Director, HCM Technology, Data

Jobtailor; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Arlington, VA seeks a senior lead for HCM Data and Technology to drive data architecture, integration, security, and governance across HR systems and payroll. You will guide executives, shape the program strategy, and oversee multi-disciplinary teams through migration and readiness activities.

The role requires a track record of delivering complex data modernization programs, data quality stewardship, and strong stakeholder management in a federal/public-sector or large enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field.
• Ten or more years in technology, data, enterprise systems, HR tech, or digital transformation consulting.
• Five or more years leading complex HCM, ERP, HRIS, data migration, or enterprise integration programs.
• Experience guiding cross-functional teams and managing senior client relationships.
• Experience executing data migration, governance, or modernization strategies.
• Experience profiling, transforming, validating, and migrating data with source-to-target mapping.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HCM Data and Technology workstream as primary accountability for data, architecture, integration, testing, security, and readiness.
• Advise client executives and program leadership; develop integrated data/tech strategies aligned to objectives.
• Establish governance, delivery plans, risk controls, quality and executive reporting.
• Direct enterprise data migration governance across data domains and deployment activities.
• Oversee data profiling, cleansing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and cutover readiness.
• Provide executive oversight of data architecture, integration strategy, and interoperability.
• Lead architecture reviews; ensure security, privacy, scalability, and operational support.
• Mentor cross-functional teams of architects, consultants, analysts, and specialists.
• Support enterprise-wide data-source rationalization and long-term operating models.
• Direct deployment, debugging, hyper-care, and transition-to-operations activities.

Skills

HCM Data Architecture

Data Governance Strategies

Enterprise Integration

Data Migration Management

Technical Risk Management

Leadership

Mentoring

Client Relationship Management

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, HRIS, or a related field

Tools

HCM Platforms

ERP

Identity Management Systems

Payroll Systems

Reporting Solutions

Job description

• Lead the HCM Data and Technology workstream, serving as the primary point of accountability for data, architecture, integration, testing, security, and technical readiness


• Act as a trusted advisor to client executives, HR leaders, technology stakeholders, and program leadership


• Develop and execute integrated data and technology strategies aligned to business, operational, and transformation objectives


• Establish governance structures, delivery plans, risk management processes, quality controls, and executive reporting mechanisms


• Lead, mentor, and develop cross-functional teams of architects, consultants, analysts, and technical specialists


• Direct enterprise HCM data migration and governance strategies across workforce, organizational, learning, position, and employee data domains


• Oversee data profiling, cleansing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, migration readiness, and deployment activities


• Establish data ownership, stewardship, quality standards, governance processes, and long‑term operating models


• Advise clients on data retention, archival, remediation, rationalization, and authoritative data-source strategies


• Ensure sustainable governance and data quality practices beyond implementation


• Provide executive oversight of HCM data architecture, integration strategy, and enterprise interoperability


• Direct integration planning between HCM platforms and key enterprise systems including payroll, finance, identity management, recruiting, learning, and reporting solutions


• Establish scalable architecture patterns supporting APIs, middleware, cloud integrations, ETL processes, and real‑time data exchange


• Lead architecture reviews and ensure solutions meet requirements for security, privacy, scalability, performance, and operational support


• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies to support successful program delivery


• Oversee technical participation in testing, security validation, deployment readiness, and production cutover activities


• Ensure compliance with applicable cybersecurity, privacy, identity management, and data‑protection requirements


• Direct deployment, rollback, hyper‑care, stabilization, knowledge transfer, and transition‑to‑operations activities


• Monitor program health, technical risks, defects, data quality issues, and readiness indicators throughout the implementation lifecycle


• Ensure operational support models, documentation, and governance processes are established for long‑term sustainability


• Contribute to business development, solution development, thought leadership, practice growth, recruiting, and client relationship management initiatives


• Support proposal efforts, technical strategy development, and executive presentations for future HCM transformation opportunities

Requirements

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD \"PUBLIC TRUST\"


• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, HRIS, or a related field


• TEN (10) or more years of relevant experience in technology, data, enterprise systems, HR technology, or digital-transformation consulting


• FIVE (5) or more years of experience leading complex HCM, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), HRIS, data migration, or enterprise‑integration programs


• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and managing senior client relationships


• Experience developing and executing enterprise data migration, data governance, or data‑modernization strategies


• Experience overseeing data profiling, cleansing, source‑to‑target mapping, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and cutover activities


• Experience integrating enterprise platforms with payroll, finance, identity management, timekeeping, benefits, recruiting, learning, reporting, or other business systems


• Working knowledge of APIs, middleware, ETL, file‑based interfaces, and batch and real‑time integration patterns


• Experience directing system testing, data validation, deployment readiness, technical risk management, and operational transition


• Experience developing executive‑level recommendations, technical roadmaps, readiness assessments, and decision materials


• Experience supporting federal government clients or similarly complex public‑sector organizations

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading HCM data architecture, integration strategies, and governance processes while ensuring data quality and compliance with cybersecurity standards. Proven ability to manage complex data migration projects and develop executive‑level recommendations for enterprise systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• HCM Data Architecture


• Data Governance Strategies


• Enterprise Integration


• Data Migration Management


• Technical Risk Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Data Profiling


• Data Cleansing


• ETL Processes


• APIs


• Middleware


• Source-To-Target Mapping


• Data Validation


• Reconciliation


• Deployment Readiness


• Technical Roadmaps

Soft Skills

• Leadership


• Mentoring


• Client Relationship Management


• Communication


• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Federal or DoD Public Trust

Industry Keywords

• Digital Transformation


• Public Sector


• Data Management


• HR Technology


• Operational Support

Tools & Technologies

• HCM Platforms


• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)


• Identity Management Systems


• Payroll Systems
  
• Reporting Solutions