Functieomschrijving
Role overview
You will work as a Workday Solution Specialist focused on the Performance & Talent modules. You will shape, maintain, and continuously improve the Workday environment to deliver scalable, user-friendly solutions for employees, managers, and HR professionals in a global context.
Your impact
- Translate business needs into effective Workday solutions while safeguarding global design integrity.
- Collaborate within Agile and DevOps teams with HR, IT, and other stakeholders to deliver enhancements and support continuous innovation.
- Optimize processes and employee journeys related to performance, talent optimisation, and other Workday capabilities.
Key responsibilities
- Analyse business requirements and translate them into sustainable, scalable Workday solutions.
- Design and configure Workday functionality in line with global standards, architecture principles, and business objectives.
- Assess impact of proposed changes and validate new Workday releases.
- Configure and maintain solutions within Workday HCM, Performance, and Talent (Optimisation).
- Provide clear solution recommendations, including alternatives, trade-offs, and implementation considerations.
- Collaborate with global and local HR stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization.
- Support testing activities, defect analysis, and release deployment.
- Develop and maintain functional documentation and knowledge materials.
- Deliver user support, knowledge transfer, and training as required.
- Work with integration and technology teams to assess impacts on connected systems and processes.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and the evolution of the global HR technology landscape.
Examples of your work
- Improving employee, manager, and HR user journeys across Workday.
- Designing and implementing enhancements within the Talent & Performance domain.
- Optimizing Workday configurations to increase automation, data quality, and user experience.
- Evaluating new Workday functionality and advising on adoption within the global template.
- Collaborating with Product Owners, HR experts, and fellow specialists to deliver innovative HR solutions.
What you bring
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of hands-on Workday configuration experience.
- Proven expertise in Workday Core HCM and Performance Management; Talent Optimisation is a plus.
- Experience translating business requirements into practical system solutions.
- Experience working in complex international environments with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- English language proficiency (mandatory).
Preferred Qualifications
- Good understanding of HR processes, policies, and employee lifecycle management.
- Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery models.
- Familiarity with Workday release management, testing, and change implementation.
- A strong quality mindset with attention to detail.
- Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
Competencies
- Proactive and collaborative, enjoys working in multidisciplinary teams while taking ownership of deliverables.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively.
- Continuous improvement mindset and a structured, quality-driven approach.
- Collaborative attitude, resilience, adaptability, and the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Eisen
- At least 5 years of hands-on Workday configuration experience
- Proven expertise in Workday Core HCM
- Proven expertise in Performance Management
- Experience translating business requirements into practical system
solutions - Experience working in complex international environments with multiple
stakeholders - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Gunningscriteria
- Proven expertise in Talent Optimisation (not mandatory, but a big plus)
- Good understanding of HR processes, policies, and employee lifecycle
management - Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery models
- Familiarity with Workday release management, testing, and change
implementation - Strong quality mindset with attention to detail
- Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal
Competenties
- You are proactive
- You are collaborative
- You enjoy working in multidisciplinary teams
- You take ownership of your deliverables
- You combine technical expertise with a customer-focused mindset
- You are able to navigate a dynamic international environment
- You have strong stakeholder management skills
- You can work independently and prioritize effectively
- You have a continuous improvement mindset
- You take a structured and quality-driven approach to work
- You have a passion for teamwork
- You have resilience and adaptability in a changing environment
- You can balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
Je sollicitatie dient uiterlijk 27 augustus 2026 om 11:00 uur door ons te zijn ingediend, voorzien van een motivatie (waarin wordt toegelicht hoe aan de eisen en gunningscriteria wordt voldaan) en twee referenties. Wij ontvangen je gegevens graag minimaal één werkdag vóór de sluitingsdatum.