Workday Data Management Subject Matter Expert

The role is for a Workday Data Management Subject Matter Expert at Genmab, as part of the global HR Systems team. The role involves providing Workday consultation to the broader HR team, ensuring high data quality accuracy in HR Systems, evaluating data management practices, creating operational and ad-hoc reports, and providing change management support. As a Senior HR Systems Consultant – Workday, you will play a key part in expanding and optimizing the global Workday platform, with a focus on deploying Workday in new countries across the EU.

You will be responsible for partnering on designing and configuring the majority of the Workday solution yourself, taking ownership from requirements gathering through configuration, testing, go-live, and stabilization. You will work closely with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and other stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include: Workday Country Deployments – taking hands-on functional ownership of Workday deployments for new EU countries, independently performing configuration, configuring country-specific functionality, translating local HR and payroll requirements, identifying dependencies, executing testing, supporting data migration and go-live, and developing reusable configuration approaches. Workday Configuration & Functional Expertise – serving as a senior Workday functional expert across Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Onboarding, Talent & Performance, Absence, Time Tracking, Reporting, and Security; configuring business processes, condition rules, approval workflows, supervisory organizations, security roles, calculated fields, and reporting; understanding module interactions; investigating and resolving complex issues; supporting integrations; ensuring scalability and consistency.

Stakeholder Collaboration – partnering with global and local HR teams, acting as a trusted advisor, facilitating workshops, collaborating with Payroll, Finance, IT, and external partners, communicating decisions, and sharing knowledge. Required qualifications include significant hands-on experience configuring, implementing, and supporting Workday HCM in a global organization; proven experience with Workday country implementations; deep configuration expertise in Core HCM; broad functional understanding across modules; ability to independently design and test complex solutions; experience with country-specific requirements; strong understanding of cross-module dependencies; experience with European HR requirements and GDPR; ability to translate business requirements; strong analytical and communication skills; fluency in English.

Preferred qualifications include experience deploying Workday in multiple EU countries, previous experience with a Workday implementation partner, Workday certifications, hands-on experience with specific modules, familiarity with EIBs and integrations, experience developing frameworks, and experience in biotech/pharma/life sciences. The ideal candidate is an experienced, hands-on Workday professional who enjoys detail, works across multiple functional areas, has practical experience setting up Workday for new countries, is self-sufficient, structured, proactive, and pragmatic, and thrives in an international environment.