The Sr. Manager of HR Transformation plays a pivotal role in supporting the Talent and Total Rewards organizations’ continuously evolving tools and processes to best achieve its people related strategic objectives.

This role serves as an internal consultant to the Talent Experience, Talent Acquisition and Total Rewards organizations. They will understand their strategies and will provide insights and guidance around market intelligence, technology and innovation, business process management, portfolio management, organizational change management, team member experience strategy, and hands on support to develop and execute roadmaps. This individual will serve as the main interface between these COEs and the HR Operations, technology and HR Transformation teams. This role will help the COEs develop a roadmap, articulate and document requirements, perform prototyping and demonstrations, and do initial testing to ensure solutions are meeting the needs before being released to the COEs while also helping define the operational elements of changes in line within our HR Operating Model. They will also be aware of the overall HR roadmap and will make connections to other HR initiatives and other functional areas to ensure sequencing and synergies are optimized while keeping the team member experience and scalability at the forefront.

Deep understanding of Talent and Total Reward processes, strategies and technologies is critical in this role.

This role sits within the Atlanta Support Center and is required to be onsite at least 80%.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the development and maintenance of the HR Transformation roadmap.

• Identify technologies in support of strategy; both reviewing how to extend existing tools or exploring tools in the marketplace. Facilitate prototypes and demos to review functionality.

• Actively lead key major transformation projects as identified and remove barriers for teams meeting goals – serve as problem solver/facilitator.

• Lead team in partnering with COEs to understand strategies and provide market intelligence, technical expertise and build plans and drive innovation to realize business value.

• Serve as project manager where designated-identify needed resourcing.

• Lead and support vendor discussions, facilitate RFPs and requirements sessions.

• Drive cross functional collaboration and connections between technical and non-technical teams.

• Identify and design impacts to the operating model and operations as a result of changes.

• Support development of change management plans for rollouts.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• 4-year degree preferred

• Business, HR, IT, or Operations related education preferred

• Master’s degree a plus

• Progressive Human Resources, multiple implementations for large populations or related areas

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES

• Excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Deep knowledge of HR best practices, employment laws, and regulations.

• Experience with large implementations in Talent Acquisition, Talent Experience and Total Rewards.

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Strong communication skills, both technical and non-technical with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and build partnerships.

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to work independently, supporting numerous tasks simultaneously while meeting critical timelines.

• Ability to develop executive level presentations, summaries and roadmaps.

• Strong leadership skills to indirectly lead individuals or teams.

• Proficiency within Microsoft Office tools.

• Displays the ability to work in a fast paced, culture.

• Willing to provide consultative insights as well as roll up sleeves and do detailed work.

Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes nearly 32,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s and SONIC Drive-In restaurants worldwide.

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.