Senior Specialist, HR Technology

Shopify’s mission is to make commerce better for everyone. From building a new product feature for our commerce platform, to helping a merchant troubleshoot an issue over the phone, we want to empower our ecosystem through our work.

Having a unified vision, a north star, is vitally important to ensure that we are all headed in the same direction. No matter the size or experience, we want to power every merchant’s experience. This is why we’re all here.

Shopify is now permanently rem​​​​​​​ote and working towards a future that is digital by design. Learn more about what this can mean for you.

Shopify is the leading omni-channel commerce platform. Merchants use Shopify to design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including mobile, web, social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. The platform also provides merchants with a powerful back-office and a single view of their business, from payments to shipping. The Shopify platform was engineered for reliability and scale, making enterprise-level technology available to businesses of all sizes. Shopify currently powers over 1.7 million businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Allbirds, Gymshark, PepsiCo, Staples, and many more.

At Shopify, humans are the lifeline of our company. Our various teams help keep our employees supported, compensated, growing, and learning, so  they can perform to the best of their ability. We, the Talent team, keep the pulse of the organization and continue to strengthen it from within by expanding the Shopify environment.

As a Senior Specialist, HR Technology you will be part of our Talent Technology team and primarily focus on Talent Acquisition technologies. You will collaborate with our Talent Acquisition team to manage and support projects related to technology enhancement and maintenance, process improvement, and support critical recruitment initiatives. At Shopify you won’t hear “because that’s just how we do it”, which means you will be constantly changing and evolving ideas looking for the best way to build for the future.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation, enhancement, and maintenance of different systems in order to increase efficiency (ie: SmartRecruiters, Workday, GEM) and support Talent Acquisition critical activities 

• Collaborate to develop a solid Talent Acquisition Technology Strategy and Roadmap

• Act as a technology subject matter expert to help support our recruitment team in their day to day activities, and long term vision

• Optimize processes across the organization especially related to Talent Acquisition, Headcount planning, Automation, and Core HR

• Consult and provide creative solutions and work proactively to simplify the complex

• Manage and support technology projects in collaboration with other teams

• Work with teams across Shopify to design and implement workflows that are creative and efficient

• Be a day-to-day contact for the HR team and other groups in the organization

Please note, this is an 18 month contract position but with a high probability of becoming permanent at the end of the term.

• Experience with different ATS and HRIS, preferably SmartRecruiters and Workday
• Experience leading complex technology projects from design to delivery
• Deep knowledge of best practices around HR processes, more specifically as it relates to recruitment
• A passion for technology architecture and strong opinions on system process design
• You lean into creative and innovative solution
• Experience in the delivery of HR Solutions, change management activities, and communications in a global organization
• A passion for efficiency and high attention to detail
• Curiosity about business operations and excitement about automating mundane work

In your application we ask that you please address the following questions in 200 words or less:

1. What is the one technology implementation project you’ve led and are the most proud of?
2. Please share which HR technologies you have worked with recently and are most experienced using?

This posting will close on October 26th at 11:59pm EST. Successful candidates can expect to hear back from us by end of day on November 2nd.

At Shopify, we are committed to building and fostering an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities. Please take a look at our Sustainability Reports to learn more about Shopify’s commitments to our communities, and our planet.

At Shopify, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team - so if your experience is this close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying.