Twenty years designing, governing and scaling enterprise HCM ecosystems — including Workday and adjacent HR platforms — for a 35,000+ employee, 40+ country matrix organization. Platform-agnostic by design, AI-forward by focus.
When an organization scales, its HR technology has to carry more than transactions — it has to carry governance, trust and adoption. Most of that capacity already exists inside the portfolio; it rarely needs a rebuild, it needs a director who can orchestrate it.
I'm Frederic Virasack, an HR Technology Director based near Paris, France. I lead the global HR platform portfolio at Essity — a 35,000-employee group operating across more than 40 countries — spanning Workday, Cornerstone OnDemand, Concur and the wider HCM ecosystem.
I led the original Workday implementation in 2019–2020 and have managed the global platform portfolio since. I work without a direct team, delivering through cross-functional influence across Centers of Excellence, HRBPs and IT — which means governance, stakeholder alignment and Works Council co-determination (France and Germany) are as central to the role as the technology itself.
Business, people, technology & AI strategy
Operational effectiveness & process efficiency
HR technology portfolio management
Delivery governance & employee experience value
"A strategic HR technology leader focused on governance and AI adoption across the HR community — Workday transformation, technology portfolio management and organizational enablement that delivers business value. Shaping the future HR technology and AI agenda, particularly Copilot, AI governance, vendor evaluation and large-scale HR transformation."
I like solving complex people-and-technology problems. Today I lead HR technology strategy, delivery and value realization at Essity — shaping the future of work through modern platforms, AI and digital experiences that create measurable business impact.
I bring together HR, IT, business leaders and technology partners to turn ambitious ideas into practical outcomes — augmenting HR work and improving employee experience while keeping governance, trust and human judgment at the center.
Outside work: AI news and applied research (RAG, AI data readiness), geopolitics, Krav Maga, Asian cooking, and family time.
Including AI guiding principles — used to evaluate, rate and measure the best fit for Essity.
Defines the CoE organization's 3-year roadmap for systems, organization and process design across C&B, Learning & Development, Recruitment, Time Off, Travel expenses and People Analytics.
Measures value realization per role, and drives continuous improvement with CoEs and the Workday support organization.
Scores current and new HR systems to inform executive investment decisions.
Controls any configuration change before it reaches production, to avoid technical and employee experience regressions.
Clarifies roles and responsibilities between CoEs and IT organizations, and removes barriers to execution and delivery speed.
Orchestrates and funnels all demands into one decision-making framework, controlling delivery frequency and budget.
Clarifies the vision and mission scope under a clear leadership model.
Upskilled 700+ HR professionals on Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Copilot → Power Apps → Power Automate → APIs, to automate select HR use cases end to end.