People Technology Integrations & Data Manager

We are looking for an experienced People Technology Engineering Manager to join the HelloFresh People Technology leadership team. This role leads the Engineering discipline within People Technology and is responsible for the architecture, capability and delivery of the technical solutions that connect, automate and increasingly enhance our employee technology landscape.

What you'll do

• Act as the engineering architect and design authority for People Technology, owning technical standards, patterns and architectural principles across Workday and connected enterprise systems.
• Shape the end-to-end engineering landscape and make architectural decisions that balance delivery speed, scalability, security, maintainability and long-term sustainability.
• Lead the evolution of the squad from a primarily integrations-focused team into a broader People Technology engineering capability.
• Drive adoption of modern Workday capabilities, including Workday Orchestrate, Extend, Build and future platform innovations.
• Establish AI engineering capability within the People Technology tribe and identify opportunities to apply AI, automation and intelligent workflows.
• Lead, coach and performance-manage engineers, building capability across integrations, APIs, automation, low-code development and AI-enabled solutions.
• Act as the senior engineering business partner to People Technology leadership, shaping roadmaps, prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and maintain oversight of technical debt, dependencies, risks and operational resilience.

What you'll need

• Typically 8–12+ years of experience in integrations, systems engineering, software engineering or related technical roles.
• Deep hands-on experience with Workday integrations and the broader Workday technical ecosystem.
• Strong knowledge of APIs, middleware, enterprise integration platforms and modern integration architecture.
• Experience acting as a technical architect, design authority or senior engineering lead in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience leading and developing technical specialists, including performance management, coaching and capability building.
• Strong knowledge of Workday Orchestrate, Extend and Build, or the ability to rapidly develop expertise in emerging Workday capabilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and business-partnering skills, with the ability to influence through clarity, judgement and technical credibility.
• Experience operating in complex, global organisations with sensitive employee data and fluency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience applying automation, AI-assisted development or AI-enabled solutions in an enterprise technology environment.
• Strong judgement in evaluating emerging technologies, translating them into practical business outcomes and balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability.