Distinguished Engineer-Emerging Commercial Platforms

Verizon • Basking Ridge, NJ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

When you join Verizon You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. The Distinguished Engineer for Emerging Commercial Platforms - Reward and Pay serves as the primary technical architect and strategic partner in the Employee Experience organization. You will be responsible for the technical vision and system design of our global compensation product stack, spanning Workday Base Comp., PeopleSoft Advanced Comp., and Sales/Associate Compensation systems. This is a high-impact leadership role where you will translate Board-level compensation product functions into robust, automated technical roadmaps. You will navigate the complexities of legacy system parity while pioneering the future of "zero-bottleneck" compensation cycles. Product Strategy & Technical Vision Partner with the HR Compensation teams to align technical architecture with business outcomes. Translate complex global compensation events (Merit, Bonus, LTI) into scalable technical designs. Provide architectural oversight for "Emerging Platforms," ensuring they meet long-term enterprise goals for flexibility and data integrity. Enterprise Platform Integration (Workday & PeopleSoft) Workday Ecosystem: Architect advanced automation solutions using Workday Extend and Studio to streamline comp events like merit cycles, recognition, incentive management and eliminate manual bottlenecks for thousands of global managers. Legacy Excellence: Lead the strategy for PeopleSoft Advanced Compensation modules, ensuring stability and high performance while managing the delicate coexistence/migration of legacy data. Data Parity: Guarantee 100% data integrity and parity during the transition from legacy systems to modern cloud platforms. Compensation Engineering (Sales & Associate) Design and optimize high-throughput engines for Sales Compensation and Associate Compensation. Build automated frameworks that handle complex incentive structures, ensuring accuracy in high-stakes financial environments. Lead the shift toward "human-out-of-the-loop" processing through intelligent automation and proactive error handling. Technical Leadership Mentor senior engineering staff and drive a culture of architectural excellence. Act as a consultant to HR and Finance leadership on the feasibility of new compensation models. Evaluate emerging technologies to determine their potential impact on commercial platform efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Demonstrated success in managing high-stakes migrations between ERP giants (e.g., PeopleSoft to Workday).
• Experience supporting Board-level initiatives and translating executive philosophy into technical outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Technology or related field.
• Knowledge of Workday (Extend, Studio, Core HCM) and PeopleSoft (Advanced Comp, North American Payroll).
• Proven experience in system design for large-scale financial or HR platforms.
• Expertise in automating complex business workflows to remove manual intervention.
• Experience integrating with genAI and the Agentic AI is the plus.
• Ability to speak the language of "Business Outcomes" rather than just "Technical Inputs."
• Experience in guiding Product Managers and Executives toward technically sound, scalable decisions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the HR Compensation teams to align technical architecture with business outcomes.
• Translate complex global compensation events (Merit, Bonus, LTI) into scalable technical designs.
• Provide architectural oversight for "Emerging Platforms," ensuring they meet long-term enterprise goals for flexibility and data integrity.
• Architect advanced automation solutions using Workday Extend and Studio to streamline comp events like merit cycles, recognition, incentive management and eliminate manual bottlenecks for thousands of global managers.
• Lead the strategy for PeopleSoft Advanced Compensation modules, ensuring stability and high performance while managing the delicate coexistence/migration of legacy data.
• Guarantee 100% data integrity and parity during the transition from legacy systems to modern cloud platforms.
• Design and optimize high-throughput engines for Sales Compensation and Associate Compensation.
• Build automated frameworks that handle complex incentive structures, ensuring accuracy in high-stakes financial environments.
• Lead the shift toward "human-out-of-the-loop" processing through intelligent automation and proactive error handling.
• Mentor senior engineering staff and drive a culture of architectural excellence.
• Act as a consultant to HR and Finance leadership on the feasibility of new compensation models.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to determine their potential impact on commercial platform efficiency.

Benefits

• Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance.
• We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package.
• Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc.
• Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service.
• For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.
• The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience.
• This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees