HRIS Specialist

We are a specialty vaccine company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases addressing unmet medical needs. We have leveraged our expertise and capabilities both to commercialize three vaccines, including the world’s first and only chikungunya vaccine, and to rapidly advance a broad range of vaccine candidates into and through the clinic, including candidates against Lyme disease and Zika.

With operations in Austria, Canada, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the U.S., we are committed to making a positive impact on global public health. Together, we are a global Company which is open to people of all backgrounds. Our diverse and inclusive workforce makes Valneva a great place to work.

As an HRIS specialist you are the bridge between the HR Systems and the local HR teams. In this role you are the go-to-person for Valneva HR tech systems and will be responsible for initiating system upgrades in collaboration with other HR colleagues to improve the People Experience within the whole company. Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting and behaving as a driver for digitalization and collaborate with IT and software vendors to implement system upgrades, configurations and potentially switch to more fitting HR solutions 
• Collaborate with local HR-teams in Europe and North America in their day-to-day requests regarding e.g. user access permissions, security settings, and taking away any disturbances 
• Updating all Valneva HR systems for e.g. Recruitment, HR Core, Performance Management, and other HR related topics 
• Serve as a subject matter expert on HRIS-related inquiries and escalations
• Developing and maintaining documentation, user guides, and training materials to support HRIS usage across the organization 
• Conducting regular audits to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance with policies and regulations
• Partner with HR stakeholders to streamline processes and workflows through automation and system optimization

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience within HR and HR Information Systems
• At least a Bachelor degree in HR-Management or other equivalent (HR-Consulting, IT, etc.)
• High self-organizing abilities, quick grasp of understanding combined with business orientated behavior 
• Knowledge in MS Excel (Power Query, Pivot, Tables, VLOOKUP, ...)
• Experience using data to identify insights that drive action
• Proactive, detail-oriented and problem-solving skills in a fast-changing environment
• High self-organizing abilities, quick grasp of understanding combined with business orientated behavior
• Very good proficiency in English and preferably German
• Team player with strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills

Benefits

• Flexible working hours to accommodate a good work-life-balance 
• Good team spirit in a strong and highly motivated team 
• Wide range of benefits like flextime, compensation days, performance-related bonus, lunch vouchers, childcare center (“Kindergarten”), company events, myClubs, LinkedIn Learning, etc. 
• Working in a dynamic and international work environment with flat hierarchies 
• Opportunity to work on meaningful projects and initiatives 
  

Due to legal reasons we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary for this position, which is € 55.000,- gross per year based on full-time employment. However, our salaries are market oriented and in line with your qualifications and experience.