HRIS Lead - Workday

Eleutheria•Remote - Colorado, CO

7d•$120,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

The HRIS Lead - Workday owns the administration, configuration, security, and optimization of the Workday platform. This role serves as the technical subject matter expert and functional lead for HR technology, ensuring reliable system architecture, accurate reporting, training key stakeholders, strong data governance, and solutions that support business priorities. This is a hands-on individual contributor position with no direct reports. The role requires deep Workday expertise, independent judgment, and close partnership with the HR Director, Workday Project Manager and IT.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least five years of hands-on Workday administration experience supporting production environments.
Deep expertise in Workday business process configuration, calculated fields, advanced and composite reporting, dashboards, and security administration, including domain and business process security policies.
Strong understanding of Workday architecture and the dependencies among configuration, security, reporting, integrations, and business processes.
Hands-on experience supporting Workday Absence and Recruiting, including complex absence policies; foundational knowledge of Workday Payroll and its dependencies on time, absence, and employee data.
Experience supporting Workday integrations and troubleshooting data exchanges, including API integrations and relevant Workday integration tools.
Experience with tenant management, release assessments, testing, and controlled deployment of configuration changes.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently resolve complex issues and manage competing priorities as a senior individual contributor.
Ability to translate business requirements into practical system solutions, communicate technical concepts clearly, and collaborate effectively across corporate functions.

Nice To Haves

Relevant Workday certifications or completed Workday training in HCM, reporting, security, or integrations.
Experience with EIBs, Core Connectors, and Workday Studio; experience with Prism Analytics or Workday Extend.
Experience in multi-state, multi-entity environments with complex business structures.
Experience supporting Workday implementations, post-implementation stabilization, or major optimization projects.
Experience implementing or supporting Workday Performance Management.
Knowledge of SOX controls and audit support.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary Workday administrator across HCM, Time Tracking, Benefits, Absence, and Recruiting; partner with Payroll on payroll-related configuration and issues.
Configure and maintain business processes, calculated fields, condition rules, notifications, and validations that support consistent and scalable workflows.
Apply knowledge of Workday architecture and data relationships to evaluate how configuration, process, and security changes affect connected modules, payroll, reports, integrations, and the employee experience.
Configure and troubleshoot complex Absence plans, eligibility rules, accruals, balances, and policy requirements in partnership with HR and Payroll.
Support Workday Recruiting configuration and workflows, including connections to hiring, onboarding, and employee records.
Maintain tenant configuration, configuration workbooks, system documentation, and change logs.
Design and maintain role-based and user-based security groups, manage approved access provisioning and removal, and conduct periodic access reviews.
Configure domain security policies governing access to data and tasks, and business process security policies governing who can initiate, approve, review, and act on transactions.
Evaluate security changes for appropriate access, segregation of duties, confidentiality, and downstream effects; test and document approved changes before deployment.
Establish data quality standards, conduct audits, and coordinate corrections to protect the accuracy and integrity of HRIS data.
Support internal controls, applicable data privacy requirements, and internal and external audits; maintain access and security documentation.
Build and maintain custom, advanced, and composite Workday reports, dashboards, and reporting calculated fields for HR, Payroll, Finance, and business leaders.
Help stakeholders locate, interpret, and use Workday standard reports; translate business questions into reporting requirements.
Validate report accuracy, performance, and security, and support data extracts and downstream reporting needs.
Manage and monitor Workday integrations and external vendor data connections, including API integrations, EIBs, Core Connectors, and Workday Studio integrations as applicable to the environment.
Partner with IT and vendors on integration design, testing, troubleshooting, and remediation; validate the accuracy, timeliness, and reliability of data flows.
Assess how changes to configuration, security, and business processes affect integrations and connected systems.
Manage the Workday Support inbox, triage and prioritize requests based on business impact, track resolution, and communicate status and next steps to stakeholders.
Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 production support, investigate root causes, and coordinate complex issue resolution with Workday Support, IT, vendors, and functional owners.
Collaborate closely with and support the Workday Project Manager during stabilization, including issue tracking, remediation, testing, and transition to ongoing operations.
Lead release impact assessments, testing, and deployment planning, including unit testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
Partner with functional leaders to develop and prioritize a Workday roadmap that aligns system capabilities, automation, and future enhancements with business needs.
Lead approved optimization initiatives and recommend feature adoption based on business value, readiness, and effects across the platform.
Support evaluation and, if approved, implementation of Workday Performance Management, including requirements, configuration, testing, and rollout.
Provide technical guidance, documentation, and training to HR and Payroll power users to improve system adoption and effective use.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, tasks, duties, or responsibilities required of this position. Duties, responsibilities, tasks, and activities are subject to change at any time with or without notice.