HCM Product Expert

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

As an HCM Product Expert, you will play a critical role in the design, configuration, enhancement, and ongoing support of Workday Compensation solutions that enable and optimize global rewards and compensation processes. Serving as a trusted partner to P&O, Total Rewards, Digital & Technology, and business stakeholders, you will translate business requirements into scalable, sustainable product capabilities and drive continuous improvement across the compensation technology landscape.

You will act as the subject matter expert for Workday Advanced Compensation and Core Compensation, supporting global compensation cycles, ensuring operational excellence, and delivering innovative solutions that enhance user experience, process efficiency, data integrity, and compliance.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Global P&O, Total Rewards, and business stakeholders to understand compensation requirements and translate them into scalable and sustainable Workday solutions.

• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday Advanced Compensation capabilities, including:

  • Merit Planning

  • Bonus Planning

  • Stock and Long-Term Incentive Programs

  • Compensation Review Statements

  • Compensation Guidelines and Eligibility Rules

• Support, maintain, and enhance Workday Core Compensation configurations, business processes, and workflows. Serve as the product expert for compensation-related functionality, providing guidance on Workday capabilities, best practices, and future enhancements.

• Configure and maintain Workday security roles and access controls to ensure the protection of sensitive compensation data and compliance with organizational policies.

• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, calculated fields, and analytics to support compensation planning, decision-making, and operational reporting. Lead requirements gathering sessions, facilitate stakeholder workshops, and perform impact assessments for new business initiatives and enhancement requests.

• Coordinate and execute testing activities, including test strategy development, test script creation, defect management, regression testing, and user acceptance testing. Create and maintain functional documentation, process maps, knowledge articles, training materials, and support documentation.

• Deliver end-user training and provide operational support during annual compensation and reward cycles. Collaborate with integration, reporting, and technical teams to deliver seamless end-to-end HCM solutions.

• Evaluate Workday releases and feature updates to identify opportunities for process optimization and enhanced business value. Contribute to product roadmap planning and continuous improvement initiatives across the broader HCM product portfolio.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Strong experience configuring and supporting Workday Core Compensation, including compensation-related business processes and workflows.

• Working knowledge of Business Processes and Advanced Compensation

• Working knowledge of Workday Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), including experience supporting data loads, mass data updates, and inbound and outbound data integrations.

• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements and facilitating stakeholder workshops.

• Experience supporting testing activities, including defect resolution, solution validation, and user acceptance testing.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with the ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to lead workstreams, manage competing priorities, and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams. Proven stakeholder management experience within a global and matrixed environment.

Desirable Requirements

• Workday Compensation Certification.

• Experience supporting global compensation planning cycles and annual reward processes.

• Experience developing and maintaining Workday Reports, Calculated Fields, and Dashboards.

• Exposure to Agile product delivery methodologies and ways of working.

• Experience working within a global pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences organization.

• Understanding of broader Workday HCM processes, architecture, and downstream integrations.

• Experience contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and product enhancement roadmaps.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

Change Management, Curiosity, Data Privacy, Employee Experience, HRIS (Human Resource Management System), Hr Operations (Hr Ops), HR Service Delivery, Human Resource Management System, Human Resources (HR), Human Resources Management, Labour Law, Payroll, Sdm, Service-Level Agreements (Sla), Talent Development