Associate Specialist, technical Product Management

Job Description

The Opportunity

Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

Exciting opportunity in HR IT to develop new capabilities within Workday Application and Integration space. Join our company and be at the forefront of innovation, working with cutting-edge technology to deliver impactful solutions. We are looking for a talented IT Analyst to design, develop, and maintain integrations and custom applications within the Workday ecosystem.

What will you do in this role

Design and develop complex integrations between Workday and external systems, using tools such as Informatica IICS , Workday Studio, Workday Core Connectors, Report Writer, and Enterprise Interface Builders (EIBs). Workday Extend a plus.

Gather, understand, and analyse Business requirements; Develop an understanding of technical change impacts for assigned integrations which includes Proof of Concepts.

Accountable for production integration remediations and enhancement projects as designated by HR IT priorities

Maintains proper change management documentation (SDLC) to satisfy the company’s internal/external policy audit controls.

Performs code migrations across the Workday landscapes

You’re skilled at managing and cultivating relationships with stakeholders.

Create custom Workday applications with Workday Extend to meet unique business needs.

Architect scalable Workday applications that integrate seamlessly with core Workday modules including HCM, Learning and Recruiting

Collaborate with functional teams to gather requirements and turn them into technical magic.

Keep up with Workday best practices and security standards in all integrations.

Troubleshoot, optimize, and support existing integrations, ensuring smooth operations.

Document technical specifications and share knowledge with support teams.

Work closely with stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable, and efficient integration solutions that make a difference.

What should you have

Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field.

Min 5 years of IT professional experience

Expertise building Workday Integrations utilizing connectors such as CCW, PI, PECI, WECI Orchestration OR Informatica IICS/Equivalent Middleware technologies

2 years of hands-on experience in other Workday integrations using Studio, EIB, and Complex reporting with Report Writer. Workday Extend a plus. Knowledge with RaaS.

Proficiency in Web Services protocols (SOAP, REST) and data formats (XML, JSON).

Familiarity with integration security standards and protocols, including SSL, SAML, and OAuth.

Knowledge of Batch scheduling, Monitoring, and Security (Integration System user and Integration System Groups)

Strong navigation skills within Workday application suite.

Functional knowledge on Workday HR modules - Core HR, Compensation, Recruiting and Talent Management

Third party vendor integration experience, and ability to manage requirements and issue resolutions with vendor partner

Strong documentation skills related to technical specifications

Direct experience in Change Management

Demonstrated flexibility and ability to collaborate in a fast-paced HR systems organization, participating in cross-divisional projects and building peer relationships.

Strong Communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills with ability to influence and build relationships across broad range of stakeholders. Communicate effectively and timely with Management on assigned work status.

Knowledge of product model concepts

Operating in DevOps structure to support Product lifecycle Management.

Adept at managing relationships across geography and culture

Proven track record of driving innovation and bringing fresh ideas to life.

A high sense of ownership and accountability; you take pride in your work.

Commitment to execution excellence; you're dedicated to delivering the best.

Experience in system designs, crafting robust and efficient systems.

Skilled in management system development, proactively designing and developing optimized processes.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

Leadership experience, showing your ability to guide and inspire teams.

Expertise in product management, leveraging your knowledge to enhance product offerings.

Experience in agile development environments, demonstrating your adaptability and proficiency.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Required Skills:

Data Format, Human Resource Tools, Workday Integration

Preferred Skills:

Agile Methodology, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

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