Senior IT Application Specialist (Workday)

Interested in a career that matters?

Interested in a career that matters?
Join Novonesis and help enable critical people and business processes through reliable enterprise applications. As part of Enterprise Business Applications (EBA), you will work with colleagues across Denmark, Germany, Brazil, and India to support a global portfolio of enterprise systems. In this role, you will serve as a technical specialist for Workday, contributing to stable, scalable, and continuously improving solutions that support employees worldwide.

The role & your impact
As a Senior IT Application Specialist (Workday), you will be part of the Tech & Solutions capability area within Enterprise Business Applications. You will provide deep technical expertise in Workday integrations and application-side configuration while collaborating with HR, integration teams, vendors, and other IT stakeholders. Your work will help ensure reliable integrations, efficient business processes, and strong operational support across the enterprise application landscape.

Your key responsibilities in this role

• Act as a technical specialist for Workday with primary responsibility for integrations and technical setup from the IT perspective.
• Design, build, maintain, and troubleshoot Workday integrations, including development using Workday Studio.
• Support application-side integrations between Workday and enterprise platforms such as Workforce Software, KMD Payroll Cloud, and other connected solutions.
• Collaborate with People & Organization (HR), Systems Integration teams, IT colleagues, and external partners to deliver stable and well-governed solutions.
• Contribute to technical documentation, standards, and continuous improvement activities related to Workday services.
• Expand knowledge of Workforce Software and related enterprise applications as responsibilities evolve.

What you'll need to be successful in this role

• At least 5 years of experience working with Workday integrations.
• Strong hands-on experience with Workday Studio.
• Solid understanding of Workday integration technologies, including APIs, RaaS reports, and connectors.
• Experience with technical Workday configuration and support from an IT perspective.
• Experience working in global enterprise environments.
• Fluency in English.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Additional skills & interests we value

• Knowledge of Workforce Software or similar workforce management solutions.
• Experience supporting integrations across a broader enterprise application landscape.
• A hands-on, technically curious approach to learning new systems and technologies.
• A pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset.

What we offer you
You will join a global team that combines technical expertise, project delivery, and business engagement capabilities. The role offers opportunities to work across international teams, develop expertise in critical enterprise applications, and contribute to solutions that support employees and business operations worldwide.

Working conditions
This is a hybrid position with an office-first approach based in Bengaluru. The role involves extensive global collaboration and limited travel.

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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Our History

In 2024, Chr. Hansen and Novozymes joined forces to form Novonesis.

We are 10,000 people worldwide whose expertise spans more than 30 different industries. All around the world our biosolutions already create value for thousands of customers and benefit the planet. Our biosolutions enable feeding and fueling the world more sustainably, from healthy and sustainable nutrition to biofuel. Our biosolutions also reduce the use of fossil-based resources, chemicals, energy and water. And this is just the beginning.