Staff Workday Engineer

Blue Yonder • Coppell, TX

10d • $113,046 - $158,977 • Remote

About The Position

Blue Yonder is seeking a hands-on Staff Workday Engineer to join its HR Technology team as an individual contributor. Reporting to the Director of HR Technology, this role helps drive the strategy, solution design, delivery, and optimization of Workday and related HR technology initiatives. The position supports a broad portfolio of initiatives, particularly in Talent, Performance, Compensation, Workday Security, Reporting and Analytics, and Workforce Planning.

The Staff Workday Engineer translates business needs into effective technology solutions and drives initiatives from concept through delivery. The role works closely with HR Technology colleagues, HR and business stakeholders, external partners, and an offshore delivery team to deliver solutions, resolve issues, and advance strategic initiatives. The position is remote in the US, with Dallas preferred, and requires up to 15% travel.

The role includes leading Workday initiatives, advising stakeholders, designing and optimizing processes and security, developing reports and analytics, supporting planning initiatives, and participating in releases, enhancements, integrations, production support, and major system changes. Work is managed in an Agile/Scrum environment using Jira.

The base salary range is $113,046 to $158,977 USD. Individual compensation depends on skills, experience, certifications or licenses, and other relevant factors. The role is eligible for either an annual performance bonus or commission, depending on the position.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of Workday experience, including hands-on solution design, configuration, enhancements, and production support.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Workday HCM and experience in one or more areas such as Talent Optimization, Performance, Recruiting, or Adaptive Planning.
• Strong Workday Reporting experience, including Advanced, Composite, Matrix, and other reporting capabilities, as well as calculated fields, dashboards, prompts, filters, business objects, and data sources.
• Experience translating HR/Talent business requirements and strategy into technology solutions.
• Strong understanding of Workday business processes, configuration, security, data, and solution design.
• Experience delivering Workday initiatives across requirements, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Experience working with offshore delivery teams and external implementation partners, including providing solution direction and reviewing deliverables.
• Experience with Jira and Agile/Scrum delivery practices, including backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria, sprint planning, and delivery.
• Ability to independently drive initiatives, manage competing priorities, identify issues and dependencies, and move work forward.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to communicate complex Workday concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Talent, Performance, or Compensation solutions and processes.
• Experience with Workday Skills Cloud, Career Hub, skills-based talent initiatives, job architecture, skills taxonomy, talent mobility, or related talent optimization capabilities.
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or other workforce/financial planning technologies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with HR business stakeholders to translate HR and Talent strategies into scalable Workday solutions.
• Lead Workday initiatives across Talent, Performance, Compensation, Security, Benefits, Reporting, and Core HCM.
• Serve as a senior Workday subject matter expert and trusted advisor to HR, Talent, Compensation, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Drive initiatives from requirements gathering and solution design through configuration, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
• Assess business requirements, evaluate solution options, identify dependencies, and recommend practical, scalable technology solutions.
• Design and optimize Workday business processes, workflows, approvals, notifications, validations, security controls, and exception handling.
• Develop and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, data sources, prompts, filters, and analytics.
• Support Workday Security initiatives, including security role design, access controls, business process security, security reviews, and troubleshooting.
• Support Talent, Performance, and Compensation initiatives through solution design, process optimization, configuration, reporting, and data analysis.
• Support workforce and financial planning initiatives, including Workday Adaptive Planning where applicable.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve HR processes using Workday capabilities and emerging HR technology.
• Review solution designs, configurations, integrations, and impact assessments for scalability, maintainability, security, compliance, and enterprise architecture alignment.
• Provide requirements, solution direction, guidance, and quality oversight to the offshore HR Technology/Workday team.
• Collaborate with external Workday consultants and implementation partners to ensure solutions meet business requirements and follow Workday best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex functional, reporting, security, and data issues and drive them through resolution.
• Participate in Workday releases, enhancements, integrations, production support, and major system changes.
• Evaluate new Workday capabilities and determine how they can support Blue Yonder's HR Technology strategy.
• Use Jira in an Agile/Scrum environment to manage epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, priorities, dependencies, and delivery.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with matching.
• Flexible time off.
• Corporate fitness program.
• Voluntary benefits, including legal plans, accident and hospital indemnity coverage, and pet insurance.
• Eligibility to participate in either the annual performance bonus or commission program, depending on the nature of the position.

What This Job Offers

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