Chief of People Technology & Platform Services

Standard Life plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Life plc in London is seeking a senior leader to own the stability, performance and security of the People Technology platforms, including Oracle HCM and payroll‑critical services. You will partner with Product, Operations and Finance to drive reliable digital tooling and scalable internal capability.

Reporting to the Head of People Technology & Digital Excellence, you will guide a Platform team, manage outsourced partners, govern changes, and push continual improvement to reduce

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership of enterprise HR platforms and Oracle Cloud HCM expertise.
• Accountability for production services, resilience, incidents, releases and payroll dependencies.
• Experience managing outsourced technology services and strategic partners.
• Strong understanding of enterprise platform architecture, integrations, data security in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Own lifecycle, health and technical integrity of the People Technology platform ecosystem, including Oracle HCM, payroll-critical services, integrations, security and supporting components.
• Accountable for service availability, performance, operational resilience and incident and problem management, including major incident recovery and root-cause remediation.
• Ensure appropriate continuity and recovery arrangements for payroll-critical and other high-risk services are maintained and tested.
• Own the day-to-day managed service, holding partners accountable for service performance, continuous improvement, automation, technical standards and knowledge transfer.
• Own controls for configuration, integrations, access, privileged activity, security roles and audit-sensitive change.
• Govern production change, releases, patches, regression assurance and operational readiness, ensuring critical services remain stable and recoverable.
• Establish preventative monitoring and drive reduction in recurring defects, manual intervention, technical debt and operational disruption.
• Maintain clear visibility of platform architecture, health, vendor roadmaps and data standards, supporting scalability and long-term sustainability.
• Partner with Product & Engineering, People Operations, Payroll, Reward, Analytics, IT, Finance, Risk and Audit to balance delivery pace with stability, security and control.
• Lead and develop the Platform team, building deep functional and technical capability and reducing key-person and third-party dependencies.

Skills

Leadership experience

Oracle Cloud HCM

HR technology

Outsourced services

Job description

Standard Life plc in London is seeking a senior leader to own the stability, performance and security of the People Technology platforms, including Oracle HCM and payroll‑critical services. You will partner with Product, Operations and Finance to drive reliable digital tooling and scalable internal capability.

Reporting to the Head of People Technology & Digital Excellence, you will guide a Platform team, manage outsourced partners, govern changes, and push continual improvement to reduce