Mayank Sunny
Ottawa,Canada
Summary
Senior HR technology and HRIS leader with a strong track record in enterprise HR technology strategy and digital transformation. Expertise in HRIS platforms, ERP integrations, and cloud HR solutions, driving operational efficiency and enhancing employee experience. Proven ability to lead large-scale HR technology programs and cross-functional teams, delivering scalable solutions for talent lifecycle management and data-driven decision making. Recognized for aligning HR technology initiatives with business strategies to boost productivity and organizational performance.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director - HRIS
Jubilant Pharmova Ltd
Montreal, Canada
10.2012 - Current
- I am presently working as the Global Head of all HR applications within the Jubilant Group of Companies. In this role, I report to the Global Applications Head and maintain a dotted-line reporting to the Group CHRO.
- The HR Transformation project was officially launched in September 2025, following two years of extensive stakeholder alignment and budget negotiations with entire Leadership including the CEOs of eight different businesses across. The initiative aims to modernize the organization's HR technology landscape by replacing PeopleSoft and six other integrated third-party systems with SuccessFactors, driving efficiency, integration, and user experience improvements.
- Standardize HR processes globally by aligning and simplifying the Global HR IT Application portfolio, through the implementation of Oracle PeopleSoft as the Core HR system across all regions.
- Oversee the successful implementation of Core HR, Position Management, Profile Management, Recruitment, Talent Management & Succession Planning, Training Admin, Performance Management, Compensation Management, Off-boarding & No-Dues process, Payroll & Absence management for Jubilant and its subsidiary companies & its seamless integration with other 3rd party applications.
- Implemented JAMS(Savior system) to track attendance and overtime for employees across all plants and offices in India.
- Implement CSOD as the LMS and LinkedIn Learning for learning materials, seamlessly integrated with PeopleSoft for all Jubilant employees globally.
- Implemented Ripplehire as the Employee Referral System, integrating it with Career Portal, PeopleSoft, ADP, and DayForce for all Jubilant employees globally.
- Implemented APTIA to streamline benefits management of all US employees.
- Implement DayForce for the efficient administration of payroll and absence in Canada & its interface with PeopleSoft & SAP
- Implemented the Global Pre-Onboarding Process to improve the new hire experience and reduce attrition by 8%. Upon accepting an offer, applicants receive an automated link with organizational information, Day 1 requirements, a buddy connection, and forms for personal details, prior work experience, educational qualifications, and banking and insurance details. This data flows automatically into Oracle PeopleSoft Core HR, ensuring employees are ready and productive from Day 1.
- Launched Org Manager, enabling organization-wide change simulations and heat map generation for effective workforce modeling.
- Developed and integrated Power BI dashboards with datalake, enabling real-time visibility into key performance indicators such as attrition rates, turnover rates, and hiring metrics.
- Implement CONCUR as the expense management system for the Pharmova & Ingrevia business, integrated to PeopleSoft, SAP & Infor LN in 4 months to streamline the global employee expenses payout & GL postings
- Streamlined merit process, ad hoc appraisals, and bonus management globally through implementation of COMPPORT, reducing HR efforts by over 20 man-days annually.
- Implement Anaplan globally for Headcount Budgeting & Financial Planning through scenario planning in 9 months
- Implement Advantage Club, as the Applause & recognition system for all employees across the Globe
- Implement an AI-based HR bot tool across all entities for employees' better insight and increased productivity through MS CoPilot.
- Identify Technology Trends & HR-IT Strategy alignment: Enhancing employee experience and leveraging AI are essential now. After a thorough study of SaaS systems like Oracle Fusion, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, and DarwinBox, I finalized our HRIS Transformation project. This involves transitioning from Oracle PeopleSoft to SuccessFactors, replacing several other applications as well. I secured budget approval from all seven business unit CEOs, marking a significant achievement that will drive digital transformation and innovation. SuccessFactors is going live in Sep'27.
- Leadership Collaboration: Hold Quarterly Review meeting with GCHRO, CDIO, & CEOs of each business to provide an update on the new enhancements to the system and its impact on business, and the update on current projects along with risks & mitigation plans with leadership to understand business requirements and ensure seamless technology integration across departments.
- Business Partnership & Change Management: Collaborate with HR partners to convert strategies and business requirements into IT priorities by implementing JAMS, MERCER, ADP, Dayforce, and other COTS applications. Led successful HR technology initiatives and successful adoption through proper communications and organizing Workshops, mandatory training for employees and managers
- Strategic Planning and Budget Management: Strategizing actionable plans to achieve business goals & developing a detailed budget that outlines expected expenses related to upcoming IT projects and operations.
- IT Security & Network: Monitor and enforce IT security policies, protocols, and procedures for all applications under my portfolio. Coordinate with the Infra Team to ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability.
- Vendor Management: Lead RFP/RFI processes for JAMS & Oracle PeopleSoft operations support & evaluate vendors based on capability, cost, and compliance. Negotiate terms, SLA, costs & exit clauses. Review vendor performance against SLAs & KPIs and approve the monthly invoices.
- HRIS Operation Management & Solution Architect: With around 13 years of experience with Jubilant, I have a deep understanding of the organization's HR process & policies, all HR processes and have build the entire HRIS landscape; therefore, I lead the enterprise architecture team of HRIS analysts & vendors to handle smooth HR operations, promoting innovation and implementing best practices. Ensure HR data integrity and security, complying with data privacy regulations. Developed architectural blueprints, system documentation, and training materials to guide the integration and prepare a base for future transformations
- Business User Interaction: Regularly engage with key business stakeholders to identify challenges and pain points, and propose automation and digitization solutions for all manual processes
- Project Preparation & Implementation: Develop comprehensive project budgets, ROI projections, and statements of work (SOW) detailing project objectives, scope, deliverables, and timelines for all implementations. Regularly update leadership and address conflicts or bottlenecks. Ensure project timelines are adhered to within approved budgets. Transition to support teams is seamless, and monitors system performance and user feedback.
- The Jubilant Bhartia Group, founded by the Bhartia brothers in 1978, is an esteemed Indian conglomerate with its operations spanning across India, the USA, Canada, China, and various regions of Europe. The Group engages in multiple sectors including Pharmaceuticals, Contract Research and Development Services, Therapeutics & Generics Drugs, Life Science Ingredients, Agri Products, Performance Polymers, Aerospace Consulting, and Oilfield Services. Comprising of major principal companies-Jubilant Pharmova Limited, Jubilant Ingrevia Limited, Jubilant DraxImage Inc, Jubilant HollisterStier Limited, Jubilant Industries Limited, Jubilant Biosys Limited, Jubilant Agro & Consumer Products Limited, Jubilant ENPRO, etc. - the group employs approximately 9,500 employees globally.
Lead Consultant
HCL Technologies Ltd
01.2012 - 10.2012
- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build better lives. UNDP operates in 177 countries, working with nations on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. Headquartered in New York City, the UNDP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from member nations. The organization wanted to upgrade the existing PeopleSoft 89 to PeopleSoft 91.
- Cultivated strong business relationships with UNDP team to gather requirements and facilitate ongoing stakeholder discussions.
- Collaborated with UNDP affiliates to align efforts with project goals.
- Engaged with clients to gather and clarify their requirements regularly.
- Led the Offshore team in the complete retrofitting process & coordinated with the Technical team in preparing Technical design documents.
- Oversaw ticket resolution during parallel and system integration testing to ensure project milestones were met.
- Lead the warranty support from onsite (NY) without any escalations.
Project Lead
Wipro Infotech
03.2011 - 12.2011
- Collaborated with Client ST Microelectronics on various projects.
- Roles & Responsibilities:
- Executed end-to-end delivery of STM requirements, collaborating with the Business team to gather specifications and offering high-level design solutions to component designers. Oversaw application management after Go-Live.
- Cultivated business relationship with STM team to gather requirements through ongoing discussions with stakeholders in PS modules including position management, recruitment, career portal, and career planning.
- Directed upgrade of recruitment module and oversaw migration of new developments/enhancements to production.
- Coordinated production support activities and streamlined communication regarding issues and documentation between client and tech team.
- World leaders in providing semiconductor solutions that help customers improve the quality of life for everyone. A leading Integrated Device Manufacturer serving all electronics segments. It has recently upgraded almost all the modules from PS 8.9 to PS 9.1, except for the Recruitment module. Also, they had been using a third-party Tool (Lotus) for the external candidates to apply for the job openings, which they are now replacing with PeopleSoft Candidate Gateway.
Senior Software Engineer
CSC India Ltd
10.2009 - 03.2011
- Worked for Client Pfizer Pharmaceutical Ltd
- Developed the integration methodology between PS and Adobe Flex systems using iScripts and SOAPTOCI tools.
- Defined project responsibilities to ensure clarity and alignment among team members.
- Analyzed requirements of Pfizer MSS from Functional SPOCS to inform system design.
- Implement Separations module & workflow for all MSS transaction
- Developed XML Publisher letters for MSS transactions.
- Coordinated regular communication with onsite team and clients to enhance collaboration.
- The Pfizer HR Redesign project aimed to revamp the existing PeopleSoft system, specifically targeting the Manager and Colleague self-service modules. At present, multiple versions of the HR PeopleSoft system are in use across different countries. This initiative sought to establish a unified HR system applicable worldwide while accommodating specific versions and languages tailored to each country.
Consultant
HCL Technologies Ltd
07.2005 - 10.2009
- Worked for clients like National Insurance Corporation (India); Air Canada, NTPC, India, Circuitcity USA
- Defined key responsibilities for projects, ensuring alignment with client objectives.
- Groomed myself as an expert programmer & designed various programs and processes for multiple clients
- Created TDD and FDD documents based on client business requirements.
- Developed workflows for request/reply processes and updated SQRs and app engines based on client requirements.
- Managed ticket documentation in Seibel, adhering to established quality standards.
Education
B Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology
Sultanpur, U.P., IndiaSkills
- HR technology integration
- Project management
- Change management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Business partnership
- Process standardization
- Budget management
- IT strategy
- Enterprise Architecture
- Application Consolidation
- Cross-functional leadership
- Strategic planning
- Business acumen
- Risk Management
- Problem solver
- Leadership collaboration
- Talent mentoring
Personal Information
Title: Associate Director HRIS
Accomplishments
- Received the Chairman's Award for four consecutive years at Jubilant Group of companies.
- Received multiple Star of the Month, Spot-Ons & Kudos Award in Jubilant Group of companies.
- ITIL certified.
Technologies And Domains
- ERP SuccessFactors
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- ADP
- Ceridian
- Dayforce
- SharePoint
- LMS Application (Compliancewire, CSOD with LinkedIn Learning)
- Merit application - COMPPORT
- Travel-based applications
- AI Bots to help Interface to Finance systems (SAP, BaaN)
- File & API based integrations/solutions
- Operations
- Quality
- Finance & Legal Functions
- Build Custom applications on Java
- Analytics Power BI
- PL/SQL
- Azure
- O365
- Unix
- LINUX
- Oracle
- SQL
- Network & Storage
Languages
English
Professional
Hindi
Professional
Certification
ITIL Certified
Timeline
Associate Director - HRIS
Jubilant Pharmova Ltd
10.2012 - Current
Lead Consultant
HCL Technologies Ltd
01.2012 - 10.2012
Project Lead
Wipro Infotech
03.2011 - 12.2011
Senior Software Engineer
CSC India Ltd
10.2009 - 03.2011
Consultant
HCL Technologies Ltd
07.2005 - 10.2009
B Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology