Area Tech Manager - People

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.   WHAT YOU’LL DO  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 delivering technology solutions within People and HR, supporting end‑to‑end people processes across the people lifecycle such as Attract, Retain, Develop, Contribution and Rewards.  Strong understanding of modern People technology landscapes, with a focus on SaaS solutions, experience layers, core data and transactional processes, where SAP SuccessFactors acts as a central platform complemented by a variety of other bought solutions.  Experience driving modernization and innovation in People processes through technology, including understanding how AI and agentic AI can fundamentally shift how people services, decision support and employee experiences are delive