Senior Workday Lead

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior HRIS Consultant Lead with extensive experience in Timekeeping, Core HR, Compensation, and Performance Management to provide comprehensive functional leadership for enterprise HR systems, specifically Workday. This role involves close collaboration with HR, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and offshore/near‑shore AMS teams to design, optimize, and support scalable, compliant HR solutions. The primary requirements are deep HR domain expertise and leadership experience with HR systems.

• Serve as the functional lead and subject matter expert for Timekeeping, owning solution design, configuration oversight, and ongoing optimization.
• Translate HR and Payroll policies into effective system configurations, rules, and controls.
• Assess downstream impacts to Payroll, integrations, reporting, and compliance related to Timekeeping.
• Act as the escalation point for complex Timekeeping issues and drive root cause resolution.
• Lead testing activities and ensure production readiness for time‑related changes.
• Provide functional leadership for Core HR processes, including worker lifecycle events, eligibility rules, and business process frameworks.
• Lead Compensation system support, encompassing base pay, eligibility rules, and annual/off‑cycle compensation events.
• Provide functional ownership for Performance Management processes such as goals, reviews, and eligibility.
• Ensure data integrity and alignment across Timekeeping, Core HR, Compensation, and Performance processes.
• Partner with Offshore AMS resources to coordinate functional support, enhancements, defect resolution, and operational execution.
• Partner with Near‑shore Timekeeping Data Management resources, serving as the primary functional contact for data issues, overseeing audit completion, and providing functional oversight for escalations and audit outcomes.
• Act as a trusted functional advisor to HR, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and program leadership.
• Lead cross‑module impact analysis for system changes and releases.
• Drive functional standards, documentation, and best practices across HR systems.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of HRIT / HR systems experience, with deep functional expertise in Timekeeping and strong exposure to Core HR, Compensation, and/or Performance Management.
• Experience translating HR policies and business requirements into system configurations and controls.
• Strong understanding of audits, compliance, eligibility rules, and process governance.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives and influence stakeholders.

• Experience with modern cloud HCM platforms (Workday).
• Prior experience supporting regulated, multi‑entity, or complex Timekeeping environments.
• Understanding of Payroll impacts and system integrations.
• Ability and willingness to learn and grow platform‑specific expertise on the job.