Principal Architect

At Iron Mountain we protect what our customers value most, from the everyday to the extraordinary. We build customer value around the world with a passion for preserving the physical, transforming the digital, and respecting the environmental. We pioneered the industry for global records and information management and have established some of the best customer relationships in the industry with 95% of the Fortune 1000 companies among our 225,000 loyal customers. Here, you’ll bring your expertise and creativity to a workplace that thrives on continuous improvement. Here, you’ll be part of a global workforce that embraces the differences among us. And here, we’ll encourage you to Climb Higher for the benefit of our customers and each other. There is so much more, but enough about us. We can’t wait to hear about YOU.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director - HCM Platforms, the Human Capital Management (HCM) Principal Architect will be a key Information Technology change agent in the digital transformation journey of Iron Mountain. We are seeking a hands-on technologist to drive platform strategy & data integration efforts establishing/extending a strategic, global HCM platform serving the needs of our global Human Resources COE, including our globally distributed employees and contractors. This role will partner with IT, business and strategic vendor partners to ensure delivery of strategic business objectives and develop long term technology roadmaps that continue to deliver and expand ongoing business value in the HCM technology arena, including components like payroll, labor tracking, learning management, and travel & expense.

Candidate will possess the necessary balance of strategic vision and tactical execution to fuel and execute the transformation within the HCM business area. The HCM Principal Architect must have the ability to design systems, processes, and procedures that scale to meet the needs, challenges, and opportunities of the organization. Moreover, they will need to build relationships across all aspects of the organization, across multiple layers of the organization.

Candidate should be an outstanding communicator capable of describing the business impact and cost justification of initiatives as well as the transformational potential of emerging technologies. Must possess executive presence, communication, and senior-level influencing skills, as well as an ability to tactically execute and interact with peers, customers and vendor partners in a collaborative manner.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall architecture and design of Iron Mountain’s HCM ecosystem, including core HR (hire-to-retire), time and attendance, payroll, learning management, and travel & expense
• Curate and maintain vendor relationships
• Provides oversight and governance of technology standards and frameworks for HCM initiatives
• Works closely with the IT Leadership team to influence improvements to systems and processes
• Works closely with other technology peers to establish/maintain architectural best practices/standards and appropriate technical governance to accelerate development/operations of state-of-the-art solutions
• Develops and maintains productive relationships with business stakeholders and partners across the enterprise
• Promotes/provides creativity and challenges traditional thinking to architect for innovation and value; serves as a change agent to accelerate the use of technology to fuel business growth
• Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations, etc. in order to lead strategic business direction of the department
• Directs hands-on architecture design participation on large, complex projects
• Accountable for creation and management of multi‐year roadmaps for HCM platforms

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications:

Number of Years of Work Experience:

• Expert-level understanding of the HCM tools, including Workday, Kronos, ADP and related solutions
• Ability to lead technical design sessions; architect technical solutions aligned with business objectives; identify gaps
• Ability to look across the IT landscape and understand the structure and relationships other applications have with HCM solutions to ensure tight integration and data integrity
• Experience architecting solutions with Agile teams across a broad suite of technologies both within and outside the HCM arena
• Strong knowledge of cloud technologies and cloud economics including AWS, Azure, GCP
• Strong, proven problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly analyze the most expedient method to recover business operations
• Must be committed to a culture of continuous improvement
• Exceptional customer service skills, in addition to extensive experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with users, executives and senior leaders at all levels
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
• Strong communication, influencing, and presentation skills
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
• High-level working knowledge of multiple complex software and hardware platforms including network architectures
• Ability to work in a fast- paced, high-tech environment juggling multiple priorities while meeting deadlines
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude in high pressure situations and manage distributed teams with competing priorities with tight deadlines
• ITIL and other IT Professional Certifications

BS/BA degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Information Security or related field or equivalent experience

Category: Information Technology Group

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Requisition: J0047942