Master Data Product Owner: Ai-Driven Pim & Data

Roche; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi in Barcelona is seeking a Workday Digital Product Owner for Absence to drive the Time & Attendance lifecycle across a global footprint. You will configure and maintain Workday Absence Management with multi-country leave and time-off plans, while coordinating with HR, Legal, Payroll and Digital teams.

You will oversee vendors, ensure GDPR compliance, and lead change management for upgrades and regulatory shifts.

Qualifications

• Experience configuring and managing absence and time-tracking processes.
• Ability to partner with HR, Legal, Payroll and Digital teams.
• Experience with vendor partnerships and SLAs.
• Familiarity with GDPR and multi-country compliance.
• Proven change-management experience for system upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Own product decisions for Time & Attendance across the global portfolio.
• Configure and maintain Workday Absence Management across countries.
• Manage stakeholder relationships between HR, Legal, Payroll and Digital teams.
• Oversee vendor partnerships, SLAs, and contract negotiations.
• Ensure compliance with local labour laws and data privacy standards.
• Lead change management for system upgrades and regulatory changes.

Skills

Time & Attendance

Workday

Stakeholder mgmt

Change mgmt

Vendor mgmt

Regulatory compliance

Tools

Workday Absence Management

Job description

Workday Digital Product Owner - Absence

Barcelona
Full time
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**About the role**
As a Workday Digital Product Owner - Absence within our Digital People Services team, you'll drive the end-to-end digital product lifecycle of Time & Attendance solutions across Sanofi's global footprint, ensuring reliable, compliant platforms that directly impact tens of thousands of employees worldwide. Ready to get started?
You'll join Sanofi's Digital Delivery & Operations unit, a key enabler of our People & Culture strategy. Operating within a portfolio-based model, you'll manage diverse solutions including Workday Absence Management and a number of regional and local systems. This role sits at the critical intersection of HR operations and digital technology, where accurate time tracking and compliant absence management express our commitment to our people and legal obligations across complex, multi-country environments.
About Sanofi
Sanofi is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges, committed to chasing the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Our values - Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, and Lead Together - guide everything we do.
Main responsibilities:
+ Own product decisions for Time & Attendance applications, including budget planning, service requests, and management across the global portfolio
+ Configure and maintain the Workday Absence Management module hands-on, including leave plans, time off plans and absence types for multiple countries
+ Manage stakeholder relationships as primary contact between HR, Legal, Payroll, and Digital teams, ensuring clear communication and effective prioritization
+ Oversee vendor partnerships with third-party time and attendance providers, managing SLAs, performance reviews, and contract negotiations
+ Ensure compliance with local working time legislation, labor laws, collective agreements, and data privacy requirements (including GDPR) across all supported countries
+ Lead change management for system upgrades, regulatory changes, and process transformations, including release notes, testing coordination, and adoption monitoring

"Pursue Progress" · Discover Extraordinary. Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what's never-been-done-before.
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Location: Barcelona