HRIS Senior Specialist (Workday) (m/w/d)

Job Description

Would it motivate you to support and drive the HRIS landscape for an international company in rapid growth? This is your opportunity to make a significant difference in a company working for developing the power of tomorrow, today and to join a highly trustful and inclusive team.

You will become part of our People & Culture department, consisting of 23 employees working with HR and 7 working with Service & Support. We support the full employee lifecycle across the organization, including talent acquisition, employer branding, HR operations, data management and analytics, learning and development, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and business partnering.

Collaboration, open communication, and knowledge sharing are at the heart of how we work. We value a supportive environment where colleagues help each other succeed and grow professionally.

Your new role

In 2025, we implemented Workday as our global HRIS platform and have since rolled out several modules to support and enhance our people processes. As our newly established HRIS Senior Specialist, you will play a key role in owning and developing our end-to-end HR systems landscape.

You will translate People & Culture strategies into scalable and efficient system solutions while ensuring that Workday continues to support both current business needs and future organizational growth. Acting as the internal HRIS expert, you will collaborate closely with colleagues across People & Culture, IT, and stakeholders throughout the organization to drive system excellence, process optimization, and driving reporting to enable data-driven decision-making.

This role combines strategic development with hands-on system administration and offers a unique opportunity to shape the future HR technology landscape in a growing international organization.

On our digital roadmap in People & Culture for the next months are reporting optimizations, performance module, promotions process, bonus module, ATS launch, leadership dashboard, skills mapping, access rights optimizations and much more.

Key Responsibilities

HRIS Administration & Optimization

• Lead HRIS-related projects, including new system implementations and integrations.
• Support the development, implementation and ongoing review of the HRIS strategy.
• Serve as the primary system administrator for HRIS platforms.
• Evaluate and improve HRIS workflows, processes, and integrations.
• Manage system security, roles, permissions, and data privacy controls.
• Lead the implementation of new releases and be the HR subject matter expert on new modules and integrations.
• Configure the HRIS in various ways to support new processes and needs of the organization on an ongoing basis
• Work closely with our HRIS Functional Analyst in People Operations

Reporting & Analytics

• Ensure accuracy and integrity of employee data across systems.
• Support compliance reporting, and audit requests.
• Support the design and maintenance of standard and ad hoc HR reports and dashboards.

Training & Support

• Develop and deliver training sessions for HRIS users.
• Create and maintain user documentation and SOPs.
• Provide technical guidance and support to People & Culture colleagues and end users.

Competencies

• You have relevant experience from a similar role in an international company
• You have experience from major HRISs, preferably Workday.
• You recognize the change leadership aspect of a recent HRIS implementation
• You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• You are an advanced Excel and PowerPoint user, and are capable at cleaning, organising and visualizing data
• You are fully proficient in English

We offer

• A unique opportunity to shape and influence a newly established role with significant impact across the organization
• An entrepreneurial work environment where there is a short distance from idea to action, and where you will be trusted with meaningful responsibilities.
• Knowledge sharing is important for us - both in the department, team and on a company level. For example, we have global company meetings every second Monday, where Executive Management and departments share updates on projects, business developments, and strategic priorities and have department meetings every second Friday and team meetings weekly.
• We offer the opportunity to work from home up to two days a week and have flexible working hours.
• You will get a tailored onboarding program and a buddy to make sure you get the best start possible. Besides this, you can always be sure to count on your colleagues' support and sparring.