Haleon
Consumer Health
DirectorHCMDevOps
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“Director HCM DevOps at Haleon. Skills: DevOps operating model, Release management, Incident management, Operational risk. Own and continuously evolve the HCM DevOps operating model. Ensure platform stability, availability, and performance”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Senior leader with over 15 years of experience owning DevOps or platform operations in largescale, regulated enterprise environments, Experience working with multiple HCM suite of products (Workday and others), Proven accountability for release management, incident management, and operational controls in HR or payroll adjacent systems, understanding of operational risk, compliance, and audit expectations in people systems, Experience leading hybrid models involving internal teams and external operations partners
Nice to Have
Ability to clearly articulate operational risk and trade-offs to senior HR and business leaders, people leadership and partner management capability, Calm, structured decision-making in high impact situations, Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on simplification and resilience
What You'll Do.
Own and continuously evolve the HCM DevOps operating model
Ensure platform stability
and deployment management
Act as the senior authority for incident
and service management
Ensure compliance-by-design across operations
Partner with Product and Architecture to balance speed of change with risk
Provide leadership ready reporting on operational health
Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture guardrails
Maintain architectural artefacts in enterprise repositories
Translate complex architectural topics into clear
business relevant narratives
Influence delivery partners to build simpler
more sustainable solutions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Product, Architecture, Security, and external operations partners; Collaborate with HR Product Owners, Business Partners, Enterprise Architecture, Data, Security, and external vendors
Communication Scope
Translate complex architectural topics into clear, business relevant narratives
Full Job Description
Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity. Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science. Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture. **About the role** The Director of HCM DevOps sits within the Corporate Functions D&T organisation and owns the **DevOps operating model** across HCM platforms (e.g., Workday, and adjacent services), acting as the **single point of accountability for run, release, and operational risk**. The Director partners closely with Product, Architecture, Security, and external operations partners to ensure the HCM ecosystem supports transformation without disruption to the business. The role reports to the Head of HR Systems & Products. This role is critical in environments where **regulatory compliance, payroll accuracy, security controls, and data integrity are non-negotiable** , and where biannual/quarterly platform releases are a structural reality rather than an exception. **Role Responsibilities** * Own and continuously evolve the HCM DevOps operating model, clearly defining accountabilities across internal teams and external operations partners * Ensure platform stability, availability, and performance across all HCM products, including proactive monitoring and preventative controls * Govern release
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