Workday People Technology Sr Manager - Core HCM, Benefits & Security

HealthEquity•Remote,

12d•$120,500 - $165,000•Remote

About The Position

The People Technology Senior Manager – Core HCM, Benefits & Security serves as the strategic domain owner for Workday Core HCM, Benefits, and Security at HealthEquity. This role is responsible not only for the design, integrity, and long-term evolution of foundational Workday configuration, but also for protecting the operational and architectural coherence of the broader platform as Workday expands across the enterprise. This role functions as the senior-most technical authority for foundational Workday design decisions, with responsibility for ensuring that worker data structures, business processes, security models, organizational frameworks, and foundational configuration patterns remain scalable, governable, and sustainable over time. The role brings deep enterprise-level Workday expertise into implementation and operational decision-making, proactively identifying downstream impacts, architectural risks, and long-term maintenance concerns before they become operational problems. As a key leader within the People Technology organization, this role partners closely with the Strategic Platform Owner, Workday Delivery leadership, People COEs, IT, Security, and Finance to ensure that foundational platform decisions support both current operational needs and future organizational evolution. This role is expected to influence platform direction through expertise, judgment, and systems thinking, while serving as a stabilizing technical anchor for an expanding People Technology function. This role is particularly critical during implementation and early post-go-live maturity, where foundational decisions related to Core HCM, Benefits, security architecture, worker data design, and governance standards will shape the long-term scalability and maintainability of the platform. Success in this role is defined by platform stability, architectural integrity, scalable governance, security and audit readiness, clean cross-domain interoperability, and the platform’s ability to evolve without accumulating unnecessary complexity, fragmentation, or technical debt.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Human Resources, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business, or a related field.
8+ years experience owning and evolving Workday Core HCM architecture in complex enterprise environments.
4+ years experience designing and governing Workday Security architecture, including role-based security, domain security policies, business process security, segmentation, and audit/compliance considerations.
Experience partnering with executive stakeholders, implementation partners, and cross-functional enterprise teams during large-scale Workday implementations or transformations.

Nice To Haves

Workday Core HCM certification strongly preferred.
Workday Security certification strongly preferred.
Additional Workday certifications (Benefits, Reporting, Integrations, Payroll, or related modules) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior-most technical owner and architectural steward for Workday Core HCM and Security design.
Own the long-term integrity, scalability, and maintainability of foundational Workday configuration, including worker data structures, lifecycle frameworks, business processes, and security architecture.
Lead the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of complex foundational Workday functionality with significant cross-domain or enterprise impact.
Evaluate and influence implementation and enhancement decisions through a long-term platform lens, proactively identifying downstream impacts, operational risks, governance concerns, and future maintenance implications.
Ensure Core HCM, Benefits, and Security configuration supports clean interoperability across Payroll, Time, Talent, Recruiting, Reporting, Integrations, and TMX capabilities.
Guide foundational organizational and worker data design decisions, including supervisory organizations, positions, worker structures, lifecycle events, and related enterprise frameworks.
Serve as the primary technical authority for Workday security architecture, including role-based security, domain security policies, business process security, segmentation approaches, and audit considerations.
Partner closely with IT, Identity & Access Management, Security, and integration teams to ensure alignment between Workday security architecture and broader enterprise governance standards.
Establish and maintain governance practices that reduce configuration drift, unnecessary customization, fragmented design patterns, and long-term technical debt.
Serve as a senior technical advisor and mentor to People Technology team members, helping elevate platform thinking, governance discipline, and architectural maturity across the function.
Contribute to release governance, cross-domain risk evaluation, testing strategy, and platform readiness discussions as a foundational platform authority.
Maintain strong awareness of emerging Workday capabilities, platform changes, and industry best practices to continuously strengthen foundational platform health.