Senior HR Technology Transformation & Transition Manager

About Unilabs
Headquartered in Geneva and part of the A.P. Moller Group, Unilabs is one of Europe’s leading medical diagnostics companies, offering a complete range of laboratory, pathology, genetics, and imaging services to patients across 14 countries. Unilabs invests heavily in technology, equipment, and people – using digital technologies in its state-of-the-art laboratories and imaging institutes – to improve the lives of close to 100 million people every year.
About the Role
Unilabs is on a multi-year journey to become Europe's leading diagnostics provider. As part of this transformation, Unilabs is modernising its operating model, simplifying processes, leveraging technology, and building scalable services that support sustainable growth across Europe.
The HR Function is embarking on a major transformation programme to optimize HR services and modernise the HR technology platforms providing a great employee and manager experience.
To support this journey, we are seeking a highly experienced Senior HR Technology Transformation & Transition Manager to lead the technology workstream required to successfully transform HR systems, processes, data and service delivery capabilities across multiple European markets.
This role will play a critical position within the programme, ensuring new HR technologies, operating models and HR services are implemented successfully with minimal business disruption.
Role Purpose
The Senior HR Technology Transformation & Transition Manager is accountable for planning, coordinating and delivering all technology-related activities supporting the HR Transformation programme.
The role will lead the transition from the current operating model to the future-state HR service model, encompassing:
HR technology transformation
Service transition and operational readiness
System migrations and integrations
Vendor and partner selection (including business case) and management
HR data migration and governance
Business readiness and change management
Cross-functional programme Delivery
The successful candidate will ensure HR services, technologies, support teams and third-party providers are fully prepared for go-live, transition and long-term operational success.
The role requires strong leadership across complex stakeholder groups including HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Legal, External Vendors and Market Leadership Teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead a multi-country HR technology transformation programme.
Own programme scope, budget, timeline, resources and delivery.
Establish governance structures and steer decision-making forums.
Align HR, IT, Operations, Procurement and external partners.
Lead HRIS/HCM, Talent Management and Payroll technology initiatives.
Manage HR technology implementation and optimisation projects.
Oversee system integrations and solution delivery.
Support business process redesign and standardisation.
Ensure solutions meet business, security and compliance requirements.
Define and execute operational readiness plans.
Lead go-live, hypercare and service transition activities.
Establish support models and operational governance.
Manage system integrators, software vendors and service providers.
Monitor supplier performance and contractual commitments.
Lead data migration, validation and governance activities.
Ensure GDPR and regulatory compliance.
Drive change management, training and user adoption.
Manage programme risks, dependencies, budget and reporting.
Track benefits realisation and business outcomes.
Influence senior stakeholders and act as a trusted transformation advisor.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Human Resources, Engineering or related discipline.
Minimum 8 years of project or programme management experience.
Significant experience delivering enterprise-wide technology transformation programmes.
Experience implementing or transforming HR Technology platforms such as Oracle HCM, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, UKG, Cornerstone or similar.
Experience managing third-party vendors, system integrators and delivery partners.
Experience delivering multi-country programmes.
Experience managing operational readiness, service transition and go-live activities.
Strong understanding of data migration approaches and governance.
Experience managing executive stakeholders and governance forums.
Preferred Qualifications:
PMP, Prince2 Practitioner or equivalent project certification.
Agile certification (Scrum Master, SAFe or equivalent).
Experience within healthcare, life sciences or other regulated environments.
Leadership Attributes:
Strong ownership and accountability mindset.
Ability to lead large-scale transformation in complex environments.
Excellent influencing and stakeholder management capabilities.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity.
Strong commercial awareness and vendor management skills.
Executive presence and communication capability.
Collaborative leadership style.
Resilient, customer-focused and results-oriented.
Ability to lead through matrix structures without direct authority.
Passion for creating sustainable operational improvements.
What Success Looks Like
Within 18 months, the successful candidate will have:
Delivered key HR technology transformation milestones.
Established robust operational readiness and governance processes.
Improved service quality, scalability and operational efficiency.
Enabled successful adoption of new HR systems and processes.
Delivered measurable business improvements.
Benefits
Hybrid working model (office & remote flexibility)
Opportunity to work on Swiss-market healthcare and laboratory platforms with real clinical impact
International, collaborative, and regulated product environment
Competitive compensation and benefits

Work arrangement
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