Senior Workday HRIS Specialist

SiFive•Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Workday HRIS Specialist serves as a hands-on Workday configuration subject-matter expert, owning the design, configuration, enhancement, and ongoing optimization of Workday across Recruiting, Compensation, Performance, Benefits, and related HCM capabilities. The role translates HR and business requirements into scalable Workday solutions and partners with HR, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Finance, IT, vendors, and business leaders. Changes must be secure, well-tested, well-documented, and aligned with SiFive’s operating needs. The specialist reports to the leader responsible for HRIS and HR Operations and supports global HR operations across countries, legal entities, currencies, and regulatory environments. The role also monitors system performance and user experience, guides and supports HR partners and end users, and identifies ways to simplify, automate, and optimize Workday processes.

Requirements

8–10 years of progressive HRIS experience, including substantial hands-on Workday configuration experience.
Deep experience configuring Workday Recruiting, Compensation, Performance, and Benefits, with an understanding of how the modules and business processes connect.
Ability to translate internal HR requirements into practical Workday solutions and partner effectively with HR, IT, and business stakeholders.
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

Lead Workday configuration across Recruiting, Compensation, Performance, Benefits, and related HCM areas, including business processes, workflows, condition rules, security roles and domains, approvals, calculated fields, eligibility rules, and compensation structures.
Partner with HR subject-matter experts, technical teams, vendors, and senior stakeholders to gather requirements, prioritize work, evaluate options, and translate business needs into scalable solutions.
Balance standard Workday functionality with appropriate customization.
Design and maintain reports, dashboards, analytics, mass operations, and data definitions that support HR operations, decision-making, and data quality.
Own Workday enhancements and releases from intake and design through configuration, unit and user acceptance testing, regression testing, deployment, communications, and post-production validation.
Support integrations, EIBs, inbound and outbound data flows, reporting tools, and vendor connections; troubleshoot issues, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate timely resolution of production problems.
Maintain configuration documentation, process maps, test scripts, governance standards, and audit-ready records, with attention to privacy, security, and accuracy.
Support global HR operations across countries, legal entities, currencies, and regulatory environments.
Lead opportunities to simplify, automate, and optimize Workday processes.
Monitor system performance and user experience and provide guidance and support to HR partners and end users.
Partner regularly with HR Centers of Excellence, Payroll, Finance, IT, and business leadership.