Sr. HR Technology/HRIS Specialist

Neurocrine Biosciences • San Diego, CA

1d • $97,000 - $133,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercializing life-changing treatments for patients with neurological, psychiatric, endocrine, and immunological disorders. This role is responsible for the design, configuration, administration, and optimization of Workday solutions, with a primary focus on Workday Recruiting and related recruiting technologies. The specialist will partner with Talent Acquisition, HR, IT, and business stakeholders to evaluate business requirements and implement scalable system solutions, process improvements, reporting, and automation. The role also supports the evolution of the recruiting technology ecosystem, including AI-enabled solutions like HiredScore and Paradox, ensuring effectiveness, security, documentation, and a streamlined experience for all users.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of HRIS or enterprise HR technology experience, OR a Master’s degree and 2+ years of relevant HRIS or enterprise HR technology experience, OR 8+ years of an equivalent combination of relevant experience, training, or certifications.
• Hands-on configuration experience with Workday Recruiting is required for either path, including end-to-end recruiting processes, business process configuration, security, and related functionality.
• Experience supporting or implementing recruiting technologies integrated with Workday, including an understanding of system integrations, data flows, and the ability to troubleshoot related issues in partnership with technical teams.
• Experience optimizing recruiting processes and translating Talent Acquisition requirements into scalable technology solutions.
• Working knowledge of Workday reporting, including business objects, data sources, calculated fields, advanced reports, dashboards, and reporting security, with the ability to analyze recruiting metrics and identify and resolve data quality issues across systems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively; may mentor or train less experienced team members.
• Strong communication, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to connect technical solutions to broader business and departmental objectives.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines with a high degree of accuracy, efficiency and attention to detail.
• Strong project management, requirements gathering, testing, documentation, and change management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with HiredScore, Paradox, or other AI-enabled recruiting and automation tools.
• Workday Pro accreditation in Recruiting or other relevant Workday certification.

Responsibilities

• Designs, configures, administers, and optimizes Workday Recruiting functionality supporting the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle, including job requisitions, candidate management, interviews, offers, pre-hire activities, and hire processes.
• Partners with Talent Acquisition to evaluate recruiting processes and translate business requirements into scalable Workday configurations and solutions.
• Configures and maintains business processes, condition rules, notifications, security, questionnaires, templates, calculated fields, and other recruiting-related functionality.
• Evaluates Workday releases, new functionality, and product capabilities and recommends and supports the implementation of enhancements to improve Talent Acquisition processes and system effectiveness.
• Troubleshoots moderately complex system, configuration, security, data, and integration issues and performs root-cause analysis to evaluate alternatives and recommend sustainable solutions.
• Supports the implementation, administration, and optimization of recruiting technologies connected to Workday, such as HiredScore and Paradox, including candidate engagement, recruiting automation, AI-enabled screening, and interview scheduling.
• Partners with Talent Acquisition and HRIS teams to optimize the use of recruiting technologies and ensure solutions complement Workday Recruiting processes.
• Partners with integration and IT teams to support data flows between Workday and recruiting platforms, ensuring accurate and timely movement of candidate, requisition, job, and organizational data.
• Monitors system performance and data quality and partners with vendors and internal teams to resolve technical or functional issues.
• Supports documentation, established governance processes, and periodic reviews of AI-enabled recruiting tools in partnership with Talent Acquisition, Legal, and Compliance.
• Builds and maintains Workday recruiting reports and dashboards, partnering with Talent Acquisition and the HRIS reporting team to translate business questions into meaningful metrics.
• Supports data validation and reconciliation across Workday and connected recruiting technologies to maintain accurate and consistent recruiting data.
• Serves as a key HRIS partner to Talent Acquisition, providing functional and technical expertise for recruiting initiatives, enhancements, and process improvements.
• Analyzes recruiting processes and system usage to identify opportunities to simplify and automate work, strengthen controls, and improve the experience for recruiters, hiring managers, candidates, and HR.
• Evaluates and recommends priorities for recruiting technology requests and enhancements in partnership with Talent Acquisition and HRIS leadership, considering business needs, technical feasibility and downstream impacts.
• Supports or leads assigned recruiting technology initiatives, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, documentation, and change management.
• Develops and maintains system documentation, configuration standards, test scripts, operating procedures, and support materials.
• Partners with HRIS, Talent Acquisition, IT, vendors, and other teams to evaluate downstream impacts and ensure recruiting solutions integrate effectively with broader HR processes and systems.

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan (with company match)
• Paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

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