Job Catalog Manager

Overview

We are seeking a dedicated Job Catalog Manager to join our Master Data Management team at our Hyderabad Hub. This full-time, permanent position entails overseeing and maintaining the structure of job families, levels, profiles, and career frameworks within Workday to support an organizational transformation towards skills-based workforce management.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and govern the taxonomy for job family groups, career levels, job codes, and profiles ensuring they meet both industry standards and organizational requirements.
• Continuously evaluate and align the job architecture framework with market benchmarks, industry practices, and internal data to ensure relevance, competitiveness, and clarity for career progression.
• Integrate job profiles with a skills taxonomy by collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Skills Intelligence, Rewards & Performance, and Talent Acquisition to align hiring, compensation, and development processes.
• Establish and maintain robust data governance protocols to uphold the quality, consistency, and integrity of job architecture data, including operating governance mechanisms for update requests from stakeholders.
• Collaborate with various HR and workforce planning teams to validate and adjust job architecture in response to evolving business needs, ensuring compliance with regulations and internal policies.
• Serve as the main point of contact for all job architecture inquiries, provide training and communication support to drive adoption, and communicate insights effectively to leadership to support strategic decisions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Human Resources, Organizational Development, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in job architecture design, organizational design, workforce analytics, master data management, or HR systems management within a global matrixed environment.
• Expert knowledge of job architecture frameworks such as Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, Korn Ferry, or similar.
• Demonstrated success leading data governance initiatives and promoting widespread adoption of job classification systems.
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools including Tableau, Power BI, Excel, and SQL, coupled with strong experience using HRIS platforms, specifically Workday modules related to job architecture, HCM, and talent optimization.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality management, and master data management principles.
• Exceptional problem-solving capabilities, project management mastery, and strong communication skills suitable for presenting complex data insights concisely.
• Ability to cultivate strong partnerships across teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Skills

• Experience within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences sectors.
• Understanding of compensation structures, career frameworks, and workforce planning techniques.
• Familiarity with compensation benchmarking, market data integration, and talent mobility or workforce planning platforms.
• Certifications related to data governance, HR analytics, or organizational design preferred.