Employee Lifecycle & Pre Payroll Team Lead

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

In order to be considered, please submit your resume in English

The team

The Compensation & Operations Coordinator/Team Lead will be responsible for the efficient management of compensation and payroll-related actions across the Employee Lifecycle. This role ensures quality, accuracy, and adherence to local standards in employee data management and payroll-related information. Key responsibilities include overseeing the employee offboarding process, implementing the Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), and supporting the Rewards Team in critical compensation cycles. The position also entails active participation in global projects and leadership of the operations team, enhancing collaborative efforts across functions.

The role

Operations Team Leadership:

• Lead and manage the PRE Payroll, Employee life cycle and Offboarding team, fostering a collaborative environment and optimizing team performance

• Foster and sustain strong relationships with key stakeholders

• Handle and resolve complex issues escalated by the team

Compensation & Payroll related data:

• Guarantee the maintenance of compensation actions and payroll-related data within the employee lifecycle management system.

• Ensure payroll-related data reaches the relevant Payroll teams in the region on an accurate and timely manner

• Ensure quality assurance and correctness of all inputs, adhering to local compliance requirements.

• Oversee the LTIP rollout, ensuring alignment with company strategy and engagement goals.

Employee Offboarding Process:

• Manage the end-to-end employee offboarding process, ensuring compliance with legal and company standards and a smooth transition while maintaining data integrity.

Global Project Participation:

• Engage in global projects, contributing to strategic initiatives and promoting best practices in compensation and operational management.

• Collaborate with the Rewards Team on key processes such as merit increases, annual salary reviews, and LTIP planning and execution.

Process Improvement:

• Identify areas for process improvement within HR operations and lead initiatives to enhance workflow efficiency, service quality, and employee experience.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required

• 7+ years of experience in an HR support role, preferably in a shared services environment, supporting multiple countries across America region

• Bilingual capabilities in English and Spanish

• Proven experience in compensation and payroll data management

• Experience in HR service delivery and using HRIS systems (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors) and case management systems

• Strong understanding of employee lifecycle processes and compliance standards

• Experience in long-term incentive planning and rewards processes

• Strong customer service focus, with a demonstrated ability to resolve complex issues while maintaining a positive employee experience

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and regions

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with sensitive information, ensuring confidentiality and compliance

• Strong stakeholder management skills

About us

We’re a global, 1000-stong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.