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Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

We are seeking an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Implementation Consultant to manage and execute end-to-end implementation of the SuccessFactors HCM Suite, including Employee Central (Core HR) and other Talent modules such as Recruiting, Onboarding, Performance & Goals, Compensation, Learning, and Succession Planning. The candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, HR teams, and technical teams to deliver solutions that meet organizational requirements.

Your role and responsibilities

  • Lead the design and configuration of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (Core HR) including:

    • Foundation Objects

    • Employee Data Management

    • Position Management

    • Business Rules & Workflows

  • Conduct requirement gathering workshops with HR and business stakeholders.

  • Prepare Business Process Documentation (BPD), Functional Specifications (FS), and Configuration Workbooks.

  • Configure the system based on the approved design documents.

  • Perform data migration activities using Employee Central Import Templates and ensure data accuracy and validation.

  • Design and set up Role-Based Permissions (RBP) and security framework.

  • Integrate Employee Central with Payroll (SAP or third-party) and other modules (Recruiting, Onboarding, Compensation).

  • Manage Testing cycles (Unit Testing, SIT, UAT) and resolve defects.

  • Deliver end-user training, super-user enablement, and go-live support.

  • Ensure compliance with SAP Activate Methodology or agreed project methodology.

  • Stay updated on SuccessFactors quarterly releases and apply relevant changes.

  • Provide post-implementation support and issue resolution.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in HR, IT, or related fields.

  • 4+ years of experience in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.

  • 2+ full-cycle end-to-end implementations of SuccessFactors EC.

  • Strong understanding of:

    • Metadata Framework (MDF)

    • Business Rules

    • Workflows

    • Position Management

  • Experience in Integration (using Integration Center, API, or middleware tools like SAP CPI, Dell Boomi).

  • SuccessFactors Employee Central Certification (mandatory for implementation roles).

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

  • Excellent communication and client-facing skills.

Preferred technical and professional experience

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ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


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