Talent Product Specialist

Role Overview

This role serves as a functional partner and subject-matter expert for Workday Talent Management, translating business priorities into scalable, maintainable, and user-focused solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with HR Centers of Excellence, Product Managers, Digital teams, and business leaders to understand strategic priorities and translate them into scalable Workday solutions.
• Serve as a trusted functional expert for the assigned product area, providing guidance on leading practices, solution design, and Workday capabilities.
• Analyze business requirements and design, configure, test, and deploy Workday solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and user-centric.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, enhance the employee experience, and apply automation and artificial intelligence where appropriate.
• Coordinate functional testing for enhancements, releases, and projects, ensuring quality across upstream and downstream integrations.
• Participate in Workday’s biannual release cycle by evaluating new functionality, assessing business impact, and recommending feature adoption.
• Create and maintain functional documentation, test scenarios, user guides, and implementation artifacts.
• Partner closely with Application Management Services (AMS), integration teams, and external vendors to promote operational excellence.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across Human Resources, Digital Technology, Payroll, and external partner organizations.
  
  

• At least three years of experience supporting HR technology solutions.
• At least two years of hands-on Workday configuration experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Talent Management
• Talent Acquisition
• Strong understanding of HR business processes and Workday architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to gather business requirements and translate them into effective functional solutions.
• Experience supporting production environments, troubleshooting issues, and managing enhancements.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and multiple time zones.
• Experience working within Agile delivery methodologies and with tools such as Jira.