Director, Product Development Engineering

Description and Requirements
Position Summary :
• 16+ years of total experience in ERP, proven 10+ years of experience in Workday mostly in financial area.
• Hands-on experience with Workday Financial Management functional areas.
• Strong expertise in Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST).
• Working experience with Prism Analytics from data ingestion to creation of dataset pipelines, data blending, transformation, configuring Prism data source security and publishing it.
• Strong hands-on experience with discovery boards and reports based on Prism data sources.
• Experience with Accounting Center setup, including accounting rules, mapping logic, posting configurations, and transformations.
• Proficient with data flows, reconciling subledger data to GL postings, and investigate discrepancies.
• Good knowledge of business processes such as Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Expenses, and Supplier Management.
• Proficiency in XML, XSLT, XPATH, Java, JSON for integration development.
• Possess good knowledge in Workday Orchestration.
• Experience in cloud financial systems, ERP integrations, or large-scale Workday deployments.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication skills to work with business and technical stakeholders.
• Proven track record in partnering with the business to deliver mission critical transformation via Agile approach.
• Workday Integration Core Certified or Workday Financials Certified.
• Understanding of PeopleSoft or similar ERP platforms is preferred.
• Strong understanding of data lake concepts and modern data architecture to support scalable and efficient integrations.
Job Responsibilities :
• People Management - Managing software engineers located across multiple locations, upskilling/reskilling, hiring / retention agenda and adoption of engineering culture.
• Stakeholder Management - Managing key business stakeholders to deliver the required technological capabilities to support the digital transformation agenda. Driving prioritization of the product backlog.
• Lead and support E2E Software Lifecycle Management for Workday Financials (Architecture, Design, Development, Testing & Production).
• Collaborate with finance, compliance, IT, and implementation partners for alignment.
• Guide integrations with banks, treasury systems, and financial service providers.
• Guide and support peer reviews of solution designs and related code, ensuring adherence to best practice guidelines and compliance with security and privacy mandates.
• Document system architecture, specifications, and integration frameworks.
• Design and deploy Workday integrations, focusing on Financials & related areas.
• Build and maintain integrations using Workday Studio, EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder), Core Connectors, and Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST APIs).
• Possess hands-on knowledge of security models, reporting, and calculated fields in Workday.
• Ensure integrations security, error handling, and compliance with organizational policies.
• Partner with cross-functional IT and business teams to manage data migrations, third-party system integrations, and interface enhancements.
• Identify opportunities for process automation and system optimization within integrations.
Soft Skills:
• Strong leadership and project management capabilities.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance technical innovation with business value delivery.
• Communication: Ability to influence and help communicate the organization's direction and ensure results are achieved.
• Collaboration: Proven track record of building collaborative partnerships and ability to operate effectively in a global environment.
• People Management: Inspiring, motivating and leading diverse and distributed teams.
• Diverse environment: Can-do attitude and ability to work in a high paced environment
Technical skills :
• Strong expertise in Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST).
• Strong experience with Workday Prism Analytics and Accounting center.
• Hands-on experience with Workday Financial Management functional areas.
• Good knowledge of business processes such as Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Expenses, Supplier Management, Project Accounting and General Ledger.
• Proficiency in XML, XSLT, XPATH, Java, JSON for integration development.
• Experience with integration of middleware and third-party systems (e.g. banks, suppliers).
• Familiar with Azure DevOps tool.
• Understanding of PeopleSoft or similar ERP platforms is preferred.
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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