Area Tech Manager People

Following theevolvementof our shared operating model two new roles have been introduced that will lead the work in our Areas together Area Tech Manager and Area Business Manager. We believe thatthedualleadership helpsestablishclear ownership of responsibilities andsupportsbalanced decision-making across areas such as customer value technical feasibility and overall cost. We want toestablishclear tech accountability for engineering execution delivery quality and operational excellence ensuring endtoend responsibility for technology delivery. We also want to create clear business accountability for driving key outcomes ensuring value realizationensuring high focus on customer and business value. 

We are now looking for an Area Tech Manager People in Corporate.  

The Area Tech Manager is a senior tech leaderaccountablefor end-to-end delivery and execution within a tech area covering related products and services aligned to key business capabilities. 

The role ensures efficient secure and scalable delivery in line with strategicobjectives whilemaintainingstrong operational will overseemultiple teams andbeaccountable for building and developing high-performing tech talent within the area. 

By enabling effective day-to-day operations the Area Tech Manager drives delivery addresses technical debt and supports the development of scalable forward-looking solutions. The role contributes to the broader Tech Center portfolio and plays a key part in delivering business outcomes through aligned and integrated technology initiatives while fostering an inclusive and high-performing engineering culture. 

WHAT YOULL DO 

Domain Specific Responsibilities 

• Leading the delivery of People technology solutions across the endtoend people lifecycle including Attract Retain Develop Contribution and Rewards ensuring seamless support for core people processes and business needs. 
• Ensuring robust scalable and enterprise People platforms through close crossarea collaboration based on SaaS solutions with a strong experience layer core data and transactional foundation where SAP SuccessFactors acts as a central platform complemented by a variety of other bought solutions.
• Driving architectural coherence and continuous modernization across the People technology landscape including exploring and enabling the adoption of AI and agentic AI capabilities that can significantly transform people processes services and employee experiences at scale. 

Strategic & Delivery Leadership 

• Translate tech strategy and businessobjectivesinto actionable plans and take overall accountability for RUN/Tech Operations within the area 
• Oversee the delivery structure across products services and programs to ensure stable scalable and costefficient tech solutions 
• Manage dependencies resources and capacity to enable effective roadmap execution and support business outcomes 
• Drive adoption of secure robust and scalable technologies and promote continuous improvement across the area 
• Partner with Area Business Manager/business counterparts to align priorities and synchronize delivery 
• Contribute to portfolio planning to ensure strategic alignment with enterprise architecture and techstrategy 

Financial Accountability 

• Own and manage the areas tech budget ensuring efficient transparent allocation and spend 
• Maintain budget planning and implementation in alignment with workforce plans 
• Optimizeresourceutilizationwhile upholding strong financial accountability 

Architecture & Development 

• Ensure solution architecture aligns with target architecture and collaborate with the CTO Office on strategic direction 
• Promote effective use of tools methodologies and engineering standardstechnical quality operational resilience and modern engineering practices 

Operational Excellence 

• Oversee operational stability and performance ensuring secure and resilient operations aligned with strategic goals 
• Monitor and report technical KPIs (e.g. uptime compliance support) 
• Lead proactive risk management including incident handling and mitigation planning 
• Drive innovation simplification and reduction of technical debt. 
• Engage internal teams and external partners to support aligned andtimelydelivery  

People & Culture 

• Lead and develop engineering talent coachingleadersandenablingtechnical and delivery excellence
• Cultivate a culture of innovation collaboration and psychological safety 
• Hold formal staff responsibility including recruitment contribution talks and workforce planning aligned with broader tech strategy and capability needs 

Stakeholder Engagement 

• Work closely with business stakeholders to coordinate crossarea dependencies and secure delivery of business outcomes 
• Act as the primary technology contact within the area and manage relevant vendor and partner relationships 

WHO YOU ARE 

Were looking for someone who brings: 

• Experience delivering technology solutions within People and HR supporting endtoend people processes across the people lifecycle such as Attract Retain Develop Contribution and Rewards. 
• Strong understanding of modern People technology landscapes with a focus on SaaS solutions experience layers core data and transactional processes where SAP SuccessFactors acts as a central platform complemented by a variety of other bought solutions. 
• Experience driving modernization and innovation in People processes through technology including understanding how AI and agentic AI can fundamentally shift how people services decision support and employee experiences are delivered at scale 
• Deepexpertisein software engineering technologyexecutionand architecture principles 
• Proven experience in technology leadership preferably across multiple products/services in a complex environment requiring collaboration with multiple business stakeholders 
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional tech teams and delivering tech solutions at scale 
• Experience in agile methodologies DevOps and continuous improvement 
• Financial acumen and experience managing budgets and resource allocation 

This is a full-time position with the possibility to be based in one of our Tech locations Stockholm or Bangalore. 

We recommend applying as soon as possible but no later than 15th of August as we will review applications on an ongoing basis. Please submit your CV in English. 

If this role sounds right for you we look forward to receiving your application! 

Additional Information :

WHO WE ARE 

H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design affordable prices and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make. 

We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together we want to use our power our scale and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.  

WHY YOULL LOVE WORKING HERE 

We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included) COS Weekday Monki H&M HOME & Other Stories addition to our staff discount all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Programhere. 

In addition to our global benefits all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries. 

JOIN US 

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things our inclusive and collaborative culture our strong values and opportunities for growth. But most of all its our people who make us who we are. 

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here. 

 *We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair equitable and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time