HR Specialist - TA Products

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

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Talent Acquisition (TA) is focused on building a best-in-class function aligned to business goals. The TA Strategy and Enablement team sets integrated product direction, shapes the multi-year roadmap, enables business readiness, and drives measurable outcomes across TA products, processes, technologies, and vendor solutions. Through close partnership with business, technology and delivery partners, the team turns strategic priorities into measure impact and deliver business value.

The HR Specialist will help turn Talent Acquisition priorities into practical products, processes and solutions that improve how TD assesses, selects, hires and preboards talent. Day to day, this role will analyze business needs, define requirements, coordinate testing and readiness activities, support vendor and stakeholder decisions, and help move work from discovery through implementation and outcome measurement. The successful candidate will operate as a hands-on, collaborative partner who brings structure to ambiguity, follows through on commitments, raises risks early and keeps business needs and colleague and candidate experiences at the centre of the work.

In this role, you will:

• Translate priorities for the Assess, Select, Hire and Preboard portfolio into clear plans, requirements and actions that align to business goals and intended outcomes.

• Investigate current processes, analyze data and stakeholder feedback, identify gaps and recommend practical improvements to TA products, processes, frameworks, tools and technology.
• Gather, document and clarify business needs; develop business cases and requirements; and contribute to RFP activities, vendor evaluations and recommendations.

• Manage day-to-day vendor activities, monitor performance and outcomes, and raise concerns or opportunities to help ensure solutions continue to deliver business value.

• Assess how HR policies, controls and regulatory requirements affect the work and ensure they are reflected in requirements, decisions and implementation plans.

• Track issues, risks, decisions and dependencies; raise concerns early; and work with the right partners to resolve challenges and maintain progress.

• Partner closely with Product Owners, subject-matter experts and cross-functional teams to make informed decisions, align expectations and keep work moving from planning through delivery and value realization.

• Plan and execute Workday business testing and UAT by developing scenarios and test cases, coordinating business testers and SMEs, tracking defects through resolution, and supporting readiness and sign-off.

• Coordinate the business activities required to implement change, including process mapping, solution readiness, governance, release planning, communications, adoption and outcome measurement.

Job Requirements

Experience and/or Education

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent.

• 5+ years of relevant experience within a Talent Acquisition and/or HR function.

• Demonstrated Workday experience supporting Talent Acquisition products, processes, releases or implementations.

• Demonstrated experience leading and executing business/UAT testing within Workday testing environments, including developing test strategies, use cases and detailed test cases, coordinating business testers and SMEs, managing defects through resolution, and supporting business readiness and sign-off.

 
Key Capabilities

Curiosity and Critical Thinking 
Asks thoughtful questions, tests assumptions and looks beyond the immediate request to understand the underlying need. Uses internal and external insights to develop practical recommendations that fit the TD context. 

Data-Informed and Digitally Confident 
Uses evidence to define problems, evaluate options and measure outcomes. Learns new tools quickly and applies business analysis and design-thinking practices to make work clearer and more effective. 

Collaborative Delivery and Accountability 
Builds trusted relationships across business, technology and vendor teams; communicates clearly; and actively seeks diverse perspectives. Brings structure to ambiguity, takes ownership of commitments, raises risks early and follows work through to a practical outcome.

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.