Sr. Director, HR Technology

About GNC

Since 1935, GNC has been a global leader in health and wellness innovation, inspiring people to achieve their goals with a trusted and dynamic range of products. As #TeamGNC, we prioritize our consumers, constantly collaborating and developing new ideas to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Our team is passionate about driving change and turning aspirations into actions. We believe that good health is the greatest gift, and there's nothing more rewarding than helping others achieve it. Join us in empowering others to Live Well!

What We’re Looking For:

At GNC we embrace a “Live Well” philosophy, fostering a dynamic environment where innovation meets passion.  Whether someone is an athlete or just starting to focus on their health, we want to deliver the cutting-edge products they deserve. We are looking for an individual who is excited and eager to play a pivotal role in driving excellence in the health and wellness industry. This position offers the opportunity to engage in a collaborative environment where you will make a personal impact every day. 

We are seeking a Sr. Director, HR Technology to provide enterprise leadership for GNC’s HR systems strategy, architecture, governance, and long-term HR technology roadmap. This role will define and execute a scalable HR technology vision that supports retail stores, distribution centers, and corporate teams across a complex, multi-state environment. This is an onsite position based at our Pittsburgh, PA Corporate Headquarters.

The Sr. Director will own the end-to-end HR technology ecosystem and ensure platforms enable payroll accuracy, time and attendance compliance, labor optimization, workforce scalability, advanced analytics, and operational efficiency for a high-volume retail workforce. This role is accountable for implementation and ongoing modernization of HR platforms and will serve as the strategic liaison between HR, IT, Finance, and Operations to ensure alignment, risk mitigation, and business continuity.

What You’ll Do:

This is a Full-Time Salary Position

Enterprise Retail Workforce Technology Strategy

• Design and execute a multi-year HR technology roadmap aligned to GNC’s retail, distribution, and operational priorities.
• Lead end-to-end system implementation, including new platform deployments, module expansions, and major enhancements.
• Ensure HR systems are scalable, stable, and optimized to support a large, hourly retail and distribution workforce.
• Drive automation and process optimization across the full employee lifecycle, from hire through separation.

Platform Architecture & Ecosystem Ownership

• Act as the enterprise owner of GNC’s HR technology ecosystem (currently ADP Lyric), with accountability for overall system performance and strategic direction.
• Provide architectural leadership across HRIS, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Benefits, and workforce management solutions.
• Oversee enterprise integrations spanning HR, payroll, finance, labor reporting, and business intelligence platforms.
• Bring demonstrated experience leading large-scale HR system implementations.
• Ensure system stability, data integrity, performance, and scalability across a multi-location retail and distribution environment.

Payroll & Time & Attendance Operations

• Provide strategic leadership over payroll technology and timekeeping systems supporting both hourly and salaried team members.
• Ensure pay rules, scheduling configurations, labor calculations, and multi-state compliance are accurate and consistently applied.
• Partner closely with Payroll, Finance, and Operations to strengthen payroll accuracy, audit controls, and labor cost governance.
• Advance automation initiatives to minimize manual adjustments, reduce errors, and improve overall processing efficiency.

Compliance, Risk & Governance

• Establish enterprise HR data governance and security standards.
• Ensure compliance with multi-state wage and hour regulations.
• Lead audit readiness and regulatory oversight of workforce systems.

Environmental Factors & Working Schedule:

• Hybrid work environment, 3 days in-person attendance (Pittsburgh, PA) in addition to ability to work remotely.
• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
• Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include long periods of computer screen usage, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low/moderate

*To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree required; or equivalent combination of experience.
• 10+ years progressive HRIS leadership experience.
• 3-5 years leading HR technology teams in a retail or multi-location environment.
• Deep experience implementing and optimizing enterprise HR systems.
• Deep expertise in enterprise HRIS platforms (ADP preferred; strong experience with UKG, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, Dayforce, or similar required).
• Experience supporting large, multi-state retail or high-volume hourly workforces.
• Proven success leading HR system transformations and integrations.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Currently living in or willing to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA.
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