Sr Analyst, Workday Product Management

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Who We Are…

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From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role: As a Senior Analyst in the dynamic HR Technology team, you’ll specialize in Workday Product Management, focusing on compensation and compensation planning modules. You’ll leverage your expertise in product and project management, process design, and analytics to maximize system functionality and meet key business priorities. Collaborate with stakeholders to advance the company’s People and Culture strategic objectives and make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Your Role Accountabilities:

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

As part of the product management function within Enterprise Applications Technology Solutions, this position will support the implementation and continuous improvement of tools within Enterprise Applications Technology Solutions and the WBD Workday solution.

• Have a client centric mindset to partner with stakeholders to understand their strategic priorities and develop/maintain a roadmap
• Leverage the agile methodology to structure and plan product delivery and enhancements
• Work with key stakeholders to gather and document functional and technical requirements for system improvements and implementations
• Support the ongoing functionality and maximal utilization of Workday product features to meet stakeholders demand and support key initiatives within Human Resources and Enterprise Applications Technology SolutionsSupport requirements gathering, development of enhancements and testing of solutions
• Manage defect resolution within the Workday product, analyze identified issues, assist in root cause analysis, and resolution with the Workday solutions and configuration team
• Leverage AI tools to identify opportunities, streamline processes, enhance product capabilities, and develop scalable solutions that improve efficiency, quality, and stakeholder outcomes
• Partner on change management, communications and training needs
• Help to deliver project/process documentation as part of transition of support to operations
• Maintain a process and controls focus to help design, implement and/or monitor operational processes, as part of initial implementation or ongoing continuous improvement
• Work with project teams to analyze and document existing processes and potential gaps
• Facilitate and lead efforts in process design – identify improvements and potential solutions
• Research new Workday functionality and releases as well as industry trends and best practices in HR and Enterprise Applications Technology Solutionsto support ongoing improvement and lead best practices

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Serve in a project management capacity for various Enterprise Applications Technology Solutionsprojects/initiatives
• Leverage project management tools and methodology
• Lead teams and manage internal resources in support of PMO functions and operations
• Perform other duties as required at the request of the Sr. Manager, Workday Product Management

Qualifications & Experiences:

Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification

• 3+ years of relevant experience, including process and systems development and implementation or compensation planning technical / operational support
• 3+ years of project management or product management experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of training and work experience is required.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite of tools and ERPs/HRIS as well as data analysis using database, spreadsheet, reporting software.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite of tools and ERPs/HRIS as well as data analysis using database, spreadsheet, reporting software.
• Proven analytical skills with strong attention to detail
• Must have the ability to tailor communication and messaging with varying levels of the organization
• Can be effective across disparate environments and work teams
• Ability to multi-task across multiple projects effectively
• Understands the functional and technical details, but can think strategically
• Must have excellent time management skills to perform in a fast-paced, high-pressure, high-volume environment

Other Requirements

• Works well within teams and effectively facilitates work between them
• Must be a process-oriented individual – able to document and capture processes in narrative and diagram forms
• Must demonstrate intellectual curiosity
• Must be solution oriented with the flexibility to work in a dynamic environment
• Must be able to reason through issues, resolve problems, and work well under time constraints.
• Must be a motivated, confident self-starter

Not Required but preferred experience:

• Operational experience with compensation and compensation planning preferred.
• Studio/entertainment industry experience is a plus.
• Operational experience in HR, Payroll, and HRIS is a plus.
• Experience with Global projects is a plus.
• Workday implementation or support experience is a plus.
• Experience with JIRA and Service Now is a plus.
• PMI, Agile certification, or other PM certifications are a plus.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, union status, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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