Principal HR UKG Solutions Architect

About Convene Inc.

Convene, Inc. is a Tampa based, award-winning technology services organization with offices and resources throughout the US, Mexico, and India. We have successful, referenceable customers, competitive benefits, and high-growth opportunities.

Role: Principal HR Technology Solutions Architect – UKG Performance Management

Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect – UKG Performance Management to lead the design, migration, optimization, and long-term evolution of our performance management ecosystem.
This role will serve as the strategic advisor, solution architect, and implementation lead responsible for transforming our performance management program from Engagedly to the UKG Performance Management platform while establishing a scalable, sustainable, and data-driven performance management framework.
The ideal candidate combines deep UKG expertise with strong HR technology consulting experience and the ability to translate business objectives into enterprise-wide performance management solutions.

Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & Strategy

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of the UKG Performance Management solution.
• Assess current-state performance management processes, technology, workflows, and governance models.
• Design future-state performance management capabilities aligned with organizational goals.
• Recommend best practices and optimization opportunities leveraging UKG functionality.
• Establish solution design standards, governance frameworks, and operating procedures.

Performance Management Transformation

• Lead migration of annual performance review programs from Engagedly into UKG Performance.
• Evaluate existing review processes and identify opportunities to improve employee, manager, and leadership experiences.
• Design performance review templates, workflows, competencies, goal frameworks, rating methodologies, and development planning processes.
• Ensure business requirements are translated into scalable system configurations.

UKG Configuration & Implementation Leadership

• Provide hands-on leadership for UKG Performance configuration activities.
• Define technical and functional requirements.
• Oversee solution build, testing, deployment, and production readiness activities.
• Manage defect resolution and support user acceptance testing efforts.
• Ensure adherence to implementation best practices and quality standards.

Data Migration & Integration

• Develop migration strategies for historical performance data.
• Define data governance standards and migration requirements.
• Create data mappings between legacy and target systems.
• Lead validation, reconciliation, and testing efforts.
• Design integration strategies between UKG Performance and broader HR technology ecosystems.

Reporting & Analytics

• Establish executive and operational reporting frameworks.
• Define KPIs, adoption metrics, governance standards, and analytics strategies.
• Design dashboards and reporting solutions that support leadership decision-making.
• Ensure performance data supports workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and employee development initiatives.

Governance & Operational Excellence

• Develop scalable administration and governance models.
• Create operational procedures and documentation.
• Establish security, role design, compliance, and retention standards.
• Ensure sustainable ownership by internal HR and business teams.

Stakeholder & Change Leadership

• Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and executive readouts.
• Partner with HR, Talent Management, IT, Operations, and business leaders.
• Provide change management guidance and adoption strategies.
• Build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups and drive successful program outcomes.

Required Qualifications
Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.

Experience

• 8+ years of HR technology consulting, solution architecture, or enterprise application implementation experience.
• 5+ years leading UKG Performance Management implementations.
• Demonstrated experience migrating performance management programs from legacy platforms.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide HR transformation initiatives.
• Experience designing and implementing reporting and analytics frameworks.
• Strong background in business process redesign and organizational change management.

Technical Expertise

• UKG Performance Management
• HRIS and Talent Management Systems
• Data Migration Strategy
• Enterprise Integrations
• Reporting & Analytics
• Workflow Design
• Security & Governance Frameworks
• Testing & Deployment Methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• UKG Certification(s)
• Experience with Engagedly migrations
• UKG HR Service Delivery (HRSD) experience
• Talent Management and Succession Planning expertise
• Experience supporting complex or highly regulated organizations
• Project and program leadership certifications (PMP, Prosci, Agile, etc.)

Critical Competencies
Business & Consulting Skills

• Executive presence
• Strategic thinking
• Business process transformation
• Stakeholder management
• Facilitation and workshop leadership
• Organizational change management

Technical Leadership

• Solution architecture
• Systems integration
• Data governance
• Reporting strategy
• Enterprise application design

Communication

• Ability to translate technical concepts into business language
• Executive presentation skills
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Vendor and partner management

Success Measures
The successful candidate will:

• Deliver a seamless migration from Engagedly to UKG Performance Management.
• Improve employee and manager experience.
• Establish scalable governance and administration practices.
• Enable meaningful performance analytics and leadership reporting.
• Integrate performance data across the HR ecosystem.
• Create sustainable processes and documentation that support long-term organizational growth.
• Maximize organizational value and adoption of the UKG platform.