Role : Senior HCM Portfolio Lead - Manager - (Technology)

Location : Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Experience : 12 years.

Primary platform : Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM.

Role overview :

We are seeking a Senior HCM Portfolio Lead to own the strategy, delivery, and operational performance of our enterprise HCM technology portfolio.

This role is the principal technology partner to the People & Organization (P&O;) team, connecting workforce priorities with effective business processes, reliable platforms, and a clear investment roadmap.

The successful candidate will combine deep HCM process knowledge with strong ERP & portfolio management expertise.

He will be accountable for the portfolio throughout its lifecycle : shaping demand, guiding solution design, delivering change, sustaining critical services, and demonstrating business value after go-live.

Key accountabilities :

Strategy and business partnership :

- Partner with Chief P&O; leadership and HR process owners to understand strategic priorities, operational challenges, and future workforce needs.
- Own and maintain a yearly HCM technology roadmap, with transparent priorities, dependencies, investment needs, and expected outcomes.
- Advise stakeholders on process design and the effective use of standard platform capabilities, while identifying where changes or extensions are justified.
- Establish governance for demand, prioritization, design decisions, risks, and benefits realization.

Portfolio delivery and solution ownership :

- Lead the HCM portfolio across programmes, projects, enhancements, integrations, and platform releases.
- Provide end-to-end oversight of solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, adoption,



and transition into support.
- Ensure processes work coherently across the employee lifecycle, including core HR, payroll, time and absence, recruitment, talent, learning, and employee and manager self-service.
- Govern HCM architecture, integrations, data quality, reporting, security, access controls, and compliance requirements.
- Manage delivery capacity and dependencies across P&O;, IT, Finance, implementation partners, and other enterprise platforms.

Operational excellence :

- Be accountable for the health of live HCM services, including critical HR and payroll activities, service levels, incidents, problem management, and release readiness.
- Lead root-cause analysis and permanent resolution of recurring issues, with transparent ownership and communication to business stakeholders.
- Use service performance, user feedback, and process measures to drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure appropriate documentation, controls, knowledge transfer, and business continuity arrangements are in place.

Leadership and governance :

- Lead and develop HCM technology teams and hold delivery partners accountable for quality, timelines, and outcomes.
- Provide clear, decision-focused reporting to senior leadership on portfolio progress, risks, service health, spend, and realized benefits.




- Build strong working relationships across technical and functional teams, resolving competing priorities and escalating decisions when needed.

Candidate profile :

Essential :

- Substantial experience leading an enterprise HCM technology portfolio or large-scale HCM transformation in a complex, multi-entity organization.
- Strong knowledge of HCM business processes and the ability to discuss process, policy, controls, and user impact confidently with senior P&O; leaders.
- Deep experience with enterprise HCM or ERP platforms, including solution governance, integrations, data, security, testing, releases, and live operations.
- Proven ownership of a portfolio spanning both new delivery and ongoing service performance.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams, implementation partners, budgets, and senior stakeholder expectations.
- Strong decision-making, executive communication, and the ability to turn ambiguous business needs into a practical roadmap.

Preferred :

- Hands-on leadership experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM or other leading ERP.
- Experience across payroll, time and absence, talent, recruitment, learning, analytics, and HCM integrations.
- Experience in healthcare or another large, regulated, operationally complex environment.

What success looks like :

The Senior HCM Portfolio Lead will be successful when the P&O; team has a trusted technology partner; HCM priorities are translated into a funded, achievable roadmap; critical processes run accurately and reliably; changes are adopted by employees, managers, and HR teams; and the portfolio delivers measurable improvements in efficiency, control, and employee experience.

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