Principal Workday Analyst – Security

Medtronic•Parkmore, MN

5d•$113,600 - $170,400•Remote

About The Position

The Principal Workday Analyst serves as the lead subject matter expert for Workday Security, partnering with HR, HR Operations, IT, Audit, Compliance, and other stakeholders to define, maintain, and optimize security across the Workday environment. The role leads security design, governance, and risk management to align access with business needs, internal controls, and data protection requirements. The position is remote to support cross-functional collaboration. The analyst owns Workday security configuration and scalable security models, assesses requested changes and their risks, and supports security for new functionality, organizational changes, acquisitions, and process enhancements. The role also provides expert guidance, resolves complex security issues, supports feature releases and testing, and leads security reviews for projects and production changes. The position supports audit, compliance, and internal control activities, including documentation, segregation-of-duties audits, evidence collection, and remediation. It strengthens security governance and access validation, identifies opportunities to improve consistency and control effectiveness, and provides guidance to analysts and cross-functional partners. Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. The U.S. salary range, excluding Puerto Rico and certain California locations, is $113,600 to $170,400; the Ireland range is €79,520 to €119,280. The position is eligible for the Medtronic Incentive Plan. Benefits vary by eligibility and location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of Human Capital Management systems experience, including Workday Security configuration; or an advanced degree and at least 5 years of such experience.
Hands-on experience configuring Workday Security in a complex business environment.
For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess risk and make sound design recommendations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Workday PRO Security certification.
Experience in a principal, lead, or senior analyst role supporting Workday Security.
Experience supporting security across multiple Workday modules, such as HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Talent, Payroll, Time Tracking, Time Off & Absence, Adaptive, or Benefits.
Experience with security implications of integrations, single sign-on, or identity and access management processes.
Experience supporting audit requests, control testing, remediation planning, and security certifications.
Familiarity with privacy, compliance, and data protection requirements in a regulated environment.
Experience in large, matrixed, or global organizations.
Experience establishing Workday security standards, governance processes, or operating models.
Experience mentoring analysts or leading cross-functional workstreams.
Deep experience with Workday domain security policies, business process security policies, security groups, role assignments, and access design.
Experience leading security design decisions and configuring secure, scalable solutions across Workday modules.
Experience supporting security governance, risk assessment, segregation of duties, and compliance-related controls.
Experience troubleshooting complex Workday Security issues and resolving access-related production problems.
Experience supporting testing, Workday release activities, and change implementation for security-related updates.

Responsibilities

Serve as the lead subject matter expert for Workday Security strategy, design, configuration, role and group assignments, and support.
Own and maintain Workday security configuration, including domain and business process security policies, security roles and groups, segmented security, integration security, and related framework components.
Lead the design and maintenance of scalable security models that support business needs while protecting confidential and sensitive data.
Evaluate requested security changes, assess risk, and determine design solutions aligned with governance standards and segregation-of-duties requirements.
Configure and maintain security for new Workday functionality, organizational changes, acquisitions, process updates, and ongoing business enhancements.
Partner with HR, HR Operations, IT, and functional Workday teams to ensure security design supports business processes and compliance and control requirements.
Provide expert guidance on least-privilege access, role design, approval frameworks, and Workday security best practices.
Lead complex troubleshooting and resolution of security-related issues, including access problems, process failures, role conflicts, and permission gaps.
Support Workday feature releases by assessing security impacts, coordinating testing, documenting updates, and implementing approved changes.
Lead security reviews for Workday projects, enhancements, and production changes to ensure proper access design and control alignment.
Support audits, compliance, and internal control activities by maintaining security documentation, executing quarterly and annual segregation-of-duties audits, providing evidence, and addressing findings or remediation items.
Monitor and strengthen Workday Security governance, including intake, review, approval, testing, migration, system audits, and periodic access validation processes.
Identify opportunities to improve security consistency, simplify role design, reduce manual access support, and strengthen control effectiveness.
Guide analysts and cross-functional partners, review design decisions, and promote best practices.

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health Savings Account
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance
Long-term disability leave
Dependent daycare spending account
Tuition assistance/reimbursement
Global well-being program
Incentive plans
401(k) plan with employer contribution and match
Short-term disability
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Assistance Program
Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
Competitive salary
Flexible benefits package