Functional Lead, Performance and Reward Solutions

About the role

KONE's People & Communications team drives business performance through engaged people, strong reputation management, impactful communications and a great employee experience. Its Operations Development function develops P&C processes, tools and employee experience, working with colleagues worldwide and with key business stakeholders. It is looking for a Performance and Reward Solutions Functional Lead to lead and develop KONE's performance and reward technical solutions together with other Solutions teams, P&R specialists, the Global Performance and Reward Center of Expertise, P&C Services and IT. The location of the role is flexible.

Key responsibilities

• Act as technical owner of KONE's global Performance and Reward Solutions.
• Create and maintain the technology roadmap for Performance and Rewards Solutions with the team, the Center of Expertise and HR Services specialists.
• Evaluate, plan and implement Workday release items in the Performance and Reward area with the Solutions Specialists and the AMS partner.
• Design, implement and own a scalable support and operating model for Performance and Reward Solutions and related annual processes.
• Drive simplification of Performance and Reward Solutions and benchmark them against other global companies of similar size.
• Work with IT to find ways to automate and simplify processes and end-user services.
• Lead Performance and Reward solution projects and configure the Performance and Reward setup in Workday.
• Collaborate with Core HR and Analytics technical owners and KONE IT to align with the wider HR technology set-up.
• Support Specialists in training P&C Services so they can provide quality support documentation and guides.

Required profile

• Solid technical background with Workday, including at least two years in compensation.
• Proven skills in Workday Compensation (Fundamentals / Advanced).
• Experience in a global technology project with an own responsibility area.
• Experience managing people across cross-functional teams and projects; previous managerial position not required.
• Demonstrated initiative, results orientation, analytical and problem-solving abilities, and strong planning, facilitation and project management skills.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and networking skills.
• Advantageous: experience supporting M&A activities from a technical perspective.

Required skills

• Workday Compensation (Fundamentals / Advanced)
• Workday Performance (advantageous)

Applications with an updated CV and cover letter are submitted through the company's careers site by 25 November 2026.