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IT Director, Applications (Workday & HR Automation)

Chennai, India💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a techno-functional team to deliver SaaS solutions, transactional workflows, process improvements, and automation for finance, planning, accounting, reporting, and HR functions.

Role type

Senior IT Director (Applications & HR Automation)

Builds

Transactional workflow solutions, process improvement initiatives, and integration/automation projects for finance and HR domains.

Domain

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), HR Technology, Finance & Accounting

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Software application delivery and management, HR and Recruiting technical support, Workday HCM/Recruiting platform management, Workday integrations, AI and Automation for business processing, Recruiting Automation platforms, Project planning and de-risking, Resource and budget planning, Requirements gathering for multiple business functions, Executive stakeholder management, Service excellence and knowledge base maintenance.

Preferred skills

Senior level technical expertise or architecture experience, Project management practices, Public company/SEC experience, Workato, TalkPush, Harver.

Technologies

Workday HCM, Workday Recruiting, Workato, TalkPush, Harver

Responsibilities

Lead techno-functional team to deliver world-class SaaS and customer solutions, negotiate and prioritize delivery roadmaps, oversee configuration and implementation of applications, partner with business leaders to define and manage technology projects, evaluate commercial and custom solutions, assist in defining and de-risking projects, balance sustaining support and large transformation projects, identify business improvement opportunities, establish priorities and schedules for business application projects, direct and measure teams in service excellence, document and maintain business process documentation and support knowledge bases, advise on AI and Automation for business processing, influence IT and business executive management, manage resource and budget planning.

Seniority

Director, hands-on leadership

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