Global HRIS Director

The Global HRIS Director is accountable for shaping, delivering, and sustaining a global HR technology strategy that positions HR as a strategic enabler of business outcomes.

Acting as the bridge between HR and IT, the role ensures seamless system operations, harmonization of global HR platforms, and delivery of innovative, AI-enabled solutions that enhance the employee experience and generate actionable insights. The role will consolidate HR systems into a unified architecture, strengthen data integrity and compliance, and partner with leadership to execute a digital HR roadmap.

By combining deep HR domain expertise with proven IT know-how, the Global HRIS Director will ensure Sonova’s HR technology landscape is secure, compliant, scalable, and future-ready.

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• Define, manage, and execute a 3–5 year roadmap covering systems consolidation, payroll harmonization, SuccessFactors expansion, analytics, and AI adoption with a major focus on end-user satisfaction and experience.
• Consolidate fragmented HR systems into a unified platform (SAP), ensuring seamless data flow across recruitment, payroll, learning, and analytics.
• Lead rollout and integration of Compensation, Talent Management, and LMS modules globally in SuccessFactors.
• Pilot and scale AI-driven solutions (., predictive attrition, chatbots, skills intelligence, digital onboarding).
• Enable a skills-based workforce marketplace, enabling internal mobility and strategic workforce planning.
• Eliminate manual reporting through automation; implement global KPI frameworks and Power BI dashboards.
• Deploy a workforce planning tool that integrates quantitative (FTE / costs) and qualitative (skills / succession) planning into business cycles.

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More about what we offer

As one of the world’s leading hearing care providers headquartered in Switzerland, we’re committed to building an inclusive culture. We want to create an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work, through our flexible hybrid working model. We offer a wide range of training opportunities for both your professional and personal development, and there are exceptional growth opportunities with individual development plans.

For this vacancy, only direct applications will be considered.