HCM Product Lead

Job Description Summary

Sandoz People & Organization (P&O) is seeking a highly motivated and experienced HCM Product Lead to drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution for our Workday platform. This role will be instrumental in ensuring our Workday solution effectively supports our business needs and delivers a seamless employee experience. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of Workday functionality, a strong product mindset, and excellent communication and collaboration skills

Job Description

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Generic and Biosimilar medicines.
Join us as a Founder of our ‘new’ Sandoz!

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Develop and champion the product roadmap for the Workday platform, aligning with overall business objectives and IT strategy. This includes identifying opportunities for optimization, innovation, and expansion of Workday capabilities. The role will also support complete transition from SAP HR (legacy) to Workday in short term.
• Define and prioritize product backlog items based on business value, user needs, and technical feasibility. Manage the product roadmap and ensure alignment with stakeholders.
• Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for Workday enhancements and new features. Translate business needs into functional specifications for development teams.
• Support the product development lifecycle from ideation to launch, working closely with development, testing, and implementation teams. Ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Manage the relationship with Workday and other relevant vendors, ensuring service level agreements are met and issues are resolved effectively.
• Monitor the adoption of the Workday platform, identify areas for improvement, and implement solutions to optimize efficiency and user experience. Track key metrics and report on adoption rate.
• Ensure the Workday platform adheres to relevant compliance and security standards. Work with IT security teams to implement appropriate security measures. ​

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Master’s degree in a related field (e.g., Business Administration, Information Technology).
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Extensive experience (typically 7+ years) in a product management role, with a strong focus on Workday HCM. Prior experience of SAP HR (HR Core) will be added ad-vantage.
• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with Workday HCM and other relevant modules.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.

You will receive (for Czech Republic):
• Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary
• Risk Life Insurance
• 5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labor Law requirement)
• Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus CZ in the amount of 12,000 CZK per year
• Meal vouchers in amount of 120 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company)

• Car Allowance
• Multisport Card
• Premium Health Care Program
 

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provides more than 800 million patient treatments to over 700 million patients every year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art 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 and entrepreneurial spirit are 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 encouraged!

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.

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Skills Desired

Change Management, Employee Benefits, Hr Administration, Hr Compliance, HRIS (Human Resource Management System), Hr Operations (Hr Ops), Hr Policies, Human Resource Management System, Human Resources (HR), Labour Law, Life Insurance, Organizational Design, Organizational Development (OD), Payroll, Sdm, Service Delivery Framework, Strategic Human Resources Leadership, Talent Management, Tax, Workforce Planning