HR Service Delivery Manager

The MITRE Corporation

$132K — $198K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of HR experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 8 years with a Master's, or 5 years with a PhD, or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years in HR operations, employee services, or shared services.
  • 3+ years of people-management experience focused on coaching and performance.
  • Extensive knowledge of hire-to-retire HR processes and compliance requirements.
  • Hands-on experience with Workday and HR transactional processes.
  • Familiarity with HR case management tools and service delivery.
  • Experience using metrics and analytics to drive operational decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of HR Operations Specialists across the employee lifecycle.
  • Manage daily service delivery, ensuring efficient case queues and workload distribution.
  • Provide operational leadership for benefits, onboarding, and other HR services.
  • Apply HR knowledge to guide the team and identify issues needing escalation.
  • Oversee escalation processes and collaborate with HR experts on complex cases.
  • Utilize Workday and analytics to track performance and service delivery.
  • Enhance team capabilities through coaching, cross-training, and development.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
  • Engagement in organizational transformation initiatives.
  • On-site presence fosters teamwork and strong HR service delivery.
  • Access to advanced HR technologies and tools.
Full Job Description
The Manager, HR Service Delivery leads day-to-day HR Service Center (HRSC) operations and a team responsible for delivering timely, accurate, and employee-focused HR support across the employee lifecycle. This role is accountable for team development, service performance, workload management, operational quality, and effective escalation of complex HR matters.

The ideal candidate brings broad hire-to-retire HR knowledge, strong Workday and case management experience, and the ability to use operational data to drive decisions. This leader will join an evolving HRSC and play an important role in developing team capability, strengthening operational discipline, and guiding the team through new processes and ways of working.

Roles & Responsibilities:
  • Lead, coach, and develop HR Operations Specialists supporting employees and managers across the hire-to-retire lifecycle.
  • Oversee daily service delivery, including case queues, workload distribution, staffing coverage, service levels, and identify recurring operational issues and opportunities for efficiency.
  • Provide operational leadership across benefits, onboarding, offboarding, Workday transactions, employment verifications, unemployment claims, time off, retirement, and other HR services.
  • Apply broad knowledge of HR policies, benefits, employment practices, and compliance requirements to guide the team and identify matters requiring escalation.
  • Oversee escalation flow and partner with HR subject matter experts on complex, sensitive, or policy-driven cases.
  • Use Workday, case management tools, and service analytics to monitor performance, identify trends, manage workload, and improve service delivery.
  • Build team capability through coaching, cross-training, knowledge sharing, performance management, and career development.
  • Lead the team through evolving processes and operating-model changes while reinforcing accountability, collaboration, and a strong employee-service mindset.
  • Partner with HRIS, People Analytics, HR Centers of Excellence, and HRSC functional leads to resolve issues and improve processes, controls, technology, and service outcomes.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
  • 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience in HR operations, employee services, or HR shared services.
  • 3+ years of direct people-management experience, including responsibility for coaching, performance management, employee development, and team performance.
  • Broad working knowledge of hire-to-retire HR processes, benefits administration, HR policies, employment practices, and compliance requirements.
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with Workday and HR transactional processes.
  • Experience with HR case management/service management tools and managing cases, queues, or service delivery.
  • Experience using operational metrics and analytics to identify trends and inform workload and service decisions.
  • Demonstrated experience leading teams through change and implementing new processes or ways of working.
  • This position requires a minimum of 3 days per week on-site


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of direct people-management experience, particularly within HR operations or service delivery.
  • Experience leading an HR Service Center or shared-services team.
  • Experience leading teams through organizational or operating-model transformation.
  • Advanced Workday experience across multiple employee lifecycle processes.
  • Experience partnering with HRIS, People Analytics, Benefits/Total Rewards, Payroll, Compliance, or other HR Centers of Excellence.


This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
None

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$132,000 - $165,000 - $198,000 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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