Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.
We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries.
We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support.
Whether you want to pursue excellence in your specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’ll be connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best. Join us and shape your story with Mott MacDonald, where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant.
Job Description
Key responsibilities
Candidate Specification:
Essential
Strong hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, including practical configuration, functional design, testing and delivery of controlled product changes.
Strong understanding of core HR processes, employee lifecycle activities, workforce data, organisational structures, Position Management and related People Foundation capabilities.
Experience leading discovery and requirements workshops, keeping stakeholders focused on business problems and desired outcomes rather than predetermined technology solutions.
Ability to translate business requirements into clear process designs, functional requirements, solution options, configuration decisions and acceptance criteria.
Experience coordinating product and vendor-release cycles, including impact assessment, regression testing, business readiness, deployment, operational handover and post-release review.
Experience assessing incidents, defects, enhancements and optimisation opportunities, including impact analysis, root-cause investigation and recommendation of appropriate solutions.
Experience producing and maintaining configuration workbooks, functional designs, process documentation, test evidence, release artefacts, operating procedures and product knowledge.
Confidence working with business stakeholders, Product Managers, Project Managers, technical specialists and third-party partners, including constructively challenging designs, configuration, testing outputs and documentation.
Ability to deliver authorised configuration and product improvements directly while observing security, access, change-control and segregation-of-duties requirements.
Commitment to maintaining deep product expertise, completing relevant learning or certification and sharing knowledge to reduce single-person and external-partner dependency.
Ability to support adjacent People Technology products or capability domains when demand, resilience, holiday cover or development priorities require.
Desirable
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central certification.
Additional SAP SuccessFactors experience or certification in Position Management, Time Management, Platform Foundations, Employee Central Payroll or related capabilities.
Experience with OpenText or comparable enterprise employee document and records-management solutions.
Experience with Time Off, Absence Management, Workforce Administration, payroll processes or payroll integrations.
Experience working within a product-led operating model and delivering through internal, blended and partner-led teams.
Experience supporting SAP SuccessFactors release planning, regression testing and adoption of new platform capabilities.
Experience working with integrations, data structures, security roles, permissions, business rules and downstream system dependencies.
Experience supporting global People processes while considering regional requirements, regulatory obligations and operational differences.
Experience working with super-user groups, champion networks, communities of practice or a People Technology Community.
Experience using agile, iterative or structured change and release-management practices.
Experience contributing across more than one People Technology product, platform or functional domain.
Qualifications & Certifications - Desirable
Product and Platform
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central certification
SAP SuccessFactors Position Management certification
SAP SuccessFactors Time Management certification
SAP SuccessFactors Platform Foundations certification
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll certification
OpenText training or certification relevant to document and records management
Business Analysis and Delivery
Business-analysis qualification from BCS, IIBA or an equivalent body
AgilePM
Scrum certification
SAFe certification or equivalent agile-delivery qualification
Service and Change Management
ITIL Foundation or higher certification
Relevant change, release or testing qualification
Relevant SAP SuccessFactors certification is desirable. Where certification is not currently held, the successful candidate will be expected to maintain and develop relevant SAP SuccessFactors expertise through product learning, release awareness, delivery experience and appropriate certification.
Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.
Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:
Employment Compliance Requirement
As part of our global compliance requirements, all candidates must hold a valid Right to Work (RTW) document in India, which will be verified during the recruitment process.
Acceptable documents include a Passport, Voter ID, or Birth Certificate.
By applying, you confirm that you can provide valid documentation if and when required.
