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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Global Mobility Technology Lead - **Company:** Publicis Groupe - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Auditing, Data Governance, Decision Support Systems, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Data Analytics, Integration Frameworks, Operational Systems, Servicenow - **Published:** June 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g7ynsj ## About the Role + Extensive experience leading enterprise HR, mobility, or compliance-related technology strategy, implementations, and complex integrations in a global environment. + Demonstrated experience establishing clear delivery governance and single-source-of-truth operating models for complex, multi-stakeholder technology implementations. + Deep understanding of global mobility processes, immigration and compliance risk, and the vendor technology ecosystem supporting mobility programs. + Proven ability to design and govern tiered system-of-record architectures, data-governance models, and future-ready integration frameworks across HRIS, vendor platforms, and internal systems. + Demonstrated success translating complex business, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements into scalable, compliant technology solutions. + Strong experience driving global change management, adoption, and value realization across diverse regions and operating models. + Advanced analytical, data governance, and reporting expertise, with the ability to deliver executive-level insights and decision support. + Experience leading or governing AI, automation, or self-service initiatives involving employee data, with an understanding of privacy, risk, and ethical considerations. + Executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders, challenge constructively, and build credibility with cross-functional partners and external vendors. + Strong people leadership skills, with experience developing SMEs and partnering effectively with program and project management leaders., A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. ## Description The Vice President, Global Mobility Program Technology is a senior leadership role responsible for defining, executing, and continuously optimizing the technology strategy for the Global Mobility program. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, Global Mobility, this role owns the architecture, governance, integration, and ongoing optimization of mobility-related technologies to enable compliant, scalable, and data-driven global talent deployment. The role operates within a tiered system-of-record model across Career Settings, Topia, and external vendor technologies, ensuring clear data ownership, source-of-truth precedence, and integration standards. Business requirements are sourced collaboratively across the Global Mobility Leadership Team and key enterprise stakeholders and prioritized through a global governance framework to balance risk, cost, experience, and scalability. While the role operates with autonomy for execution and delivery, major technology strategy, investment, vendor, and enterprise-risk decisions are subject to approval by the Senior Vice President, Global Mobility and executive leadership. Responsibilities Global Mobility Technology Strategy & Governance + Define and execute the Global Mobility technology strategy and multi-year roadmap, ensuring alignment with Global Mobility OKRs and enterprise HR technology direction, and designing a future-ready, scalable architecture that can evolve with changing workforce models, regulatory requirements, and business needs. Secure senior leadership approval for major strategic shifts, investments, and platform decisions. + Define, maintain, and enforce the Global Mobility tiered system-of-record and data-governance model across Career Settings, Topia, and external vendor technologies, and other Publicis-internal systems, including data ownership, source-of-truth precedence, data standards, and integration design. + Ensure technology decisions balance compliance, risk, cost, scalability, and experience, and are implemented within established governance and approval frameworks. Platform & Integration Leadership + Oversee the implementation and adoption of Topia as the Global Mobility compliance management platform and primary operational system for mobility case workflows, integrated with external vendor systems and Career Settings within the defined system-of-record model, while continuously evaluating platform capabilities, configuration, and integration patterns to ensure long-term scalability and flexibility. + Oversee vendor technology integrations and data flows (e.g., immigration, tax, relocation, payroll, mobility data, travel compliance), including leading vendor evaluations and recommendations, and partnering with the Senior Vice President, Global Mobility to secure final approval for strategic vendor selections, scope expansions, and exits. + Partner with HRIS and IT teams to support Career Settings configuration and integrations required for mobility and immigration compliance, while retaining Global Mobility ownership of data definitions, standards, and governance. Delivery Oversight & Value Realization + Accountable for the integrity, risk management, and executive-level visibility of the Global Mobility technology delivery roadmap, ensuring dependencies, risks, and commitments are actively managed, escalated, and resolved. + Establish and maintain a clear, authoritative source of truth for Global Mobility technology initiatives, ensuring Global Mobility team members and stakeholders have consistent access to accurate, up-to-date information on implementation status, delivery roadmaps, backlogs, open issues, decisions, changes, and risks. This includes defining the appropriate tools, access model, and governance to eliminate fragmentation across platforms and ensure transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making. + Partner with Global Mobility Leadership Team (GMLT) peers to prioritize technology initiatives, resolve cross-functional trade-offs, and deliver solutions that address regional and global business needs. + Ensure data governance, reporting accuracy, KPI visibility, and executive-level insights across mobility volumes, costs, risks, compliance posture, and employee experience. + Monitor adoption and usage across Global Mobility teams and stakeholders; identify and implement enhancements to maximize ROI, operational efficiency, and service quality. Innovation, AI & Change Leadership + Lead the identification, delivery, and adoption of automation, self-service, and AI-enabled capabilities (including ServiceNow and AI/HR use cases), ensuring appropriate governance, data privacy, and senior-level approval for employee-impacting or compliance-related use cases. + Establish and lead global change management, training, and communication strategies to drive sustained adoption and value realization of Global Mobility technology solutions. + Inspire and influence peers and senior leaders by promoting an innovation mindset across Global Mobility technology, sharing insights on leading practices, emerging technologies, and data-driven opportunities to continuously improve the mobility experience, operational efficiency, and risk management. People & Partner Leadership + Provide people leadership to the Senior Associate (Topia SME) and partner closely with the Senior Manager, Global Mobility Project Management, ensuring clear accountability between strategic ownership and execution. + Build strong, trusted + Serve as the primary executive contact for mobility technology vendors, leading technology-related engagement, roadmap discussions, integration strategy, and innovation conversations within established governance and approval frameworks + partnerships with internal stakeholders (HRIS, IT, Procurement, Legal, Finance, Data Privacy) and external vendors to deliver outcomes in line with enterprise standards and Global Mobility priorities. ## Related Videos - [What if your HR software adapted to you, not the other way around?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100259-what-if-your-hr-software-adapted-to-you-not-the-other-way-around) - [Python-Based Data Streaming Pipelines Within Minutes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1233-python-based-data-streaming-pipelines-within-minutes) - [A walkthrough on Responsible AI Frameworks and Case Studies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/509-a-walkthrough-on-responsible-ai-frameworks-and-case-studies) - [Applying Agile Principles to Incident Management ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/101-applying-agile-principles-to-incident-management) - [Why and when should we consider Stream Processing frameworks in our solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1085-why-and-when-should-we-consider-stream-processing-frameworks-in-our-solutions) - [Give Your LLMs a Left Brain](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1160-give-your-llms-a-left-brain) ## Related Articles - [Best Companies to Work For in Berlin: Top 14 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/188-best-companies-to-work-for-in-berlin-top-14-companies-in-2023) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Top HR Tech Conferences in 2024](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/303-top-hr-tech-conferences-in-2024) - [What Industries Outside of AI Are Hiring The Most AI Experts?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/98-what-industries-outside-of-ai-are-hiring-the-most-ai-experts) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production)