Functional Consultant

Darwinbox; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwinbox in Mumbai is seeking a Lead HRMS Implementation professional to drive end-to-end projects from business process mapping to go-live, coordinating with clients and internal teams to ensure on-time delivery.

You will map requirements, prepare blueprints, lead meetings, provide user training, and manage change across stakeholders, aiming for a smooth transition to Darwinbox HRMS in complex enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in HR or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years in HR transformation/change management or HCM implementations.
• Understanding of HRMS systems and implementation experience preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Strong to excellent agility, analytical mindset, persistence, and drive to stretch.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end HRMS implementation from mapping to go-live.
• Analyze business requirements and design HRMS solutions for client demos.
• Prepare blueprint documents and functional specs for client use cases.
• Coordinate with development and stakeholders to address change requests.
• Lead meetings and workshops with clients and product teams.
• Provide user training and post-go-live support as required.
• Guide clients through change management and manage expectations.
• Support implementation and handover to Customer Success after go-live.
• Document benefits delivered by HRMS implementation.

Skills

Agility

Analytical

Persistence

Ability to stretch

Education

Master’s Degree in HR

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Darwinbox is Asia's fastest-growing HR technology platform. Brainchild of alumni from world's most distinguished organizations (McKinsey, EY, Google), we are the preferred choice of 850+ global enterprises to manage their 2.2 Million+ employees across 100+ countries.

For three years in a row, we are the fastest growing HCM tech company in the Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for enterprises with 1,000+ employees.

Darwinbox's new-age HCM suite competes with local as well as global players in the enterprise technology space (such as SAP, Oracle, and Workday). The firm has acquired notable customers ranging from large conglomerates to unicorn start-ups – Vedanta, Mahindra, Glenmark, Adani Wilmar, Swiggy, DLF, Crisil, JG Summit Group, Cebu Pacific Air, Nivea, etc.

The vision of Darwinbox to build a world-class product company from Asia and is backed by marquee global investors like Salesforce, Sequoia Capital, and Lightspeed Venture Partners and Microsoft.

About the role:

Lead end-to-end HRMS implementations, partner with clients, manage stakeholders, drive change, and ensure successful project delivery and go-live.

Role Responsibilities:

• Deliver end to end implementation of the product with the client - starting from Business process mapping to User Acceptance testing and taking the customer live with Darwinbox in a defined timeline.
• Analyze business requirements and design solutions covering various functional scenarios and prepare presentations for client demo.
• Prepare the blueprint documents, functional specifications in the Business process mapping stage and assist with the complete solution to the client for client-specific use cases.
• Coordinate with the Development team and superiors to define any change request from the client and solution for the client-specific use case.
• Plan and lead meetings and working sessions effectively with both client and product development teams.
• Provide Key User Training and support customer to ensure sign off at each milestone as per project plan.
• Guide the client through the change management process and managing both internal and external expectations.
• Provide support to the client throughout the Implementation and Post Go-live support phase (before handing over to Customer Success team).
• Map benefits delivered through the implementation of Darwinbox HRMS.
• Prepare documentation to hand over the account to Customer Success team.

Requirements:

• Master’s Degree (preferably in HR) or relevant work experience after bachelor.
• Min. 3 years of experience in HR transformation & change management/HCM implementation roles/HR consulting roles.
• Understanding of Technology systems. HRMS system implementation and understanding would be preferred.
• Proficient in productivity tools like MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Key behavioural traits: Agility, Analytical, Persistence and Ability to stretch.

You will thrive in this role and Darwinbox if you are –

• A hustler who can work in a fast-paced environment and stretch themselves.
• Responsible and take complete ownership of projects and team assigned to you.
• Curious and can learn things fast.
• Analytical and can solve problems on-the-go.
• Diligent and can track action items, follow-up, ensure smooth delivery, and manage project documentation.
• A people’s person who communicates effectively and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders across functions to drive successful outcomes.