Analyst, People Systems & Analytics

HARMAN International • Chittenden, VT

23h • $78,750 - $115,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

The HARMAN People Enablement team is seeking a Lead Analyst to own, operate, and continuously evolve our global Workday HCM ecosystem, including Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence Management, and Recruiting. This role will play a critical part in driving platform excellence, scalability, and compliance, while partnering closely with HR, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact initiatives that support HARMAN’s global growth.

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on HRIS experience configuring and supporting Workday HCM, including Time Tracking, Absence Management, and Recruiting.
• Strong understanding of ServiceNow UX capabilities, including Employee Center, mobile experience, and familiarity with AI-enabled features such as Predictive Intelligence, Now Assist, and automation tools.
• Deep knowledge of Workday configuration, business process frameworks, data flows, integrations, and global compliance requirements.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate business needs into scalable system solutions, distinguishing true requirements from user requests.
• Proven experience leading and delivering high-impact HR technology initiatives, with strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, global, and matrixed environment.
• Experience partnering with business leaders, and end users to gather requirements, analyze needs, and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Commitment to transparency, and continuous learning; able to learn new systems.
• Hungry for AI or automations.
• Ability to maintain personal and confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end configuration, optimization, and operational support of Workday modules (HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Recruiting) across global regions, ensuring alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and support Workday enhancement initiatives and large-scale cross-functional projects, improving system accuracy, auditability, compliance, and user experience.
• Drive the implementation, enhancement, and adoption of ServiceNow capabilities related to HR Service Management and Employee Center, including evaluation and enablement of AI-driven features.
• Partner with People, Places, IT, and HR leadership to gather requirements, design scalable solutions, prioritize initiatives, and ensure successful delivery.
• Identify operational inefficiencies, system interdependencies, and process gaps, recommending technical and procedural improvements to meet business objectives.
• Support multi-quarter HR technology roadmaps, contributing to best practices, documentation, onboarding, and mentoring of team members.
• Proactively identify and escalate risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery impacts to HRIS leadership and project sponsors.
• Partner with stakeholders to define test strategies, scenarios, and scripts, and execute system and end-to-end testing in preparation for UAT.
• Support and manage Workday bi-annual releases, including impact analysis, testing coordination, and communication.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment.
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University.
• Competitive wellness benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed