Director, Workday/HRIS

Role overview Own the strategy and day-to-day effectiveness of a complex Workday environment supporting HR and payroll operations. This director-level role combines long-term platform planning, team leadership, stakeholder advising, and hands-on solution design and configuration to improve service, data quality, reliability, and employee experience.

Responsibilities - Set the platform roadmap, architecture, governance, and operational approach across Workday modules, including HCM, payroll, benefits, compensation, recruiting, learning, time, and absence. - Lead initiatives from requirements discovery through design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-launch support. - Configure and improve business processes, condition rules, calculated fields, security, organizational structures, and related capabilities. - Establish release, change, testing, incident, and service delivery practices, with clear documentation and approval processes. - Advise HR, Finance, Payroll, IT, and business leaders on solution design, dependencies, and operational impacts. - Identify opportunities to simplify work, automate repetitive tasks, strengthen controls, improve data integrity, and use Workday’s AI capabilities responsibly.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience. - At least 10 years of progressive experience in HRIS, HR and payroll technology, or enterprise systems. - Significant hands-on Workday experience in a complex environment with multiple modules. - Three or more years leading Workday teams, technical professionals, or complex cross-functional technology initiatives. - Strong understanding of HR and payroll processes, integrations, reporting, security, and enterprise application governance. - Ability to translate business needs into scalable solutions, troubleshoot root causes, and communicate technical topics to nontechnical stakeholders. - Experience with project, release, change, and governance management, including testing and production deployments.

Nice to have - Experience managing consultants, vendors, or managed service providers, and knowledge of automation or Workday-native AI capabilities.