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About the Role
The successful candidate will shape and lead the delivery of a multi-year People Technology and AI strategy, transforming how HR services are designed, delivered, and experienced. This role ensures investment in platforms, products, data, automation, and AI improves colleague experience and delivers measurable business value.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Head of People Technology, Digital, Analytics & Change to shape People Technology and Digital strategy, bringing market insight and a clear view of opportunity, risk, and feasibility.
- Own the multi-year roadmap and delivery plans across Oracle HCM, best-of-breed People technologies, AI, automation, data, and integrations.
- Ensure colleague experience and measurable business outcomes are at the heart of technology investment and delivery.
- Lead the product and platform operating model, creating clear accountabilities and effective ways of working across People, IT, Data, Cyber, Risk, Procurement, and strategic partners.
- Govern the People Function’s AI, automation, digital demand, and investment portfolio, including prioritization and strategic trade-offs.
- Partner with People Operations and COEs to ensure technology investment is underpinned by process simplification, trusted data, effective knowledge management, business ownership, and adoption.
- Work closely with Group IT, AI, and Digital teams on enterprise roadmaps, architecture, funding, support, and third-party management.
- Own strategic vendor relationships, driving service, innovation, resilience, knowledge transfer, and commercial value.
- Maintain oversight of People Technology cost, delivery, and operational risk, security, data privacy, and regulatory obligations.
- Act as a senior technology advisor to People leaders and represent the People Technology roadmap in relevant enterprise forums.
- Lead a high-performing People Technology team, building the skills, succession, and capabilities required for the future roadmap.
Requirements
- Significant senior leadership experience in People Technology, digital transformation, or enterprise technology, translating strategy into multi-year roadmaps and delivery.
- Broad experience across HCM platforms, best-of-breed People technologies, Microsoft 365, AI, and automation, with strong technology, data, and commercial judgment.
- Proven leadership of product/platform operating models, strategic partners, and complex technology portfolios, delivering measurable business and colleague value.
- An influential leader who operates effectively across complex, regulated environments and confidently moves between enterprise strategy and practical delivery.
- Builds inclusive, high-performing teams with clear accountability, strong capability, and a focus on outcomes.
- Curious, pragmatic, and commercially minded, constructively challenging fragmented thinking and ensuring innovation is purposeful and responsible.
Skills
- People Technology
- AI
- Oracle HCM
- Microsoft 365
- Automation
- Data
- Digital Transformation
- Enterprise Technology
- Product/Platform Operating Models
- Vendor Management
Location
- Hybrid
- London
- Birmingham
- Edinburgh
Work Type
- Permanent
- Hybrid
- All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility
Experience Level
- Senior leadership
Salary/Compensations
- £120,000-£140,000 DOE
- Indicative bonus range of 30%-60%
Benefits
- Private medical
- 38 days annual leave
- Excellent pension
- 12x salary life assurance
- Career breaks
- Income protection
- 3x volunteering days
About the Company
- Standard Life is a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income.
- We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
- Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices.
- We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings.
- In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards.
- We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
- If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
- If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.