Kirsty Maher

Senior Program Manager - HR Technology @OpenText

Reading, GB

Leads people-centric HR transformation initiatives at global scale, acting as a strategic bridge between HR, IT, and the business to enable sustainable organisational change through technology.• Enables global HR technology release management, optimisation, and governance; balanced standardisation with regulatory requirements and regional needs• Drive stakeholder readiness, adoption and behavioural change through structured change plans, communications, and leadership enablement.• Leads end to end deployment of absence management solution for acquired employees, enabling integration while ensuring continuity, data integrity, and compliance across systems.• Partners with IT and business stakeholders to manage risk, dependencies and change impact within global release cycles.• Collaborates with cross-functional and global teams to gather requirements; partnered with IT to develop solutions, conduct UAT with business stakeholders, and support deployment and communications • Provides subject matter expertise across HR systems and processes, contributing to global design decisions and ensuring regional alignment