Sr. Manager/ Director, HR Technology
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- India | Pune
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
- 10+ years of progressive HR technology / HRIS functional and technical experience.
- 4+ years of direct people-management experience leading a technical or functional team, including experience managing senior individual contributors and/or staff-level architects; this is a senior lea
- Demonstrated experience owning HR technology strategy and roadmap for a global organization.
- Broad, hands-on domain expertise across multiple HR areas — payroll, benefits, talent management, talent acquisition, onboarding/offboarding, employee engagement, and general HR operations.
- Experience supporting HR systems across multiple geographies, ideally including both India and the US.
- 4+ years of Workday administration/configuration experience with strong depth across the module stack (Absence, Benefits, Compensation, Core HCM, Payroll, Recruiting, Reporting, Security, Talent, Time
- Proficiency with Workday report writing.
- Experience administering an applicant tracking system (Ashby preferred) and an employee engagement survey platform (CultureAmp preferred).
- Strong understanding of HR system integration architecture and how HRIS data flows into ERP (NetSuite or comparable) and downstream systems.
- Experience with NetSuite or comparable ERP administration a plus.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring and growing technical/functional team members — including senior ICs — and building backup coverage across critical domains.
- Strong understanding of HR compliance and data governance/privacy considerations across regions.
- Excellent problem solving, collaboration, time management, and organization skills.
- Familiar with agile methodologies and the Atlassian tech stack (Jira, Confluence).
- Ability to communicate clearly through verbal, written, and non-verbal methods to all levels of the organization, including executive stakeholders, and to partner effectively with globally distributed
- Detail-oriented leader able to handle multiple projects and priorities.
- Workday certifications or training courses/seminars preferred.
- Experience using Google Workspace a plus.
- Exhibits sound judgment, discretion, and confidentiality.
Full description
OpenGov is the leader in AI and ERP solutions for local and state governments in the U.S. More than 2,000 cities, counties, state agencies, school districts, and special districts rely on the OpenGov Public Service Platform to operate efficiently, adapt to change, and strengthen the public trust. Category-leading products include enterprise asset management, procurement and contract management, accounting and budgeting, billing and revenue management, permitting and licensing, and transparency and open data. These solutions come together in the OpenGov ERP, allowing public sector organizations to focus on priorities and deliver maximum ROI with every dollar and decision in sync. Learn about OpenGov’s mission to power more effective and accountable government and the vision of high-performance government for every community at .
Senior Manager, HR Technology
Location: Pune, India | Reports to: Director of Enterprise Applications and Engineering
Job Summary
The Senior Manager, HR Technology owns the strategy, roadmap, administration, and continuous improvement of OpenGov’s HR technology stack, ensuring the systems and integrations that manage employee data across the employee lifecycle are reliable, compliant, scalable, and aligned to the needs of a global workforce. Based in Pune, India and reporting to the Director of Enterprise Applications and Engineering, this role sets direction for HR technology across the organization and leads a team that includes HR application administrators and a staff-level HR Systems Architect. It partners with stakeholders across the US and India — HR Operations, Payroll, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, HR Business Partners, IT, and Workplace — to maintain, modernize, and streamline the systems that support the full employee lifecycle, from hire to retire and onboarding to offboarding.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned HR technology leader who pairs strategic ownership with deep, hands-on expertise — comfortable setting the HR technology roadmap and standards while staying close enough to the Workday stack and broader application portfolio to guide technical decisions, unblock the team, and ensure quality. This person leads and develops the team, including a staff-level architect and senior individual contributors, and brings domain depth spanning both US and India geographies, ideally complemented by experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP. The Senior Manager owns the technical relationship with Ashby (ATS), oversees the employee engagement survey platform, owns HR data governance in partnership with IT, and guides integration/systems architecture across the HR ecosystem — including how HRIS data flows into NetSuite/ERP and downstream platforms.
ResponsibilitiesLeadership, Strategy & People Management
- Own the HR technology strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligning system investments and priorities with HR and business objectives and communicating direction to stakeholders and leadership.