SAP Certified - SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Core and Position Management

Who it's for: SAP partner consultants — and HR systems specialists moving into a SuccessFactors configuration role — who want a recognized associate credential proving they can configure and run the core of Employee Central together with Position Management as a mentored member of an implementation project team.

The SAP® C_THR81 certification verifies that you can configure and operate the core of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central together with Position Management, at an entry-level associate depth suited to contributing on an implementation project under mentoring. Its scope reaches across the SuccessFactors platform foundation — provisioning, the Admin Center, and role-based permissions — into core HR configuration such as foundation objects, the succession data model, employee data imports, workflows, and event reasons, and then into position structures, the position organization chart, incumbent management, and the business rules that automate them. The credential is aimed at consultants implementing the solution, so it emphasizes applied configuration skill rather than passive knowledge. SAP delivers the exam as a System-Based Assessment (SyBA) — one guided, hands-on activity with a published 59% cut score, offered in English — so preparation should center on hands-on execution rather than memorized facts.

1. 1Study the three academies in order — platform fundamentals first, then Employee Central Core, then Position Management — so each layer's configuration rests on the groundwork the next one assumes you already know.
2. 2Practice data-model and business-rule work hands-on: the succession data model, MDF objects, and rule triggers are high-value topics where a single change ripples across screens and downstream behavior.
3. 3Rehearse the full employee lifecycle in a test instance — hire, update via import, mass change, and terminate — since these end-to-end flows are exactly what an applied assessment asks you to execute.
4. 4Treat role-based permissions as its own study block; misconfigured access controls silently break workflows and data visibility, and permissions are among the areas candidates most often stumble on.
5. 5Confirm the exam logistics on SAP's own Learning page before booking — the published details are a System-Based Assessment with a 59% cut score, offered in English — and verify they are unchanged for your exam date.