HR Process & HRIS Specialist - Automation & AI Enablement

Do you want to make a real impact and actively shape HR, rather than just being another cog in the wheel? As HR Process & HRIS Specialist - Automation & AI Enablement (m/f/d) you will enhance the value contribution of HR, design scalable and efficient processes, and continuously develop our HRIS landscape. As a sparring partner for HR, IT, and the business, you translate improvement potential into concrete solutions and actively drive the digital transformation of HR - including modern automation and AI-based approaches.

Your Responsibilities

• Ensure the stable and future-proof operation of our HRIS platform (currently Workday)
• Harmonize, standardize, and automate end-to-end HR processes following the principle "standard before customization"
• Identify, assess, and implement automation and AI use cases to improve efficiency and quality of HR services
• Ensure operational excellence, high data quality, process stability, and HR compliance
• Collaborate closely with HR Business Partners, Centers of Excellence, IT, and external service providers
• Translate functional requirements into scalable, system-supported, and AI-enabled solutions
• Drive continuous improvement through KPI-based steering, monitoring, user feedback, and best-practice approaches

Do you have experience in Workday?, * Completed degree in HR, business administration, business informatics, economics, or a comparable field

• Solid professional experience in HRIS, People Operations, or HR process management
• Strong understanding of end-to-end HR processes and their digital enablement
• Hands-on experience with HCM systems, with a focus on Workday and additional experience with SuccessFactors, as well as with AI-based HR applications (in particular Microsoft Copilot)
• High affinity for automation, data, AI use cases, and digital technologies in an HR context
• Structured, analytical, and solution-oriented working style with a strong implementation mindset
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate complex topics clearly
• Fluent English skills (written and spoken) are required, German language skills are considered a plus.

• A strategically important role with direct impact on the future readiness of our HR organization and significant scope for shaping and improving HR
• Flexible working model: hybrid set-up with an average of two mobile working days per week*
• Individual development: extensive training and development opportunities via the PATRIZIA Academy
• International and inclusive environment: a respectful and equal-opportunity workplace in an international company, actively supported by our ED&I Council
• Attractive benefits: including JobRad leasing, childcare subsidies, and a monthly ShoppingCard allowance
• Time for social engagement: two additional days of paid leave, e.g. for projects of the PATRIZIA Foundation

If you want to create a better tomorrow with us, we want to hear from you via our job portal (www.patrizia.ag/career). Together, let's make a positive impact. We're proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. At PATRIZIA, we are committed to leading the industry in how we advance the equity, diversity and inclusion of our global teams. The opinion and experience of each individual counts. With inherent trust in each other, we do our greatest work steeped in courage, integrity, optimism and tenacity.