Lead, People Technology Solutions Design (Payroll & Benefits)

Avalara • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

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About The Position

Avalara’s continued global growth requires a scalable, compliant, and reliable People Technology foundation. The Lead, People Technology Solutions Design serves as the technical owner for Workday Payroll, Benefits, Time Tracking, Time Off, and Absence. This role leads solution design, configuration, governance, and continuous improvement across these domains, ensuring employees are paid accurately, benefits are administered seamlessly, and workforce time data supports operational, financial, and regulatory requirements. Partnering closely with HR, Payroll, IT, and external vendors, this role reduces operational risk, improves employee experience, and enables Avalara’s AI-first strategy through automation and intelligent system design.
How This Role Elevates Avalara
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How This Role Elevates Avalara
Team Impact: Raises the technical capability of the People Technology team through deep Workday expertise, scalable design standards, documentation, mentoring, and reduced reliance on external consultants.
Business Impact: Improves payroll accuracy, compliance, operational efficiency, and system reliability while reducing technical debt and supporting global growth.
Customer (Employee) Impact: Delivers accurate pay, seamless benefits administration, and reliable time and absence management, improving employee confidence and manager self-service.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
• 7+ years of relevant Workday configuration experience aligned to enterprise HR technology.
• Hands-on expertise configuring Workday Payroll, Benefits, Time Tracking, Time Off, and Absence.
• Experience with Workday integrations, reporting, business process framework, calculated fields, and security.
• Experience supporting SOX-compliant enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and deliver scalable technical solutions.
• Demonstrated application of AI to improve HR technology outcomes.
• Raise the average performance of the team by demonstrating exceptional ownership, judgment, accountability, and execution.
• Simplify complexity, improve talent density through coaching and example, challenge assumptions with data, and leave every system, process, and team stronger than you found it.

Responsibilities

• Own Workday solution design across Payroll, Benefits, Time Tracking, Time Off, and Absence, delivering scalable, compliant, and maintainable solutions.
• Lead design and optimization of Workday Payroll configurations supporting multi-state and global payroll operations.
• Design and maintain Benefits solutions including eligibility, enrollment events, carrier integrations, and open enrollment.
• Configure and optimize Time Tracking, Time Off, and Absence Management to ensure regulatory compliance and payroll accuracy.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives from requirements through production deployment with HR, Payroll, IT, and vendors.
• Drive continuous improvement by reducing technical debt, simplifying configurations, and leveraging AI-enabled capabilities.
• Serve as the technical authority for assigned Workday domains, establishing governance and best practices.
• Use AI to accelerate requirements analysis, solution design, documentation, testing, and delivery.
• Apply AI and Workday capabilities to identify anomalies, configuration drift, and optimization opportunities.
• Automate repetitive activities such as testing, validation, reporting, and documentation.
• Apply AI responsibly in compliance-sensitive environments following Avalara governance and privacy standards.
• Demonstrate measurable business outcomes through AI adoption and share best practices across the team.

Benefits

• In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
• Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
• Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture.
• We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior