Philippe Pfeiffer - Workday Consultant and Project Manager

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Grosshöchstetten, Switzerland

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Experience

Feb 2026 - Present

8 months

AMS Lead

DocMorris

Management of Workday platform
Optimization phase
Lead of AMS service
Third level support for internal Workday team

Feb 2024 - Present

2 years 8 months

Pfäffikon, Switzerland

Workday Lead

LGT Capital Partners

Management of Workday platform
Optimization phase
Lead for application management including HCM, recruiting, absence, time, talent, reporting and integrations
Implementing of new Learning module

Dec 2023 - Present

2 years 10 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Workday HRIT support

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

Workday HCM
Operation and optimization phase
Responsible for security, HCM, recruiting, integration, reporting, Prism and dashboards
Lead for implementation of annual compliance procedure in Workday based on distributed tasks, questionnaires, reports, Prism and custom BP

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

9 months

Frechen, Germany

Workday Recruiting Lead

Quarzwerke

Implementation of recruiting module (phase 2)
Implementation phase
Lead for planning, architecture, configuration, testing and deployment

Jan 2023 - Mar 2023

3 months

Germany

Workday Implementation

Gamestop

Workday HCM and absence
Implementation phase
Co-Lead for planning, architecture, configuration, testing and deployment
Support on data migration from SAP to Workday

Dec 2020 - Dec 2022

2 years 1 month

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Workday HRIT Lead

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

Workday HCM
Stabilization phase
Responsible for security, HCM, recruiting, absence, performance, integrations and reporting
Ongoing support of global SME and creation of change requests for extensions

Jun 2020 - Nov 2020

6 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Specification and testing of interfaces

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

Workday HCM
Phase 2: advanced compensation and talent management
Lead for payroll and worker data interface to different legacy application
Responsible for project management, design and testing of integrations

Sep 2019 - Jun 2020

10 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Specification and testing of interfaces

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

Workday HCM
Lead for payroll and worker data interface to different legacy application
Responsible for project management, design and testing of integrations
Development of custom reports

Jun 2019 - Feb 2020

9 months

Clermont-Ferrand, France

Business analyst for purchasing

CSP

PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2 / 8.54
Requirement specifications
Training for end-users

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

4 months

Thailand

Implementation of third-party SSO solution

CPALL

PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.55
Requirement specifications
Implementation and documentation

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

4 months

Martigny, Switzerland

Implementation of third-party SSO solution

Groupe Mutuel

PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.54
Requirement specifications
Implementation and documentation

Jan 2019 - Present

7 years 9 months

Bern, Switzerland

Business analyst and project manager for recruiting process

VBS Swiss Army

PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.53
Requirement specifications
Testing
Go-live support

Apr 2016 - Dec 2018

2 years 9 months

Bern, Switzerland

Test manager for recruiting processes

VBS Swiss Army

PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.53
Definition of test cases
Running tests
Automation of test cases with HP ALM and PeopleSoft PTF

Apr 2016 - Jun 2017

1 year 3 months

Clermont-Ferrand, France

Project leader for upgrade

CSP

PeopleSoft FSCM 8.8 - 9.2 / 8.54
Project planning and workshops

Oct 2015 - Oct 2019

4 years 1 month

Martigny, Switzerland

Functional and technical consulting during upgrade

Groupe Mutuel

PeopleSoft FSCM 8.8 - 9.2 / 8.54
Support for workforce administration, candidate gateway, talent gateway, PUM, SES, change assistant, ePerformance, and eCompensation

Nov 2014 - Present

11 years 11 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Specification and implementation of HR Cube interface

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.53
Workforce administration, variable compensation and recruiting

Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

7 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Project lead and implementation for Upgrade 9.1 to 9.2

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.53

Sep 2013 - Sep 2014

1 year 1 month

Bern, Switzerland

Project lead and Test management for Upgrade HCM 9.2 / PT 8.53

VBS Swiss Army

PeopleSoft HCM 9.2/PT 8.53

Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

9 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Project lead and implementation for eCompenstation implementation

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.51
Implementation of new requirements

Jun 2013 - Mar 2017

3 years 10 months

Bern, Switzerland

Test manager for recruiting processes

VBS Swiss Army

PeopleSoft HCM 8.9/PT 8.52
Design of use cases
Definition of system interfaces
Design of PeopleSoft pages

Jun 2013 - Sep 2016

3 years 4 months

Bern, Switzerland

Business Use Case for recruiting processes

VBS Swiss Army

PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 / 8.45
Change management
System monitoring and user management

Jun 2013 - Mar 2014

10 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Project lead and implementation for ePerformance implementation

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.51
Implementation of new requirements

Apr 2013 - Jun 2013

3 months

Singapore

CRM Assessment for Upgrade 9.2

BNP Paribas Asia

PeopleSoft CRM 9.2 / 8.52
Fit-Gap analysis and redesign for Wealth Mgmt
Definition of road map for upgrade

Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

9 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

On-site

HR Support

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.51
HR Support for HR, Compensation, Performance Mgmt, and Dashboard
Onsite Support
Interface Maintenance (Payroll, OpenCMS, eLearning, Recruiting)
Payroll-Interface

Oct 2011 - Oct 2012

1 year 1 month

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Project lead and implementation for ePerformance and eCompensation implementation

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.51

Apr 2011 - Sep 2011

6 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Project lead for Upgrade HCM 9.1

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.49

Feb 2011 - Dec 2012

1 year 11 months

Bern, Switzerland

Project lead for PeopleSoft Document Management

VBS Swiss Army

PeopleSoft HCM 8.9
Project lead for Upgrade HCM 9.1 concept
Project lead for PeopleTools 8.52 upgrade
Implementation of document management in PS

Feb 2010 - Mar 2011

1 year 2 months

Geneva, Switzerland

Project Leader Implementation Global Payroll

HSBC Private Banking

PeopleSoft HCM 8.9
Global Payroll
Absence Management

Jan 2010 - Mar 2011

1 year 3 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Optimization project

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft
Implementation of Reporting Dashboard
Optimization of HRMS, Recruiting, ESS/MSS and Workflow

Jan 2010 - Feb 2011

1 year 2 months

Bern, Switzerland

Project lead for Business Intelligence PeopleSoft

VBS Swiss Army

Oracle OBIEE and PeopleSoft HCM 8.9
Design concept for document management in PS

Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

3 months

Geneva, Switzerland

Pre-Study for Implementation Global Payroll

HSBC Private Banking

Integration in Global PeopleSoft HR system
Analysis of business processes
Fit-Gap of HR and Payroll
Definition of project structure, tasks, organization structure, and costs

Mar 2009 - Dec 2009

10 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Functional analysis and implementation of Absence & Self-Service

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 / 8.49
Implementation of Absence management, Self-Service and Expense management
Fit-Gap analysis

Aug 2008 - Dec 2009

1 year 5 months

Bern, Switzerland

Project leader for Document Management for PeopleSoft

VBS Swiss Army

Document Management and Archiving with PeopleSoft
Analysis and implementation of audit-requirements with Peoplesoft
Project leader for PSTools Upgrade 8.47 and 8.48

Jun 2008 - Feb 2009

9 months

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Functional and technical support for HRMS

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 / 8.48
User training for HR core, recruiting, variable compensation, and learning management
Technical support for PeopleSoft application
Analysis of reporting requirement
Implementation of customer specific reports (PS-Query, AE, XMLP, SQL)
PSTools Upgrade 8.49

Jun 2007 - May 2008

1 year

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Sub project leader and account manager for HRMS implementation

LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust

PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 / 8.49
Management of 10 project members
Installation and setup of PeopleSoft architecture
Fit-Gap analysis for new requirements
Concept for development requirements
Implementation of Fit-Gap requirements
Implementation of customer specific reports and XML Publisher letters for recruiting

Mar 2006 - Jul 2007

1 year 5 months

Bern, Switzerland

Technical project manager for PeopleSoft Upgrade HCM 8.9

VBS Swiss Army

Implementation phase with 12 project members
Data migration and data quality assurance
System architecture setup
Upgrade with UC4
Setup of PS Performance Monitoring, Integration Broker, and HCM Portal
Performance testing with JMeter
Planning and implementation of PeopleSoft Security
Integration into IT-operation

Jan 2005 - Feb 2006

1 year 2 months

Bern, Switzerland

Project manager for PeopleSoft Upgrade HCM 8.9

VBS Swiss Army

Concept phase with 6 project members
Concept and detail planning for the HCM Upgrade 8.1 to 8.9
Run of a test upgrade
Definition of test strategy and test concept
Setup of System Architecture

Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

7 months

Bern, Switzerland

Lead for feasibility study for PeopleSoft Upgrade HRMS 8.8

VBS Swiss Army

Upgrade from HRMS 8.1 to 8.8
Analysis of new functionality HCM and PeopleTools

Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

2 years

Bern, Switzerland

Lead for PeopleTools 8.18 Upgrades and Optimization

VBS Swiss Army

PISA2000 Optimization
Concept for PS training administration
Planning and implementation of testing scripts with Mercury Astra QuickTest

Jan 2001 - Dec 2002

2 years

Bern, Switzerland

Lead in Database Migration DB2 to Oracle

VBS Swiss Army

Data migration from Host OS/390 to AIX/Oracle

Jan 2000 - Dec 2003

4 years

Bern, Switzerland

Release Management for PISA2000 Implementation

VBS Swiss Army

PeopleSoft 8.18 implementation
Planning and implementation of PeopleSoft Security
Lead for introduction of ticketing system for problem request and change requests (PeopleSoft/Kintana)
Coordination of OS/390 and DB2 activities
Supporting implementation of Competence Center PeopleSoft
Test concept for automated testing

Industry experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, Aerospace and Defense, Information Technology, Insurance, and Manufacturing.

Banking and Finance

Government and Administration

Aerospace and Defense

Information Technology

Insurance

Manufacturing

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Human Resources, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, and Audit.

Information Technology

Human Resources

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Business Intelligence

Audit

Summary

25+ Years of experience in implementing and supporting HR solutions like Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle etc.

Experienced with following Workday modules: HCM core, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Time, Recruiting, Learning, Performance Mgmt, Calibration, Succession Plan, Reporting and Prism.

Strong experience in collaborating with different stake holders efficiently.

Expertise in solution design and planning development.

Expertise in requirements elicitation and documentation.

Well-versed with regulatory processes in DACH and Asia region.

Experience working on Workday integration with cloud applications Azure, AWS.

Focused on optimizing project resource utilization and, monitoring and mitigating risks.

Bringing together business needs and IT.

Excellent team player and initiative taker.

Strong in realization!

Skills

Project Manager
Workday Functional & Technical Consultant
Solution Architect
Business Skills: Project Manager 4; Business Analyst 4; Business Process Reengineering 4; Hr Solution Architect 4
Workday: Architecture 4; Functional Hcm Core; Functional Time And Absence 4; Advanced Reporting / Dashboard 4; Prism 3; Functional Talent Management 4; Functional Recruiting 4; Function Position Mgmt 3; Functional Compensation 3; Functional Advanced Compens. 3; Security Management 4; Integration 3; Eib Data Load 4

Languages

German

Native

French

Native

English

Advanced

Italian

Advanced

Certifications & licenses

Workday Consultant

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 41

Experience in Banking and Finance 20.5 y

Avg length 1 y 9 m

Longest experience 11 y 10 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 6 (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, France, Thailand, +1)

Primary country Switzerland

Expertise

Recent roles AMS Lead, Workday Lead, Workday HRIT support

Main industries Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, Aerospace and Defense

Main business areas Information Technology, Human Resources, Project Management

Qualifications

Certifications earned 1

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Member since

April 2026

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Philippe is based in Grosshöchstetten, Switzerland.

Philippe speaks the following languages: German (Native), French (Native), English (Advanced), Italian (Advanced).

Philippe has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Philippe has worked in at least 38 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Philippe may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Philippe would be well-suited for roles such as: AMS Lead, Workday Lead, Workday HRIT support.

Philippe's most recent position is AMS Lead at DocMorris.

In recent years, Philippe has worked for DocMorris, LGT Capital Partners, LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust, Quarzwerke, and Gamestop.

Philippe is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, and Aerospace and Defense. Philippe also has some experience in Information Technology, Insurance, and Manufacturing.

Philippe is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Human Resources, and Project Management. Philippe also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, and Audit.

Philippe has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, and Metals and Mining.

Philippe has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Human Resources, and Project Management.

Philippe has 1 certificate: Workday Consultant.

The availability of Philippe needs to be confirmed.

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