Successfactors Employee Central Architect

Initialize IT; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 138,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Initialize IT is seeking an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Architect to support a critical October go-live in London with hybrid work. You will provide strategic architectural guidance across modules and integrations while coordinating with HR IT leadership.

After go-live, you will stabilize the solution during hypercare, assist with historical data migration, and contribute to future Employee Central enhancements and roadmap initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years SAP HCM/SAP SuccessFactors experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with SuccessFactors Employee Central implementations.
• Breadth of knowledge in other SuccessFactors areas, especially integration.
• Proven experience supporting cutover, go-live, and hypercare phases.
• Strong knowledge of Employee Central configuration, data migration, integrations, workflows, business rules, MDF, and role-based permissions.
• Experience engaging with senior business and HR IT stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the HR IT Head and project leadership team.
• Review and guide cutover planning and execution activities.
• Assess go-live readiness and identify risks and mitigation actions.
• Provide architectural oversight during production deployment and go-live.
• Support issue resolution and decision-making during hypercare.
• Support planning and execution of historical data migration activities post go-live.
• Assist with solution enhancements and roadmap initiatives following stabilisation.

Skills

SuccessFactors

Employee Central

Data migration

Go-live / hypercare

Stakeholder management

Integrations

ADP/HRIS integration knowledge

Education

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Certification

Tools

MDF

Job description

SuccessFactors Employee Central Architect - £750 - 800 - London/Hybrid

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Architect to support a customer through a critical October go-live. The candidate is expected to have overarching knowledge of other SuccessFactors modules in terms of breadth, especially integration. The architect will act as a trusted advisor to the customer's HR IT leadership, providing guidance on cutover planning, production readiness, risk management, and go-live execution.

Following go-live, the architect will support hypercare activities, help stabilise the solution, and contribute to post-go-live initiatives such as historical data migration and future Employee Central enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the HR IT Head and project leadership team.
• Review and guide cutover planning and execution activities.
• Assess go-live readiness and identify risks and mitigation actions.
• Provide architectural oversight during production deployment and go-live.
• Support issue resolution and decision-making during hypercare.
• Support planning and execution of historical data migration activities post go-live.
• Assist with solution enhancements and roadmap initiatives following stabilisation.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of SAP HCM/SAP SuccessFactors experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with SuccessFactors Employee Central implementations.
• Breadth of knowledge in other SuccessFactors areas, especially integration
• Proven experience supporting cutover, go-live, and hypercare phases.
• Strong knowledge of Employee Central configuration, data migration, integrations, workflows, business rules, MDF, and role-based permissions.
• Experience engaging with senior business and HR IT stakeholders.
• Strong advisory, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Certification.
• Experience with global Employee Central deployments.
• Experience with large-scale HR transformation programmes and data migration projects.

Duration

Initial engagement through go-live and hypercare, with potential extension for historical data migration and post-go-live enhancement activities.