- Location
- IND-Hyderabad-Hybrid, India
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.
Job Responsibilities
HR Vendor Assessment Analyst (Fixed Term – 6 Months)
The second title clearly signals that the primary purpose is evaluating the HR vendor landscape and making recommendations.
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In addition to supporting vendor operations and performance management, this role will lead a comprehensive assessment of the organization's HR vendor ecosystem. The analyst will evaluate vendor capabilities, service delivery, contractual value, utilization, costs, risks, and business outcomes across multiple HR service areas. The individual will develop recommendations regarding vendor optimization, consolidation, expansion, or elimination to improve operational effectiveness, employee experience, and cost efficiency.
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HR Vendor Assessment & Optimization
- Conduct a comprehensive review of all HR and People Services vendors across the employee lifecycle.
- Assess vendor performance, service quality, utilization, cost effectiveness, scalability, and strategic value.
- Evaluate vendor capabilities against current and future business requirements.
- Partner with HR, Procurement, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and feedback.
- Benchmark vendor offerings, service models, and capabilities against industry practices.
- Identify opportunities for vendor consolidation, rationalization, renegotiation, or replacement.
- Develop business cases supporting recommendations to retain, expand, reduce, or eliminate vendor partnerships.
- Analyze vendor spend, contract terms, utilization rates, performance metrics, and return on investment.
- Create executive-ready presentations and recommendations for senior leadership decision-making.
- Support development of a future-state HR vendor strategy and roadmap.
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The successful candidate will:
- Complete a comprehensive assessment of the HR vendor portfolio within the first six months.
- Deliver executive recommendations for vendor retention, consolidation, optimization, or elimination.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings, operational efficiencies, and enhanced service quality.
- Establish a vendor scorecard framework to support ongoing governance and performance monitoring.
- Support development of a multi-year HR vendor strategy aligned with business objectives.
Preferred Experience
- Experience conducting vendor assessments, RFPs, vendor selections, or supplier rationalization initiatives.
- Background in HR Operations, Shared Services, Procurement, Consulting, or Business Transformation.
- Demonstrated ability to build business cases and executive-level recommendations.
- Experience performing cost-benefit analysis and vendor ROI assessments.
Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.
No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
Additional Information
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.