SuccessFactors Functional Lead (Recruitment and Onboarding)

Lawrence Harvey • APPLICATION • London, Not Specified, United Kingdom • 1d ago

Title: SuccessFactors Functional Lead
Rate: £550 - £600 per day (inside IR35, via umbrella)
Location: Based in London (hybrid - 1 day per week in the office)
Duration: 5 months (immediate start)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced SuccessFactors Functional Lead to drive the successful delivery of critical Recruitment and Onboarding modules. You will play a central role in ensuring solutions are designed, configured, and implemented to meet business requirements, provide excellent user experience, and embed seamlessly into BAU support.

This position requires strong leadership in managing implementation partners, guiding configuration decisions, and ensuring all solutions are technically robust, secure, and aligned with organisational policies and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Lead on the delivery and optimisation of SuccessFactors Recruitment Management, Recruitment Marketing, and Onboarding (2.0) modules.
Work closely with business process owners and stakeholders to gather requirements, champion best practice, and translate needs into tailored system solutions.
Manage and oversee solution design, configuration, integrations, reporting, and testing to ensure high-quality, fit-for-purpose delivery.
Drive rigorous test planning, execution, and defect resolution to ensure smooth transition into live operations.
Provide strong governance and challenge to implementation partners to ensure solutions meet agreed functionality and business needs.
Support knowledge transfer and ensure sustainable handover into BAU support.
Present confidently to senior stakeholders and guide decision-making on solution trade-offs, risks, and priorities.

Essential Technical Skills

Certified in SuccessFactors Recruitment and Onboarding 2.0 with proven hands-on configuration expertise.
Extensive experience in Recruitment Management, Recruitment Marketing, and Onboarding implementations, including integrations, reporting, testing, and knowledge transfer.
Track record of leading 2-3 full end-to-end SuccessFactors Recruitment and Onboarding implementations, ideally with client-side experience.
Ability to challenge, guide, and collaborate with implementation partners on configuration and solution design.
Strong understanding of systems architecture to ensure compliance with non-functional requirements such as security, data, accessibility, and performance.
Proficiency in creating and managing complex test scenarios and using test tools for defect tracking and resolution.

Essential Personal Skills

Highly organised, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt style for technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
Strong influencing and conflict-management skills to ensure business requirements are delivered.
Resilient and delivery-focused, with the ability to balance cost, time, and risk effectively.
Confident decision-maker with the ability to lead solution discussions and ensure outcomes meet business needs.

Lawrence Harvey is acting as an Employment Business in regards to this position.

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