Are you ready to make a significant impact within our HR Digital function? Syngenta is seeking a dynamic individual to lead the ongoing review and deployment of release-related processes across our global HR Systems landscape. As the HR Digital Release Manager, you will collaborate with our HR Digital technology partners, represent Syngenta at various vendor forums, and drive the management of Workday and SmartRecruiters (Applicant Tracking System) releases.

Your role will involve identifying opportunities for business value, driving data quality, enhancing end user experience, and streamlining processes. You will play a pivotal role in delivering optional release feature realizations, configuring technical prototypes, and ensuring governance of production release configurations.

If you are passionate about influencing future roadmaps, driving cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring internal talent, this role is for you. Join us in shaping the future of HR digital release management at Syngenta and be part of our groundbreaking journey in driving process alignment and interconnectivity across all areas of HR.

What are we looking for?

• Strong Workday configuration experience across multiple functional domains (Core HCM, Absence, Time, Performance, Compensation) inclusive of certification(s) and a detailed understanding of Tenant Management.
• Functional Release analysis experience.
• Excellent communicator who can present both verbally and visually in a manner that non-technical audiences can align and understand.
• Significant experience of business partnering, strong collaboration & influencing.
• Strong leadership qualities and the ability to build strong capabilities and compelling business cases.
• Fluent in data analysis with the ability to derive data driven insights, with strong working knowledge of data integration methods and middleware’s.
• Experience within a multi-cultural and complex matrix organization and with global virtual teams.

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s biggest agricultural technology companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. With more than 59,000 employees, operating in more than 100 countries, the company strives to transform agriculture with science-driven, technological innovations to deliver high productivity and high-quality food while fighting climate change and restore nature. Syngenta Group is working with farmers to enable Regenerative Agriculture - an outcome-based food production system that nurtures and restores soil health, protects the climate and water resources and biodiversity, and enhances farms' productivity and profitability.

Syngenta Group, which is registered in Shanghai, China, and has its management headquarters in Switzerland, draws strength from its four business units: Syngenta Crop Protection, headquartered in Switzerland; Syngenta Seeds, headquartered in the United States; ADAMA®, headquartered in Israel; and Syngenta Group China. Together, these businesses provide industry-leading ways to serve customers around the world.

The preference is for the role to be based at our Jealott's Hill International Research Centre near Bracknell, but other UK locations & Hungary could be considered as a location for the right candidate.

What we offer

• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday.
• Flexible & Hybrid working
• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.
• The opportunity to develop and apply your science within the chemical industry.
• The chance to work as part of a global team to address the current and future needs of the agricultural sector.
• Learning culture and wide range of training options.

Syngenta has been ranked as a top 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Journal.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Learn more about our D&I initiatives here: https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates and our Jealott’s Hill site are a Disability Confident Employer. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we can to support you.