Global SME Workday - Core HR , M&A
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 28, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 25, 2026. Philips scores B on the Alion truth index.
Job Title
Global SME Workday - Core HR , M&AJob 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.
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