NBCUniversal

Director Software Engineering SAP SuccessFactors

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Hiring Remotely in Los Angeles CA USA

Remote or Hybrid

180K-230K Annually

Expert/Leader

AdTech • Cloud • Digital Media • Information Technology • News + Entertainment • App development

NBCUniversal has a rich history of evolving the media and entertainment industry.

The Role

Lead the SAP SuccessFactors implementation and strategy overseeing integrations and ensuring optimal performance in HR technology. Manage a global team and drive innovation in the platform.

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Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content which we distribute across our portfolio of film television and streaming and bring to life through our global theme park destinations consumer products and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands including NBC NBC News NBC Sports Telemundo NBC Local Stations Bravo and Peacock our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios including Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation and Focus Features and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences including Universal Orlando Resort home to Universal Epic Universe and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees customers and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Job Description
The Corporate Operations & Technology Engineering Team is seeking a Director Software Engineering SAP SuccessFactors. We are currently undergoing a HR transformation that includes a green field implementation of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. This is a strategic and technical leadership role for the organization's global Human Capital Management (HCM) technology landscape. This role is responsible for shaping the long-term SuccessFactors platform strategy overseeing enterprise-scale implementations driving innovation through SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and ensuring seamless integration across the HCM ecosystem. The Director partners closely with business and technology executives to modernize HR capabilities optimize processes and enable a scalable secure and clean-core SAP environment.
Responsibilities:

Define and drive the enterprise-wide SAP SuccessFactors strategy ensuring alignment with HR transformation goals and broader corporate technology objectives.
Establish and govern SAP architectural standards integration frameworks design patterns and clean-core principles.
Serve as the senior advisor to executive stakeholders on SAP roadmap decisions emerging technologies and platform optimization opportunities.
Lead end-to-end delivery of SAP SuccessFactors initiatives-Employee Central Talent modules Integrations and Platform extensions.
Oversee the migration and transformation of SAP HCM/SAP On-Premise custom workloads to SuccessFactors and SAP BTP.
Champion scalable solutions using in-app and side-by-side extensions (RAP CAP BAS SAP Build Work Zone).
Ensure the platform leverages best practices in data architecture workflow automation security and system performance.
Manage a global team of architects engineers and consultants responsible for platform development integration and operations.
Maintain technical integrity across programs minimizing duplication and maximizing reuse of core components.
Guide design and development of integrations using SAP Integration Suite APIs and non-SAP connectors.
Oversee technical reviews solution validations and architectural compliance across all HCM initiative
Partner with HR Finance Security Compliance and Enterprise Architecture to ensure aligned and scalable solutions.
Influence product roadmap and long-term strategy based on business priorities and technological advancements.
Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to senior leadership and non-technical audiences.
Ensure high availability reliability security and performance of the SuccessFactors ecosystem.
Establish operational KPIs standards and SLAs ensuring continuous improvement across delivery and support functions.
Drive vendor management efforts with SAP and third-party partners.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering Business or related field; Master's degree preferred.
Equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
12+ years of progressive experience in SAP HCM and SuccessFactors platforms.
8+ full lifecycle SAP SuccessFactors implementations in a technical leadership or architecture role.
Deep expertise in Employee Central and at least two Talent modules along with complex integration scenarios.
Strong understanding of SAP clean core extensibility frameworks and SAP BTP development models (RAP CAP).
Demonstrated success leading large-scale HR technology transformations (greenfield brownfield or hybrid).
Hands-on experience with APIs OData Integration Suite cloud architecture and non-SAP interfacing.
Experience working in global matrixed organizations with executive-level exposure.
SAP SuccessFactors suite (Employee Central Talent modules Platform & integrations).
SAP BTP: BAS CAP RAP Build Work Zone Integration Suite.
SAP HCM (on-prem) SAP BW/BW4HANA SAC and Fieldglass experience is highly advantageous.
Strong grounding in modern engineering practices-CI/CD DevOps API-first architecture cloud development.
Proven ability to lead and mentor technical teams.
Strong communication stakeholder management and executive presentation skills.
Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on technical oversight.
Results-driven with a focus on simplification scalability and total cost of ownership (TCO) reduction.

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite most commonly an employee's residence.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $180000 - $230000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible)
Additional Information
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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The Company

HQ: New York City NY

68000 Employees

Year Founded: 1912

What We Do

From film television news theme parks interactive media and streaming our people are at the center of it all. Here we solve complex and business-critical problems. That’s why we’re looking for people to help us continue our evolution imagining and delivering the most innovative and disruptive products and services through the latest tech advancements in the industry. Here you can develop solutions. You’ll develop solutions that allow engineers to broadcast live TV from the comfort of their homes. These solutions will enable the use of our collection of hundreds of thousands of distinct intellectual properties across our film television and streaming brands. Here you can transform. You’ll make decisions and solve complex problems by leveraging insights that come from data building AI to help enable solutions to optimize every aspect of our content eco-system. Here you can build. You’ll build emerging immersive technologies that are used to power the broadcasts and streaming of global events like the Super Bowl and Olympics. You can create secure elastic cloud-based services connecting parts of our global platform ecosystem that effect tens of millions of viewers consumers and businesses that consume and love NBCUniversal’s content. And while you design build and architect your career we have the culture to make sure you’re supported. Here you can work and still live your best life! We’re leaders in our fields. We hire smart people and trust them to get the job done. We are never too busy to develop a fellow colleague. We understand our goals – or we ask. When we see something that needs doing – we do it. We make data-driven decisions. We fiercely believe in our talent and their growth. If you're ready to make an impact here you can.

Why Work With Us

For us it's more than just a work life. It's a daily passion. We take great pride in our legacy. We find fun in the challenge. We collaborate and inspire others. We're always creating always solving and always ahead of competition.