Senior Technology Consultant, HR Systems chez Sonyglobal

Senior Technology Consultant, HR Systems

Global HR Platforms

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Sony Europe are on the hunt for a talented, passionate and driven individual to join a global HR technology team at one of the world’s leading multinationals, where you'll help shape the future of employee experience through innovation and scale!

Why should you be interested? Well, you’ll get to…

• Work on a global stage, supporting and improving HR solutions for tens of thousands of employees across regions.

• Gain exposure to Workday Extend and other leading-edge HR technologies — with opportunities to build and deliver impactful, custom solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across IT, HR, and business functions — giving you high visibility and career growth potential within a large, matrixed environment.

• Join a team that values continuous learning, innovation, and operational excellence, with a strong commitment to internal development and upskilling.

Whether you're experienced in Workday or bring strong HRIS/ERP experience and are ready to grow into Workday, this role offers a rare opportunity to build a global-impact career in HR technology!

The primary purpose of this position is to design, develop, and maintain the advanced HR technology solutions that strengthen our internal capabilities, reduce reliance on external partners, and enable faster, more responsive delivery of new HR innovations.

As part of the Solution Consulting Department within the Global HR Platform team, this role supports the company’s commitment to delivering HR excellence by providing holistic HRIS advisory services and implementing cutting-edge technologies that drive efficiency, innovation, and business value

Role Purpose & Responsibilities

The primary purpose of this position is to design, develop, and maintain the advanced HR technology solutions that strengthen our internal capabilities, reduce reliance on external partners, and enable faster, more responsive delivery of new HR innovations.

As part of the Solution Consulting Department within the Global HR Platform team, this role supports the company’s commitment to delivering HR excellence by providing holistic HRIS advisory services and implementing cutting-edge technologies that drive efficiency, innovation, and business value.

You will be directly responsible for:

• Leading the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable solutions across Workday, SnapLogic, and integrated HR systems, owning the full development lifecycle from requirements analysis to deployment and support.

• Defining and maintaining strategic platform roadmaps while driving system enhancements, upgrades, automation initiatives, and AI/ML-driven use cases.

• Building and manage custom applications, integrations, and APIs, ensuring performance optimization, compliance with security and data governance policies, and alignment with business needs.

• Serving as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor, providing technical guidance, conducting code reviews, mentoring developers, and fostering strong collaboration with architects, analysts, HR stakeholders, and global distributed teams.

• Establishing and growing internal technical capabilities to reduce vendor reliance, promote development best practices, and advance analytics and innovation within the HR technology ecosystem.

In order to be successful and enjoy this role, you will need to have:

• Demonstrable experience of working with a large scale HRIS (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle etc).

• Experience in application development, preferable with a HR system

• A professional background and hands on experience with enterprise & solution architecture methodologies

• A deep understanding of how HRIS/ERP systems work and their impact when used to their full potential

• Exposure and expertise in JavaScript

• Strong understanding of HR data models, business processes, and security frameworks.

• Strong communication skills and ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Your new office

Barcelona

In our Barcelona office you can enjoy a modern and open working environment with unbeatable views of the city. Located in Avenida Diagonal, in an energy efficient building, it is very convenient to reach the office by public transport. You can enjoy your lunch or coffee in our office kitchen, on the terrace next to the lobby, or you can walk to one of the many restaurants and shopping centres nearby.

Take a look at our video tour of the Barcelona site here: https://youtu.be/vlDbK3bFSOs

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individual with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.