Area Tech Manager - People

Job Description

Following the evolvement of our shared operating model, two new roles have been introduced that will lead the work in our Areas together – Area Tech Manager and Area Business Manager. We believe that the dual leadership helps establish clear ownership of responsibilities and supports balanced decision-making across areas such as customer value, technical feasibility, and overall cost. We want to establish clear tech accountability for engineering execution, delivery quality, and operational excellence – ensuring end‑to‑end responsibility for technology delivery. We also want to create clear business accountability for driving key outcomes, ensuring value realization – ensuring high focus on customer and business value.

We are now looking for an Area Tech Manager People in Corporate.

The Area Tech Manager is a senior tech leader accountable for end-to-end delivery and execution within a tech area covering related products and services aligned to key business capabilities.

The role ensures efficient, secure, and scalable delivery in line with strategic objectives, while maintaining strong operational performance. You will oversee multiple teams and be accountable for building and developing high-performing tech talent within the area.

By enabling effective day-to-day operations, the Area Tech Manager drives delivery, addresses technical debt, and supports the development of scalable, forward-looking solutions. The role contributes to the broader Tech Center portfolio and plays a key part in delivering business outcomes through aligned and integrated technology initiatives, while fostering an inclusive and high-performing engineering culture.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Domain Specific Responsibilities

Leading the delivery of People technology solutions across the end‑to‑end people lifecycle, including Attract, Retain, Develop, Contribution and Rewards, ensuring seamless support for core people processes and business needs.

Ensuring robust, scalable and enterprise People platforms, through close cross‑area collaboration, based on SaaS solutions with a strong experience layer, core data and transactional foundation, where SAP SuccessFactors acts as a central platform complemented by a variety of other bought solutions.

Driving architectural coherence and continuous modernization across the People technology landscape, including exploring and enabling the adoption of AI and agentic AI capabilities that can significantly transform people processes, services and employee experiences at scale.

Strategic & Delivery Leadership

Translate tech strategy and business objectives into actionable plans and take overall accountability for RUN/Tech Operations within the area

Oversee the delivery structure across products, services, and programs to ensure stable, scalable, and cost‑efficient tech solutions

Manage dependencies, resources, and capacity to enable effective roadmap execution and support business outcomes

Drive adoption of secure, robust, and scalable technologies and promote continuous improvement across the area

Partner with Area Business Manager/business counterparts to align priorities and synchronize delivery

Contribute to portfolio planning to ensure strategic alignment with enterprise architecture and tech strategy

Financial Accountability

Own and manage the area’s tech budget, ensuring efficient, transparent allocation and spend

Maintain budget planning and implementation in alignment with workforce plans

Optimize resource utilization while upholding strong financial accountability

Architecture & Development

Ensure solution architecture aligns with target architecture and collaborate with the CTO Office on strategic direction

Promote effective use of tools, methodologies, and engineering standards, technical quality, operational resilience, and modern engineering practices

Operational Excellence

Oversee operational stability and performance, ensuring secure and resilient operations aligned with strategic goals

Monitor and report technical KPIs (e.g., uptime, compliance, support)

Lead proactive risk management, including incident handling and mitigation planning

Drive innovation, simplification, and reduction of technical debt.

Engage internal teams and external partners to support aligned and timely delivery

People & Culture

Lead and develop engineering talent, coaching leaders and enabling technical and delivery excellence

Cultivate a culture of innovation, collaboration, and psychological safety

Hold formal staff responsibility, including recruitment, contribution talks, and workforce planning aligned with broader tech strategy and capability needs

Stakeholder Engagement

Work closely with business stakeholders to coordinate cross‑area dependencies and secure delivery of business outcomes

Act as the primary technology contact within the area and manage relevant vendor and partner relationships

WHO YOU ARE

We’re looking for someone who brings:

Experience delivering technology solutions within People and HR, supporting end‑to‑end people processes across the people lifecycle such as Attract, Retain, Develop, Contribution and Rewards.

Strong understanding of modern People technology landscapes, with a focus on SaaS solutions, experience layers, core data and transactional processes, where SAP SuccessFactors acts as a central platform complemented by a variety of other bought solutions.

Experience driving modernization and innovation in People processes through technology, including understanding how AI and agentic AI can fundamentally shift how people services, decision support and employee experiences are delivered at scale

Deep expertise in software engineering, technology execution and architecture principles

Proven experience in technology leadership, preferably across multiple products/services in a complex environment requiring collaboration with multiple business stakeholders

Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional tech teams and delivering tech solutions at scale

Experience in agile methodologies, DevOps, and continuous improvement

Financial acumen and experience managing budgets and resource allocation

This is a full-time position with the possibility to be based in one of our Tech locations, Stockholm or Bangalore.

We recommend applying as soon as possible, but no later than 15th of August as we will review applications on an ongoing basis. Please submit your CV in English.

If this role sounds right for you, we look forward to receiving your application!

Additional Information

WHO WE ARE

H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make.

We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE

We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

JOIN US

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are.

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.

*We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application.