Manager, Business and People Experience Platforms

Advertising Specialty Institute; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

Paternity/maternity leave

Paid daycare benefits

Health and wellness programs

24/7 EAP and Teladoc

401(k) with company match

Holidays, PTO

Onsite amenities

Job summary

Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) is seeking a Manager, Business and PX Platforms to lead enterprise platforms across Finance, HR, and learning functions. The role ensures data integrity, governance, and scalable solutions while partnering with Finance, PX, IT, and business stakeholders.

You will oversee platform delivery, reporting, and modernization initiatives, while coaching a team of platform specialists and driving user adoption and cross-functional alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years supporting or leading enterprise PX or Business applications.
• 3+ years in a people management or leadership role.
• Progressive experience with enterprise business apps, HRIS, ERP, finance, or related platforms.
• Experience leading people, projects, platform delivery, or cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience with systems analysis, solution design, testing, reporting, integrations, and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of assigned business and PX platforms, including configuration, data, integrations, reporting, access, upgrades, and support.
• Establish and maintain standards for security, access controls, data integrity, system controls, testing, and change management.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex platform, integration, reporting, and data issues.
• Lead intake, prioritization, testing, deployment, and adoption of enhancements, patches, upgrades, and new capabilities.
• Translate requirements with stakeholders into scalable solutions and collaborate across Finance, PX, IT, and business units.
• Drive process improvement through automation, workflow optimization, and reporting modernization.
• Own data quality, governance, and cross-platform reporting solutions including executive dashboards.
• Manage, coach, and develop direct reports, and support hiring, onboarding, and knowledge sharing.
• Manage vendor and implementation partner relationships, including licensing, renewals, and performance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, contract management, cost optimization, and platform roadmap planning.
• Evaluate new technologies aligned with ASI's strategy.

Skills

People leadership

Stakeholder management

HRIS knowledge

ERP knowledge

Data governance

Analytical skills

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in HRIS/Information Systems/Business

Tools

UKG/UltiPro

Saba/Galaxy LMS

Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

SAP Concur

SQL

Excel

Business Intelligence tools

Job description

Manager, Business and People Experience Platforms

ASI is the largest global provider of technology B2B services for the $27.7 billion promotional products industry (branding and marketing). With 25,000 clients in 53 countries, our mission is to inspire, inform, and empower our clients' success every step of the way.

ASI currently has a hybrid work model. This position requires in person attendance at our office in Trevose, PA on Tuesdays & Wednesdays.

Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) is seeking a Manager, Business and PX Platforms to lead the delivery, administration, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise business applications and People Experience (PX) platforms supporting Finance, Human Resources, learning and development, talent management, payroll-related processes, and internal operations.

This role is responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, data integrity, and effective use of assigned enterprise platforms. The Manager will partner closely with Finance, People Experience, IT, and business stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into scalable, secure, and well-governed technology solutions.

The Manager will lead a team of platform specialists and oversee system enhancements, integrations, reporting, vendor relationships, and modernization initiatives. This role will also focus on strengthening platform governance, improving service delivery, driving user adoption, and ensuring strong cross-functional alignment.

Salary Range: $110,000-$130,000

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of assigned business and PX platforms, including configuration, data, integrations, reporting, access, upgrades, and support.
• Establish and maintain standards for security, role-based access, data integrity, system controls, testing, documentation, change management, and release processes.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex platform, integration, reporting, and data issues, including troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Lead intake, prioritization, planning, testing, deployment, and adoption of enhancements, patches, upgrades, and new capabilities.
• Partner with Finance, People Experience, IT, developers, database administrators, business analysts, and users to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Drive process improvement through automation, workflow optimization, system configuration, reporting improvements, and modernization.
• Own data quality, reporting governance, operational reports, executive dashboards, analytics, and cross-platform reporting solutions.
• Manage, coach, mentor, and develop direct reports while supporting hiring, onboarding, cross-training, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Manage software vendor and implementation partner relationships, including delivery accountability, licensing, renewals, support issues, and performance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, contract management, cost optimization, and platform roadmap planning for assigned systems.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for software vendors and implementation partners and Evaluates new technologies aligned with ASI's strategy.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years supporting or leading enterprise PX or Business applications.
• 3+ years in a people management or leadership role.
• Progressive experience supporting or leading enterprise business applications, HRIS, ERP, finance, learning, or related platforms.
• Demonstrated experience leading people, projects, platform delivery, or cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience with systems analysis, solution design, testing, reporting, integrations, change management, production support, and data governance.
• Working knowledge of HRIS, ERP, finance, learning, and related enterprise application concepts.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, data-validation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage confidential information and collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.

Platforms and Tools:

• Experience with UKG/UltiPro or comparable HRIS platforms.
• Experience with learning management platforms such as Saba/Galaxy or comparable systems.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, SAP Concur, SQL, Microsoft Excel, business intelligence platforms, report-writing tools, or similar technologies.
• Project management experience and familiarity with system controls, table structures, data relationships, and reporting methods.

ASI offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, available on day one of employment.
• Paid maternity and paternity/bonding leave (12 weeks paid for birthing/primary parent and 4 weeks paid for secondary parent) and a parent support group.
• 12 weeks of paid daycare for new parents (14 weeks at our onsite daycare center, Lots of Love).
• Free Health and Wellness programs.
• Free 24/7 access to Magellan Employee Assistance Program and Teladoc.
• Day one 401(k) with company match.
• Paid holidays, floating days, and paid time off (PTO).
• Office amenities with onsite café, Starbucks, 24/7 free gym access and classes, onsite daycare, EV charging stations, creative spaces such as our community garden club, music room, art room, and relaxation space.

Take this opportunity to join our successful team! EOE m/f/d/v. ASI is an equal opportunity employer, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or Veteran status. Diversity makes us better. Check out ASI's Diversity and Inclusion Blog Posts.

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