Head Of People Systems

As our new Head of People Systems, you'll be responsible for defining, governing, and optimising the organisation’s global HR systems to enable effective, efficient, and compliant people processes. You will ensure that people data is accurate, consistent, secure and leveraged effectively to support decision-making across the business.

You'll have the opportunity to provide functional leadership over all People systems — ensuring they meet business needs, align with global People process design, and deliver a seamless employee and manager experience. You will provide the systems and data foundation that enables HR and business transformation to succeed.

You will also have the chance to partner closely with the Technology function, which owns technical configuration, development, and integrations, acting as the functional bridge between HR and Tech for all People system requirements.

Please note, our Talent Acquisition team and some Hiring teams are based in the UK so parts of the recruitment process will be in English. Please also upload your resume in English, thanks!

Department

30-168 - HR - Global Shared Service

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location

Poland - Katowice

Workplace type

Hybrid

What You'll Be Doing:

• Own the functional design, governance, and optimisation of global People systems (Core HR, Payroll, Talent, Learning, Performance), ensuring data integrity and effective system performance.
• Define HR system requirements aligned to People and business strategy, translating functional needs into technical specifications for Technology teams.
• Establish and manage governance for People systems, including enhancement pipelines, change control, prioritisation, and process standardisation.
• Ensure global consistency in People processes while supporting local regulatory and operational requirements.
• Act as the primary liaison between the People team and Technology, coordinating requirements, testing, and system deployments.
• Partner with People CoEs, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Security to ensure systems support business needs and maintain compliance with regulations (e.g., GDPR).
• Oversee global People data governance, ensuring strong controls around data quality, access, audit, and documentation of HR processes and system configurations.
• Lead and develop a team of functional HR systems experts, fostering collaboration between People and Technology teams.
• Manage change management activities including UAT, training, communication, and documentation to support successful adoption of HR system enhancements.
• Drive People data and analytics capabilities, delivering actionable insights, supporting workforce planning, and evaluating emerging HR technologies such as AI-driven analytics.

What You'll Bring:

• Strong experience owning and managing People systems in a international company, with Oracle experience highly desirable. (or Workday, SAP, SuccessFactors, HiBob or similar)
• Deep understanding of People processes across Core HR, Reward, Talent, Learning, Performance and Payroll.
• Proven ability to define system requirements, lead functional design and manage system governance.
• Demonstrated experience improving data quality, defining data standards and implementing data governance frameworks.
• Experience working closely with Technology teams on system enhancements, integrations, releases and testing.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, spot issues and drive data accuracy and consistency. 
• Exposure to people analytics, dashboarding, or BI tools (e.g., Power BI), with the ability to turn data into actionable insights for HR and business decision-making. 
• Ability to operate in a complex, global environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. 
• Highly organised approach: structured and detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy. 
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change in a complex environment.
• Strong communication skills: you can translate technical concepts into clear, simple language for HR and business stakeholders. 
• Proactive, curious work approach, committed to continuous improvement.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
• Ability to keep calm under pressure and able to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.  

Benefits

• Access to DAZN streaming service
• Annual leave increasing by 3 days after 3 years
• Private medical insurance (fully financed by DAZN)
• Life assurance
• Pension scheme (Pracowniczy Program Emerytalny)
• Medicover sport and benefits' platform by NAIS. Choose from sports, fashion, shopping, tourism, pubs, development and courses benefits with kudos, charity options.
• Vet and Life insurance for pets
• Financially rewarding ‘Refer a Friend’ scheme
• Family-friendly community
• Opportunity for flexible working
• Employee Assistance Program (psychological, managerial, legal and financial counselling)
• Learning and development resources
• Access to our internal speaker series and events

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.