Workday Functional Lead

Mobility Global • Virtual, AL

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About The Position

We are seeking a hands-on Workday Functional Lead to manage and optimize our Workday platform across various modules. This role involves deep functional configuration, testing, and troubleshooting, ensuring Workday capabilities align with our HR processes and strategic goals. You will lead design decisions for implementations and enhancements, establish configuration standards, and partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable system solutions. Additionally, you will support the Workday roadmap, manage biannual releases, and collaborate with the People Analytics team on data and reporting. This is a key role in ensuring the integrity, consistency, and effective utilization of our HR technology.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Human Resources, Business Administration or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in HRIS, HR technology or enterprise SaaS platforms.
• 4+ years of hands on Workday functional experience across multiple modules.
• Strong understanding of HR processes including employee lifecycle, talent management and workforce reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions.
• Experience working with cross functional teams including HR, IT and business stakeholders.
• Deep, hands-on functional and configuration knowledge of Workday modules and platform capabilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate business needs into system solutions
• Stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience managing system enhancements and platform releases
• Strong attention to data quality and governance.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to Learning, Help, Peakon and/or Payroll modules is highly desirable.
• Experience supporting Workday implementations or major platform transformations in global organisations is highly desirable.
• Workday certifications in relevant modules are preferred but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the hands-on functional lead for the Workday platform across key modules including Core HCM, Recruiting, Talent & Performance, Compensation, Time & Absence, Reporting, Learning, Help, Peakon and Payroll.
• Perform hands-on configuration, testing and troubleshooting across these modules.
• Provide expert guidance on Workday configuration, functionality and best practices.
• Ensure Workday capabilities align with organisational HR processes and strategic priorities.
• Lead functional design decisions for Workday implementations and enhancements and build the resulting configuration.
• Establish and maintain configuration standards and design principles.
• Ensure consistency and scalability in system configuration across modules and business units.
• Partner with HR and business stakeholders to gather and translate requirements into functional solutions within Workday.
• Evaluate business requests and recommend scalable system solutions aligned with platform capabilities and best practices.
• Document functional specifications and lead configuration and testing.
• Support the development and execution of the Workday platform roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to enhance system functionality and improve HR processes.
• Assess new Workday features and recommend adoption based on business value.
• Lead the evaluation and adoption of biannual Workday releases, including hands-on configuration of release-related changes.
• Coordinate and execute testing cycles to ensure changes are successfully deployed.
• Work with stakeholders to assess impact and ensure readiness for new functionality.
• Partner with the People Analytics team and build Workday data structures and reports to support reporting and analytics needs.
• Ensure data integrity and consistency across HR processes and system modules.
• Act as a trusted advisor to HR leaders on Workday capabilities and system improvements.
• Provide guidance on best practices for HR technology usage and process design.
• Support training and adoption initiatives to maximise the value of the platform.

Benefits

• equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
• reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

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