People Systems Management Lead

Stripe; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a strategic leader to enhance and automate their People Systems. In this pivotal role, you will develop a core systems strategy that emphasizes AI and consolidation, while ensuring security and compliance across all systems. Your expertise will guide the Systems Management Team towards scalable, automated solutions, making a significant impact on the organization’s HR capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of HR technology in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with diverse teams to drive transformational projects and deliver exceptional results.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with HR systems in high-growth environments.
• Proven ability to manage HR Systems teams in large organizations.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage long-term strategy for people systems with AI focus.
• Ensure security controls and documentation meet compliance requirements.

Skills

HR Systems Management

Vendor Relationship Management

Technical Delivery Roadmap

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Operational Initiative Driving

Organizational Skills

Tools

Workday

Greenhouse

Job description

Who we are About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

We’re looking for a strategic leader to join the People Solutions organization who is passionate about the core technology powering Stripe's Digital Experience.

2025 is the year of enhancing and automating our People Systems. The person who takes on this role will build and manage a long-term strategy to maximize our core systems, be an advocate for simple scalable processes, and have a deep technical understanding of core HR technologies.

What you’ll do Responsibilities

• Build the core systems strategy and long-term plan for people systems to include AI focus and consolidation.
• Distill your leadership experience to the Systems Management Team through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Own configuring and enhancing our systems (ex. Workday, Greenhouse) to support accuracy, automation, efficiency, and self-service, in alignment with our overall Digital Experience approach.
• Ensure appropriate security controls and documentation are implemented, enhanced, and followed to fully meet security and compliance requirements across all systems.
• Own the budget, capacity planning, prioritization, and organizational health for the Systems Management team in partnership with peers across People Solutions, People and Places, and Corporate Technology.
• Support People Solutions in planning and prioritization with a focus on delivering scalable, repeatable, automated solutions.
• Provide expertise and thought leadership to the wider organization on all aspects of People Systems.
• Work directly with stakeholders to provide consultation on leveraging our HR systems strategically, providing feedback and change management enablement expertise.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications

• 8+ years deep technical experience with HR systems & vendor relationships in high growth environments while leading transformational projects.
• 5+ years experience managing HR Systems teams in 10k+ size organizations.
• Strong tech delivery roadmap and capacity planning ability.
• Proven ability to work in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment.
• Experience in driving complex operational initiatives and influencing senior leadership.
• Experience developing and governing implementation methodologies while partnering with security to design solutions that adhere to internal guidelines plus meet business needs.
• Excellent organizational skills & ability to partner across teams at all levels.
• Extensive Workday & Recruiting Tech experience a major plus.