M5M5 — Senior Director
HRIS Director
Head of the HRIS function at the senior management level, responsible for strategic planning and ensuring HRIS contributes to broader business goals.
What this level means
Leads multiple functions or a large department; drives multi-year strategy.
- Scope
- Multiple functions or a large department
- Autonomy
- Owns multi-year strategy for the area
- Complexity
- Org-level trade-offs and investment
- Impact
- Multi-function results
- Decision rights
- Owns investment and org design across functions
- Leadership
- Leads directors and managers
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Define and lead the long-term HRIS strategy
- Establish governance structures for HR technology decisions
- Ensure system uptime, performance, and data accuracy meet high standards
- Manage relationships with all HRIS and HR technology vendors
- Collaborate at high levels with other functions
- Ensure the system supports multi-country operations and complies with international regulations
- Lead HRIS strategy
- Establish governance
- Manage vendors
- Collaborate cross-functionally
- Ensure compliance
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic planning
- Governance establishment
- Vendor management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Regulatory compliance
- HRIS strategy
- Governance structures
- Vendor management
- International regulations
- Operational excellence
- Strategic Vision
- Enterprise governance
- Operational excellence
What good looks like
- High degree of autonomy
- Broad impact
- Experience in global HRIS rollout strategies
Common titles
HRIS Director
What it pays
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