Area Tech Manager - People

H & M Hennes & Mauritz GBC AB; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

PVH, a global fashion company, seeks an Area Tech Manager People in Corporate to lead end-to-end delivery of People technology across Attract, Retain, Develop, Contribution and Rewards, ensuring seamless support for core people processes and business needs.

You will oversee multiple teams, drive modernization, ensure secure, scalable systems based on SAP SuccessFactors and other solutions, and partner with Area Business Manager to align tech and business goals.

Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of People technology solutions across the end-to-end people lifecycle.
• Ensuring robust, scalable enterprise People platforms based on SAP SuccessFactors and supplementary solutions.
• Driving architectural coherence and modernization, exploring AI capabilities for scalable people processes.

Job description

Following the evolvement of our shared operating model, two new roles have been introduced that will lead the work in our Areas together - Area Tech Manager and Area Business Manager. We believe that the dual leadership helps establish clear ownership of responsibilities and supports balanced decision-making across areas such as customer value, technical feasibility, and overall cost. We want to establish clear tech accountability for engineering execution, delivery quality, and operational excellence - ensuring end‑to‑end responsibility for technology delivery. We also want to create clear business accountability for driving key outcomes, ensuring value realization - ensuring high focus on customer and business value.
We are now looking for an Area Tech Manager People in Corporate.
The Area Tech Manager is a senior tech leader accountable for end-to-end delivery and execution within a tech area covering related products and services aligned to key business capabilities.
The role ensures efficient, secure, and scalable delivery in line with strategic objectives, while maintaining strong operational performance. You will oversee multiple teams and be accountable for building and developing high-performing tech talent within the area.
By enabling effective day-to-day operations, the Area Tech Manager drives delivery, addresses technical debt, and supports the development of scalable, forward‑looking solutions. The role contributes to the broader Tech Center portfolio and plays a key part in delivering business outcomes through aligned and integrated technology initiatives, while fostering an inclusive and high-performing engineering culture.

Domain Specific Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of People technology solutions across the end‑to‑end people lifecycle, including Attract, Retain, Develop, Contribution and Rewards, ensuring seamless support for core people processes and business needs.
• Ensuring robust, scalable and enterprise People platforms, through close cross‑area collaboration, based on SaaS solutions with a strong experience layer, core data and transactional foundation, where SAP SuccessFactors acts as a central platform complemented by a variety of other bought solutions.
• Driving architectural coherence and continuous modernization across the People technology landscape, including exploring and enabling the adoption of AI and agentic AI capabilities that can significantly transform people processes, services and employee experiences at scale.

Strategic & Delivery Leadership

• Translate tech strategy and business objectives into actionable plans and take overall accountability for RUN/Tech Operations within the area
• Oversee the delivery structure across products, services, and programs to ensure stable, scalable, and cost‑efficient tech solutions
• Manage dependencies, resources, and capacity to enable effective roadmap execution and support business outcomes
• Drive adoption of secure, robust, and scalable technologies and promote continuous improvement across the area
• Partner with Area Business Manager/business counterparts to align priorities and synchronize delivery
• Contribute to portfolio planning to ensure strategic alignment with enterprise architecture and tech strategy

Financial Accountability

• Own and manage the area's tech budget, ensuring efficient, transparent allocation and spend
• Maintain budget planning and implementation in alignment with workforce plans
• Optimize resource utilization while upholding strong financial accountability

Architecture & Development

• Ensure solution architecture aligns with target architecture and collaborate with the CTO Office on strategic direction
• Promote effective use of tools, methodologies, and engineering standards, technical quality, operational resilience, and modern engineering practices

Operational Excellence

• Oversee operational stability and performance, ensuring secure and resilient operations aligned with strategic goals
• Monitor and report technical KPIs (e.g., uptime, compliance, support)
• Lead proactive risk management, including incident handling and mitigation planning
• Drive innovation, simplification, and reduction of technical debt.
• Engage internal teams and external partners to support aligned and timely delivery

People & Culture

• Lead and develop engineering talent, coaching leaders and enabling technical and delivery excellence
• Cultivate a culture of innovation, collaboration, and psychological safety
• Hold formal staff responsibility, including recruitment, contribution talks, and workforce planning aligned with broader tech strategy and capability needs

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with business stakeholders to coordinate cross‑area dependencies and secure delivery of business outcomes
• Act as the primary technology contact within the area and manage relevant vendor and partner relationships

WHO YOU ARE

We're looking for someone who brings:

Experience delive