Senior Director, People Technology & Rippling

Current; Florida; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Current is seeking a Senior Director, People Technology to lead transformation of our people systems, data, and processes across a growing, acquisition-driven organization.

This leader will own people data and governance, establish reliable employee data, design and launch Rippling to replace UKG, and partner across Human Capital, Payroll, Finance, Technology, Data, and acquired firms to ensure successful implementation and scalable growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in HRIS, People Technology, HR operations, or enterprise applications.
• Demonstrated ownership of a major HCM implementation through launch and optimization.
• Strong knowledge of employee lifecycle processes, including payroll, benefits, talent management, and workforce planning.
• Experience managing system integrations, data migration, governance, reporting, security controls, and vendors in complex, multi-entity or rapidly growing organizations.
• Proven people leadership, program management, process design, change management, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to travel and support flexible hours during implementations, acquisitions, payroll testing, and critical releases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the UKG-to-Rippling implementation, including design, data migration, testing, change management, cutover, stabilization, and UKG retirement.
• Own program governance, milestones, risks, budget, vendor performance, executive updates, and cross-functional decisions.
• Serve as enterprise product owner for Rippling and maintain a multiyear people technology roadmap aligned with business priorities.
• Harmonize processes across core HR, payroll, benefits, time, recruiting, onboarding, performance, learning, compensation, workforce planning, and offboarding.
• Oversee integration architecture and data flows between people systems and enterprise platforms, including data mapping, reconciliation, monitoring, error resolution.
• Lead people systems and data integration for acquired firms, establishing migration standards, validating data, and coordinating transitions.
• Own people data standards, quality, reporting, privacy, access controls, audit readiness, and system documentation.
• Automate employee processes, optimize adjacent platforms, and consolidate overlapping tools to improve efficiency and measurable business value.
• Develop the People Technology team and manage implementation partners, consultants, vendors, contracts, and renewals.

Skills

HRIS

People Technology

HR operations

Leadership

Tools

Rippling

UKG

Job description

Current is seeking a Senior Director, People Technology to lead transformation of our people systems, data, and processes across a growing, acquisition-driven organization.

This leader will own people data and governance, establish reliable employee data, design and launch Rippling to replace UKG, and partner across Human Capital, Payroll, Finance, Technology, Data, and acquired firms to ensure successful implementation and scalable growth.