Flagship HR Technology White Paper

About us: We are an end-to-end HR transformation partner. We help mid-market and enterprise companies choose, implement, and get lasting value from HR technology. We are not a systems integrator in the traditional sense, and we do not want to sound like one. Our point of view is that technology improves HR systems, but people transform businesses. That belief is the spine of this piece. The project: We are commissioning one flagship white paper for the year. Everything else we publish will be built from it: article series, LinkedIn content, sales enablement, conference material. It has to be genuinely good. The subject is end-to-end HR transformation: what it actually takes to move an organisation from platform selection through implementation and into the years after go-live, where most of the real work happens. The frame is people, not software. The frame is that the platform decision is not what determines the outcome. The people delivering it are. This is not a listicle, not a buyer's guide, and not a lightly disguised sales asset. It is a piece of writing with a thesis, an argument, and enough operational detail that a CHRO who has been through an implementation will recognise their own experience in it. What we are looking for Non-negotiable: Demonstrable HR technology background. You have worked in or written about HCM implementation, HRIS, payroll, or HR operations. Proven long-form B2B thought leadership. Not blog posts. Published white papers, analyst-style reports, or feature articles of 4,000 words or more, written for senior enterprise audiences. The ability to take a position and defend it. We want a real argument with real edges, not balanced coverage of a topic. Original writing. AI tools are fine for research or as a drafting aid, but we will be able to tell if the thinking is not yours, and that is the whole reason we are hiring a person for this. Scope: Kickoff call and access to our positioning material, brand voice guidelines, and internal research. Detailed outline and thesis statement for approval before drafting begins Full first draft Two rounds of revision Final delivery in Word, clean, with sources cited How we work You will work directly with me. I review everything first, then it routes to our executive team for positioning & final approval. I will give you clear, specific feedback and I will not disappear on you. To apply: Please do not send a generic proposal. Send: Two writing samples of long-form B2B work, ideally at least one in HR tech or enterprise software. Links or PDFs both fine. A short paragraph on what you think the argument should be. Given the brief above, what is the thesis you would want to argue? Two or three sentences is enough. This is the main thing we will read. One sentence on your HR technology background and where it came from. Your fixed price and your availability over the next six weeks. Applications that skip point two will not be reviewed.