JOB SUMMARY:

We are looking for an experienced Workday Talent Management professional with 8 - 12 years of experience in HR technology, including strong hands-on experience with Workday Talent Management modules.

The candidate will be responsible for implementing, configuring, enhancing, and supporting Workday Talent Management solutions across the organization.

The role requires strong knowledge of Workday business processes, configuration, integrations, reporting, testing, production support, and stakeholder management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

WORKDAY TALENT MANAGEMENT:

- Lead configuration and support of Workday Talent Management modules.

- Configure and maintain Performance Management, Talent & Performance, Goals, Competencies, Career Development, Succession Planning, and Talent Review processes.

- Configure Workday business processes, condition rules, validations, notifications, approvals, and security.

- Analyze business requirements and translate them into Workday solutions.

- Support enhancements, releases, and continuous improvement initiatives.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT:

- Configure performance review and evaluation processes.

- Manage performance review templates, review periods, eligibility rules, and business processes.

- Configure competencies, skills, goals, and performance ratings.

- Support calibration and talent review processes.

- Troubleshoot performance management issues and provide functional solutions.

TALENT & SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT:

- Configure talent review and succession planning processes.

- Support talent pools, talent assessments, succession plans, and career development.

- Configure and maintain talent profiles and employee development information.

- Support organizational talent review cycles and succession activities.

GOALS & CAREER DEVELOPMENT:

- Configure organizational and individual goal-setting processes.

- Support goal alignment, cascading goals, and goal tracking.

- Configure career development plans and development activities.

- Support skills, competencies, career preferences, and employee development processes.

WORKDAY BUSINESS PROCESSES:

- Configure and maintain Workday business processes related to Talent Management.

- Develop condition rules, calculated fields, validations, approvals, and notifications.

- Troubleshoot business process errors and configuration issues.

- Analyze downstream impacts of configuration changes.

REPORTING & ANALYTICS:

- Develop and maintain Workday reports related to Talent Management.

- Create Advanced, Matrix, Composite, and Trending reports as required.

- Work with calculated fields and report filters.

- Support dashboards and talent analytics.

- Provide data extracts and reports for HR leadership and business stakeholders.

SECURITY:

- Understand and maintain Workday domain and business process security.

- Support security configuration and role-based access.

- Troubleshoot security-related issues and access requests.

- Ensure appropriate access to confidential employee and talent information.

PRODUCTION SUPPORT & TROUBLESHOOTING:

- Provide L2/L3 production support for Workday Talent Management.

- Investigate incidents, identify root causes, and implement permanent fixes.

- Monitor recurring issues and recommend process/configuration improvements.

- Support testing and validation of Workday updates and enhancements.

- Participate in Workday semi-annual release activities.

IMPLEMENTATION & PROJECT DELIVERY:

- Participate in Workday implementation, enhancement, and rollout projects.

- Prepare functional design documents, configuration documents, and test scenarios.

- Lead requirement-gathering sessions with HR and business stakeholders.

- Conduct unit testing, system integration testing, regression testing, and UAT support.

- Support data validation and migration activities related to Talent Management.

STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT:

- Work closely with HR, Talent Management, HRIS, IT, and business teams.

- Conduct workshops and requirement-gathering sessions.

- Explain Workday functionality and configuration options to stakeholders.

- Provide recommendations based on Workday capabilities and business requirements.

- Mentor junior Workday consultants and team members.