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About Versant Health
Versant Health is a leading managed vision care company dedicated to making healthy vision a reality for everyone. Through our Davis Vision® and Superior Vision® networks, our purpose is to make healthy vision a reality for everyone by improving access to care and education in the communities we serve. Fueled by our mission to improve members' lives with easy-to-use vision benefits rooted in choice, value, and care, we believe that everyone has the power to become anything they set their sights on.
Position Summary
We are seeking a Senior Manager, HR Technology & People Operations to provide strategic and operational leadership across our HR technology ecosystem and key People Operations functions.
This role serves as the business owner and subject matter expert for Dayforce and related HR platforms, with responsibility for ensuring our HR systems, workforce data, payroll-related processes, controls, and workflows are accurate, secure, compliant, scalable, and aligned with business priorities.
The Senior Manager will partner across People & Culture, Finance, Information Technology, Information Security, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and external providers to strengthen governance, reduce risk, improve processes, and deliver an effective employee and manager experience.
This is an opportunity for an experienced HR technology and operations leader to shape how technology, data, payroll governance, and People Operations work together across the organization.
What You’ll Do
Lead HR Technology Strategy & Governance
Lead the HR technology strategy and roadmap in alignment with organizational and People & Culture priorities.
Serve as business owner and primary subject matter expert for Dayforce and related HR technology platforms.
Establish governance for system configuration, integrations, releases, testing, security, data, workflows, documentation, and change management.
Translate business requirements into scalable technology, automation, reporting, integration, and process solutions.
Advise leadership on system capabilities, risks, dependencies, regulatory considerations, and investment priorities.
Own HR Systems, Security & Data Governance
Direct the administration, configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Dayforce across HR, Payroll, Time and Attendance, Benefits, Compensation, Recruiting, Onboarding, Workforce Management, and reporting.
Oversee security roles, user access, workflows, integrations, organizational structures, business rules, and system controls.
Lead system releases, enhancements, testing, production changes, complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and vendor escalation.
Establish data governance and quality standards to protect the accuracy, completeness, consistency, security, and integrity of workforce data.
Partner with Information Security and GRC on access reviews, least-privilege practices, segregation of duties, system risk, and remediation.
Strengthen Payroll & Payroll Tax Governance
Provide governance and oversight for payroll operations to support accurate, timely, controlled, and compliant payroll processing.
Oversee payroll readiness, calendars, controls, exception management, approvals, escalations, and payroll-impacting system configuration.
Provide governance over payroll tax administration, including tax setup, registrations, agency notices and issues, filing-related activities, remediation, and vendor escalation.
Identify recurring payroll and tax issues and drive sustainable resolution through root cause analysis, clearly defined ownership, and documented controls.
Partner with Payroll, Finance, and external providers on reconciliations, reporting, funding, General Ledger requirements, and compliance obligations.
Lead People Operations & Continuous Improvement
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