Senior Manager, Compensation Product Lead - Workday

Takeda•Exton, PA

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Compensation Product Lead - Workday to partner with stakeholders—including Center of Expertise, HR Business Partners, and Data Digital and Technology leaders—to understand business strategy and architect solutions based on best practices. The role identifies opportunities to improve processes and user experience in Workday Compensation and other strategic compensation applications; explores new features and releases; and works with business partners to identify implementation targets. It configures features and demonstrates them for design review, and provides ongoing compensation-module support, including business process configuration, ad-hoc reporting, EIB imports, vendor integration collaboration with DD&T, feature release testing, process documentation, system audits, and issue resolution. The role works with stakeholders to define requirements and implementation schedules, lead design decisions, and create training and communications for modifications or new features. It conducts complex analysis and design for system modifications, provides project and status updates to leadership, escalates issues and drives them to resolution, coaches and manages others to align solutions with best practices and Takeda’s policies and structure, and collaborates across teams to advise and resolve problems. Up to 20% domestic travel is required for team collaboration meetings, project workshops, and conferences. Up to 75% remote work is allowed.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Digital Sciences, or a related field.
8 years of relevant work experience.
Hands-on configuration and administration of compensation plans, including bonus and merit cycles, grade and step progression, eligibility rules, and integration with payroll.
Ability to apply best practices in live environments.
Demonstrated application of knowledge in real-time scenarios such as testing or deployment.
Experience leading or contributing to HRIS/Workday implementation or enhancement projects.
Experience developing project plans, managing timelines, coordinating stakeholders, and tracking deliverables.
Experience developing and customizing advanced Workday reports, including calculated fields, custom reports, and dashboards.
Knowledge of report security and distribution.
Experience configuring, testing, and optimizing business processes for HR functions such as hire, onboarding, and compensation changes.
Experience with condition rules, approvals, and notifications.
Experience setting up and maintaining security groups and domain and business process security policies.
Experience troubleshooting access issues and implementing role-based access controls.

Responsibilities

Partner with Center of Expertise, HR Business Partners, and Data Digital and Technology leaders to understand business strategy and architect solutions based on best practices.
Identify opportunities to improve processes and user experience in Workday Compensation and other strategic compensation business applications.
Explore new features and releases and work with business partners to identify implementation targets.
Configure features and demonstrate them for design review.
Provide support for compensation modules, including business process configuration, ad-hoc reporting, EIB imports, vendor integration collaboration with DD&T, release testing, process documentation, system audits, and issue resolution.
Define requirements and implementation schedules with stakeholders, lead design decisions, and create training and communications for modifications or new features.
Conduct complex analysis and design for system modifications.
Provide project and status updates to leadership, escalate issues, and drive them to resolution.
Coach and manage others to ensure business solutions align with best practices and Takeda’s policies and structure.
Collaborate within and across teams to advise and resolve problems.