Core People Tech Specialist

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We're hiring a Core People Tech Specialist who pairs deep HR Operations fluency with knowledge and curiosity about AI — someone who is excited to do more than run processes. As a key member of our People Tech and Analytics team, you will play a crucial role in optimizing and maintaining the Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) system. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Workday operations, integrations, have a deep understanding of HR processes, strong analytical skills, and a proven track record of successfully supporting Workday and similar global technologies and platforms.

You will:

• Be the subject matter expert for Compensation and Core HCM processes and solutions

• Support change requests, enhancements, and issue resolution across Workday modules

• Perform essential system administration functions, including configuration, security management, and bulk data processing.

• Manage system life cycles by assisting in the review, testing, and implementation of new features, fixes, and releases.

• Partner with stakeholders to gather requirements, identify gaps, and recommend solutions that meet our needs.

• Drive process improvement and innovative solutions, proactively identifying opportunities for automation to enhance organizational efficiency.

• Develop user procedures, guidelines, documentation, and training to ensure effective adoption of new processes and functionality.

Qualification & Experience:

• 5+ years of Workday experience with strong hands-on knowledge of Core HCM and Compensation.

• Experience supporting at least 1–2 Advanced Compensation cycles or launches.

• Experience with Workday configuration, business processes, testing, and UAT.

• Strong hands-on experience with EIB, and security administration.

Nice To Have Skills

• Workday Pro certification in Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Reporting, or other relevant Workday modules is a plus.

• Experience leveraging AI tools and emerging technologies to improve productivity, analysis, and solution delivery.

• Experience in additional Workday modules such as Recruiting, Security, Peakon, SANA or Journeys.

• Experience supporting change management, training, or release readiness activities.

• Experience working with regional or cross-functional stakeholders in a complex organisation.

• Knowledge of audit and data privacy requirements in enterprise systems.

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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