Job Title
Global SME Workday - Core HR , M&A
Job Description
Work Location: Chennai OR Bangalore
Seeking a Global Workday SME with strong functional expertise in Core HCM and proven experience in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).
Job Responsibilities:
- Act as the global SME for People Systems and Workday-related activities supporting M&A and divestment projects.
- Partner with Program and project managers, People function M&A, People Innovation & Experience, People Business Services, IT, Finance, Real Estate and external vendors to translate project objectives into end-to-end people system solutions.
- Gather, analyze and validate business requirements, business processes, security requirements and data needs for M&A and divestment programs.
- Lead solution design, testing, deployment and stabilization activities for acquisitions, integrations and separations.
- Coordinate employee, organizational and position data migration activities, including data validation, transformation and loading into Workday.
- Manage dependencies across the People Technology landscape, including Workday, Payroll, Learning, Recruitment, People Portal, Reporting and integrations.
- Ensure alignment across People Technology team, regional teams and project stakeholders.
- Provide functional leadership and guidance to regional counterparts and operational teams.
- Drive process standardization, governance and adoption of People Systems best practices within M&A and Core HR solutions.
- Contribute to the People Technology roadmap and strategic transformation initiatives within Core HR Solutions.
- Identify, prioritize and deliver continuous improvements that increase efficiency, quality and user experience for M&A and core HR.
- Support issue resolution, root-cause analysis and implementation of sustainable corrective actions.
- Ensure high standards of data quality, compliance, controls and audit readiness across supported solutions.
Minimum required Education:
Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Human Resources, Communications, Business Administration, Organization Development or equivalent.
Preferred Skills:
• Lean Methodologies
• HR Service Delivery
• Documentation & Reporting
• Continuous Improvement
• Vendor Management
• Change Management
• Process Architecture
• Solution Design & Architecture
• Consulting
• System Performance Monitoring
• Project Management
• Operational Excellence Methodologies
• Strategy Development
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
About Philips
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care.
