HR Lead, Workday ERP Transformation
About The Position
The HR Lead for Workday ERP Transformation is accountable for the Human Resources workstream within Emory University and Emory Healthcare’s Workday ERP Transformation. Reporting to the VP for ERP Transformation, this role serves as the primary functional decision-maker across both entities and leads the design and delivery of Workday Human Capital Management. The position reconciles policy and process differences, directs the assigned HR team and advisers, identifies staffing or backfill needs, and escalates decisions or risks that require broader program action. The HR Lead owns workstream scope, priorities, deliverables, dependencies, decisions, risks, and readiness in coordination with the ERP PMO. The role acts as functional product owner for Workday HCM and guides design across core HR, talent, recruiting, benefits, absence, compensation, payroll, time capture, and reporting. It also ensures the solution addresses compliance, controls, security, data integrity, and workforce reporting needs, and leads HR participation through requirements, configuration reviews, data conversion, testing, cutover, deployment readiness, and stabilization. The position coordinates with functional and technical leads, Change Management, Workday, consultants, HR stakeholders, and HR operations to support adoption and transition to ongoing operations. Tasks are generally performed in person at an Emory University location. Remote-work-from-home days may be granted at department discretion, and Emory reserves the right to change remote-work status with notice.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field.
- Ten years of progressively responsible HR leadership, operations, or transformation experience.
- Experience leading complex teams or workstreams.
- Broad HR expertise spanning HR operations and HR technology, with strong knowledge of policy, payroll and time, talent, benefits, and workforce data.
- Experience delivering a large-scale HR transformation or enterprise cloud HCM system.
- Ability to influence senior leaders, resolve competing priorities, make enterprise decisions, and communicate complex policy and system topics clearly.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or comparable professional credential.
- Direct Workday HCM experience.
- Full life-cycle Workday HCM implementation experience.
- Experience in higher education, academic medicine, healthcare, or another complex multi-entity environment.
Responsibilities
- Own HR workstream scope, priorities, deliverables, dependencies, decisions, risks, and readiness in coordination with the ERP PMO.
- Serve as functional product owner for Workday Human Capital Management and approve the future-state HR design.
- Guide design across core HR, talent, recruiting, benefits, absence, compensation, payroll, time capture, and related reporting.
- Reconcile University and Healthcare policies, promote standardized processes, and document the rationale and approval for material differences.
- Secure appropriate subject matter advisers and coordinate with HR operations to address program backfill or operational capacity needs.
- Ensure the solution addresses compliance, controls, security, data integrity, and workforce reporting requirements.
- Lead HR participation in requirements, configuration reviews, data conversion, testing, cutover, deployment readiness, and stabilization.
- Coordinate with functional and technical leads, Change Management, Workday, consultants, and HR stakeholders to support adoption and transition to ongoing operations.
- Perform related responsibilities as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
