Waters Corporation

Director - HCM IT Lead & Business Partner

Waters Corporation • $130K — $160K *
Milford, MA 01757In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Reposted 1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Human Resources, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in HR technology, HCM platform leadership, or IT business partnering.
  • Proven experience leading enterprise HCM platforms such as SAP SuccessFactors.
  • Strong experience delivering integrations, workflow automation, and monitoring across HR systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with senior HR leaders and influence outcomes.
  • Strong understanding of security, IAM, data privacy, and compliance in HR environments.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary IT business partner to HR leadership and COEs (Talent, Total Rewards, Payroll, Learning, HR Operations).
  • Translate HR strategy and business priorities into clear technology capabilities, initiatives, and investment plans.
  • Provide thought leadership on emerging HR technologies, including automation, analytics, and AI-enabled HR solutions.
  • Serve as the IT owner for the enterprise HCM ecosystem, including SAP SuccessFactors and SAP ERP integrations.
  • Collaborate on the HCM technology roadmap, aligned to HR strategy and enterprise IT standards.
  • Ensure platforms are scalable, secure, compliant, and optimized for global use.
  • Own HR IT demand intake, prioritization, and governance.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Collaborative work environment across multiple departments.
  • Access to cutting-edge HR technology and solutions.
  • Leadership and mentoring opportunities for IT resources.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Director, IT HCM Lead & Business Partner is accountable for end-to-end leadership of Waters' Human Capital Management (HCM) technology landscape, serving as both the IT HCM platform lead and the primary IT business partner to Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS).

Acting as a trusted advisor to HRIS leadership, this role ensures HR capabilities are enabled through scalable, secure, and well-governed technology solutions that support global workforce strategy, operational excellence, and continuous transformation. This role will support strategic direction, roadmap, and value realization of HR technology solutions, including SAP SuccessFactors, SAP ERP integrations, and Other Critical Integrations (Payroll, Travel & Expense, etc).

Responsibilities

Strategic IT Business Partnership
  • Act as the primary IT business partner to HR leadership and COEs (Talent, Total Rewards, Payroll, Learning, HR Operations).
  • Translate HR strategy and business priorities into clear technology capabilities, initiatives, and investment plans.
  • Provide thought leadership on emerging HR technologies, including automation, analytics, and AI-enabled HR solutions.
HCM Platform & Technology Leadership
  • Serve as the IT owner for the enterprise HCM ecosystem, including:
    • SAP SuccessFactors (Core HCM, Talent, Learning, and future expansion)
    • SAP ERP integrations supporting employee and payroll-related processes
  • Collaborate on the HCM technology roadmap, aligned to HR strategy and enterprise IT standards.
  • Ensure platforms are scalable, secure, compliant, and optimized for global use.
  • Partner closely with Information Security and IAM teams to enforce role-based access and controls across HR systems.


Demand, Portfolio & Delivery Management
  • Own HR IT demand intake, prioritization, and governance.
  • Balance regulatory, operational, and transformational initiatives across the HR portfolio.
  • Partner with IT delivery teams, architects, security, and vendors to ensure successful execution.
  • Track outcomes, benefits, and value realization of HCM initiatives.
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
  • Partner with IT Operations teams to ensure reliability, performance, and continuous improvement of HR platforms.
  • Partner with Teams to help drive platform optimization, standardization, and reduction of technical debt.
Leadership & Collaboration
  • Lead and mentor HR-focused IT resources (internal and external), setting clear direction and expectations.
  • Foster strong collaboration across IT, HR, Finance, Security, and external partners.
  • Operate effectively in a global, matrixed environment across time zones.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Human Resources, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in HR technology, HCM platform leadership, or IT business partnering.
  • Proven experience leading enterprise HCM platforms such as SAP SuccessFactors.
  • Strong experience delivering integrations, workflow automation, and monitoring across HR systems
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with senior HR leaders and influence outcomes.
  • Strong understanding of security, IAM, data privacy, and compliance in HR environments.


About Waters Corporation

Waters Corporation is a publicly traded Analytical Laboratory instrument and software company headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts. The company designs, manufactures, sells and services high performance liquid chromatography, ultra performance liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry technology systems and support products primarily in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. The company's products are used by pharmaceutical, life science, biochemical, industrial, academic and government organizations working in research and development, quality assurance and other laboratory applications. Waters Corporation's products are sold worldwide through a direct sales force and independent distributors.
Learn more about Waters Corporation
Size
7,800 employees
Market Cap
$20.4 billion
Industry
Consumer Technology
Net Income
$521.5 million
Founded
1905
5 Year Trend
+5.1%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
NASDAQ
WAT
* Ladders Estimates

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