Senior Manager, Compensation Product Lead - Workday

Takeda•Exton, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Compensation Product Lead - Workday. This role involves partnering 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 position focuses on proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes and user experience within Workday Compensation and other strategic compensation applications. It also includes exploring new features and releases, configuring features for design review, and providing ongoing system support for compensation modules. This support encompasses business process configuration, ad-hoc reporting, EIB imports, vendor integration collaboration, feature release testing, process documentation, system audits, and issue resolution. The role requires working with stakeholders to define requirements, implementation schedules, lead design decisions, and create training and communications. Additionally, it involves conducting complex analysis and design for system modifications, engaging with leadership for project updates and issue escalation, and coaching others to ensure business solutions align with best practices and Takeda’s policies. Collaboration within and across teams to advise and resolve problems is also a key aspect. 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 related field, plus 8 years of relevant work experience.
Prior experience must include: hands-on configuration and administration of compensation plans, including bonus and merit cycles, grade and step progression, eligibility rules, and integration with payroll.
Completion of Workday Pro training and certification.
Ability to apply best practices in live environments.
Demonstrated application of knowledge in real-time scenarios such as testing or deployment.
Leading or contributing to HRIS/Workday implementation or enhancement projects.
Developing project plans, managing timelines, coordinating stakeholders, and tracking deliverables.
Development and customization of advanced Workday reports including calculated fields, custom reports, and dashboards.
Knowledge of report security and distribution.
Configuration, testing, and optimization of business processes for various HR functions (e.g., hire, onboarding, compensation changes).
Experience with condition rules, approvals, and notifications.
Setup and maintenance of security groups, domain and business process security policies.
Troubleshooting access issues and implementing role-based access controls.

Responsibilities

Partner with all stakeholders including Center of Expertise, HR Business Partners and Data Digital and Technology leaders to understand the business strategy and architect solutions based on best practices.
Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes and user experience in Workday Compensation as well as in other strategic compensation business applications.
Explore new features and releases and raise awareness with business partners to identify implementation targets.
Configure features and demonstrate for design review.
Provide ongoing system support for the compensation modules, 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.
Work with stakeholders to define requirements, implementation schedules, lead design decisions, and create training and communications for modifications or new features.
Conduct complex analysis and design for system modifications.
Engage with leadership to provide project and status updates, escalate issues, and drive them to resolution.
Coach and manage others to ensure business solutions align to best practice and an understanding of Takeda’s policies and structure.
Collaborate within and across teams to advise and resolve problems.