Manager - HRIS, Workday - Talent & Core HCM

How you’ll make an impact:

Workday Functional Leadership

• Serve as a subject matter expert for Workday Core HCM, Talent, Performance, Succession, Career, Skills, and related employee lifecycle processes.

• Lead solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and support activities.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on user experience, process simplification, and scalability.

• Evaluate business requirements and recommend optimal Workday solutions and best practices.

• Assess downstream impacts across business processes, integrations and reporting.

Configuration and Release Management

• Perform hands-on configuration of Workday business processes, calculated fields, condition rules, notifications, eligibility rules, and security-driven functionality.

• Support Workday releases, feature adoption, regression testing, and deployment activities.

• Develop and maintain documentation, configuration standards, and testing artifacts.

• Ensure solutions are sustainable, scalable, and aligned with governance standards.

Reporting and Analytics

• Build and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, scorecards, and calculated fields.

• Support Talent and HR leaders with workforce insights and reporting needs.

• Analyze data trends and identify opportunities to improve HR processes and decision making.

• Ensure data quality and integrity across reporting solutions.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner with Talent Management, HRBPs, Compensation, HR Ops, and IT teams globally.

• Translate complex business requirements into practical system solutions.

• Provide consultative guidance and influence decision-making through subject matter expertise.

• Support change management and user adoption initiatives.

Delivery Excellence

• Lead functional workstreams for large HR technology projects and enhancements.

• Manage priorities across multiple initiatives while maintaining a high level of quality.

• Identify opportunities to automate manual HR processes and improve operational efficiency.

• Participate in audits, compliance reviews, and governance activities.

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related discipline.

• 8+ years of HRIS or HR Technology experience.

• 5+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience.

• Strong expertise in: Core HCM, Talent, Performance, Succession, Career, Business Processes

• Experience developing advanced Workday reports and dashboards.

• Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships.

• Experience supporting global HR organizations.

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Exceptional communication and relationship-building abilities, including negotiation and influencing skills.

• Proven capacity to manage multiple priorities within a dynamic environment.

• Proven expertise in both Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel and HRIS systems.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation competencies.

• Ability to discern and address analytical requirements in ambiguous contexts.

• Meticulous attention to detail and proactive approach to issue escalation.

• Collaborative mindset and commitment to team achievement.

• Workday certifications (HCM, Compensation, Talent and/or Integrations strongly preferred)

• Experience with Workday integrations (e.g., Studio, EIB, APIs)

• Experience working in a global matrixed environment.

• Prior experience mentoring analysts or leading projects.