Director, IT HRIS

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For over 50 years AmeriLife has been a leader in the development marketing and distribution of annuity life and health insurance solutions for those planning for and living in retirement.

Associates get satisfaction from knowing they provide agents marketers and carrier partners the support needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving industry.

Job Summary

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

HRIS Platform Ownership & Strategy

• Serve as the technical enterprise owner for HRIS defining platform vision roadmap operating model and success metrics.
• Ensure Workday operates as a secure scalable and compliant enterprise platform supporting HR owned business processes.
• Execute approved enhancements integrations reporting and configuration changes through disciplined SDLC release management and change governance
• Partner with HR Operations and COEs to implement approved business designs through technical configurations and integrations.

Service IntegratorLed Development & Delivery Oversight

• Oversee all HRIS development configuration testing and releases performed by Service Integrators.
• Review and validate solution designs configuration decisions and delivery plans.
• Ensure delivery complies with enterprise architecture security privacy audit and regulatory requirements.
• Drive disciplined SDLC execution change management and release governance.

Technical Leadership & Integrations

• Maintain enterprise level ownership of Workday architecture despite vendor delivered execution.
• Partner with Data Engineering Security IAM and Finance teams to design implement and monitor integrations (benefits carriers payroll vendors identity providers financial systems and reporting platforms).
• Ensure data accuracy reconciliation and lineage across HR systems.

Production Support & Operational Governance

• Own technical platform reliability integrations monitoring incident response and system performance for Workday in partnership with HR functional owners.
• Define and enforce SLAs KPIs monitoring and escalation procedures with Service Integrators.
• Lead incident management rootcause analysis audit support and continuousimprovement initiatives.

Vendor & Service Integrator Management

• Serve as the primary technical governance owner for HRIS Service Integrators ensuring delivery quality security and architectural compliance in partnership with HR functional owners for priorities and acceptance.
• Manage SOWs contracts capacity planning renewals and performance reviews in partnership with the HR Operations team
• Hold partners accountable for delivery quality responsiveness documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Coordinate with Workday as needed for escalations and roadmap alignment.

Leadership & Future Team Growth

• Operate initially as a senior individual contributor with enterprisewide accountability.
• Establish governance models operating procedures documentation standards and controls that enable scalability.
• Prepare to build and lead an internal HRIS team as organizational needs evolve.
• Provide clear executivelevel communication on risks timelines delivery health and business outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of progressive IT experience with strong background in enterprise application development delivery and operational support of on-prem or SaaS platforms.
• Workday experience required including HCM technical system configuration and security.
• 5 years of experience owning vendor delivered enterprise platforms or managing Service Integrators.
• Proven ability to operate effectively as a Director level individual contributor.
• Strong experience with:
  • Enterprise HRIS platforms and integrations
  • SDLC Agile delivery and release management
  • Production support incident management and audit readiness
  • Integrations: Studio Core Connectors EIBs PICOFs Web Services etc.
  • Six Sigma Agile and/or other PMP methodologies.
• Demonstrated success leading vendor relationships and complex stakeholder environments.
• Excellent communication analytical and leadership skills.
• Ability to exercise appropriate judgement and handle highly sensitive confidential information.

Preferred Skills

• Certification (Workday System Administrator PMP Six Sigma etc) is preferred
• Experience supporting Workday in high growth or acquisition heavy environments.
• Familiarity with Workday Prism reporting or integrations (EIB Studio APIs).
• Experience in insurance or financial services industries.
• Strong understanding of SOX compliance and data privacy requirements.
• Ability to influence without authority in matrixed organizations.

Why Join AmeriLife

AmeriLife is investing heavily in modern HR technology to support growth compliance and employee experience. As Director IT HRIS you will own a missioncritical platform that underpins workforce operations enterprisewideshaping how AmeriLife hires pays develops and supports its employees today and into the future.

What AmeriLife Offers

A comprehensive benefits package that includes PTO medical dental vision retirement savings disability insurance and life insurance.

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