Senior Specialist

Salary : Depending on experience

Level : Senior

Work location : Hybrid (Central World)

Employment Type : 12 months (extendable)

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Key Responsibilities

- Lead strategic initiatives to optimize Workday Talent modules and elevate talent processes across the employee lifecycle.

- Act as an advisor to Talent stakeholders—translating business needs into scalable, share best practices, forward-thinking Workday solutions.

- Lead and drive the successful implementation of Workday enhancements and global releases with focus on quality, scalability, and business impact.

- Partner with cross-functional teams (Talent Business Partner, People Systems, Analytics) to prioritize roadmap initiatives and align on business outcomes.

- Coach and upskill team members while fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

- Explore and pilot new Workday capabilities—to future-proof our Talent tech landscape.

- Drive People Technology projects and identify tech innovations and continuous improvements to meet business needs, simplify work and improve employee experience

- Build simple to complex reports, integrations or automated solutions using Workday and other tools with other platforms such as Zendesk, Greenhouse, Oracle and others.

- Support, enhance and/or optimize existing automated solutions and processes by solving technical issues

- Partner closely with key business stakeholders to assess and address overall technology needs and align on priorities, timelines, issue resolution, testing and deployment plans.

- Explore out-of the-box solutions to solve complex business problems and address system limitations

- Implement and test major system enhancements

- Collaborate with our solutions team to design and implement custom applications

- Skill up / coach more junior members of the team

- Lead system-related trainings for employees and end-users across the People Team

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Qualifications

- Minimum 3-5 years of HRIS experience (Workday required), with strong hands-on experience in Workday Talent & Performance, Core HCM, Reporting, Security, and Business Process configuration.

- Fluency in English required

- Proven experience or ability to drive System implementations and project management.

- Workday certifications or formal training in Talent & Performance.

- Strong analytical mindset with a passion for problem-solving.

- Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to manage and align diverse stakeholders

- A proactive, adaptable approach with high ownership.

- Familiarity with agile methodology and iterative delivery

- Highly accountable, adaptable to change, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

- Has functional knowledge in several areas (Core HCM, Advance Compensation, Talent, Learning, Recruiting)

- Must have experience in Workday Advance Compensation Modules.

- Has strong knowledge in Workday Core HCM and other key areas (Business Processes, Reporting, Security and other system configuration)

- Has strong experience in systems implementation and/or systems integrations

- Ability to manage stakeholder expectations

- Ability to understand and explain key HRIS issues and address stakeholder requirements

- Ability to leverage data to plan next steps

- Familiar with agile methodology

 

It’s Great If You Have

- Experience with Zendesk, Greenhouse, Bridge, or other cloud-based HR platforms

- Experience working in global teams with cross-cultural collaboration

- A self-starter mindset, collaborative, and detail-oriented

- Cloud-based HR applications experience preferred; Workday Talent & Performance, Zendesk, Greenhouse, Bridge experience a plus

- Experience in report writing, BI & analytics tools

- Presentation/Workshop facilitation

- Possesses a global perspective and experience working with diverse cultures

- Resilient, self-motivated, results-oriented and has a great sense of ownership

- Collaborative and resourceful

- Able to move fast, adapt to changes

- Critical thinking