Title: HR Technology Platform Lead
Location: Bangalore, India
Contract Term: Full time
Reports into
The HR Technology Platform Lead will report to the head of People Value Stream within Diageo's Digital & Technology function.
Function
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Global Digital & Technology
About the team
The People Value Stream is responsible for BAU operation as well as transformation projects related to systems and services supporting Diageo's HR function. Within this remit, Workday is our "crown jewel" central HR platform.
Role Overview
The HR Technology Platform Lead is the single person technology owner of Workday as our core product. They will define the architecture's direction, oversee engineering practices, and partner with other stakeholers to define the product roadmap. Also, they will direct the Workday daily operation for service requests, incident resolution, small enhancements, and also support and oversee technical resources allocated to major projects.
Job Description: HR Technology Platform Lead
Responsibilities:
• People Management
Direct a team of around 20 people, both employees and contractors
Manage capacity
Manage the capability evolution of the team
• Platform Strategy
Support technology strategy for HR services
Define platform architecture principles
• Engineering Leadership
Define development and release practices
improve quality, reliability, and speed
• Architecture Ownership
Own integrations and ecosystem architecture
Guide configuration vs extension decisions
• Platform Governance
Ensure global standards
Manage technical debt
• Transformation
Enable HR digital transformation initiatives
• Stakeholder Management
Represent the product to external stakeholders
Act as internal Workday technology consultant
Manage relevant vendors
Our team is on a journey towards a improved Product operating model. The successful candidate will have a great opportunity use their relevant experience and make a big impact in creating a unit according to global best practices.
Experience / skills required:
- Team leadership within the digital HR area (8+ years) and overall more than 10 years experience.
- Team leadership at a multinational company supporting global operation (3+ years)
- Thorough technical and functional understanding of Workday, including architecture, business processes, integrations, data (5+ years)
- Relevant experience in an agile product operating environment
- Excellent communication skills
Flexible Working Statement:
Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported from day one.
Diversity statement:
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Adoption Leave
Work Flexibility
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- Pension
- Stock Purchase Program
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Woman founded/led
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