Senior HRIS Specialist

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to join our team inone of the following locations:

• Herndon, Virginia
• Grand Prairie, Texas
• Mobile, Alabama
• Wichita, Kansas
• Miami, Florida

In this role you will serves as a strategic product owner and technical project lead for the HR business strategy and initiatives of North America. This position exists to translate complex human capital strategies into robust, automated enterprise technology solutions that enhance the employee experience, uphold regulatory data compliance, and support North America operational growth while aligning with global digital standards.

The Senior HRIS Specialist will closely collaborate with stakeholders and senior members and will report to the Director HRIS for North America.

Working in our Human Resources department, it's our mission to help support Airbus' greatest assets: our team members. Our team works cross‑departmentally as well as with our global counterparts to ensure we are making a positive impact on all aspects of our employee experience.

• Financial Rewards:
  Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
• Work/Life Balance:
  Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare:
  Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high‑deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ("EAP") and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development:
  Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Strategic Functional Product ownership and release governance: 45%

• • Serve as the senior functional Product Owner and tier 2 subject matter expert support for core modules across the Workday HCM ecosystem including Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence Management, Time Tracking, and Payroll.
  • Manage and prioritize the functional roadmap and backlog translating complex business requirements from the Centers of Excellence (CoEs), Human Resource Business Partners (HRBPs) and senior leadership into prioritized user stories, detailed configuration specifications, and end‑to‑end business process workflows.
  • Direct the evaluation, regression testing, validation, and adoption of biannual Workday releases and continuous feature updates; assess operational impact on business processes and advocate for relevant enhancements.
  • Oversee system defect resolution and complex issue triage by analyzing root causes and partnering with the IT teams and Workday support to resolve escalations.

Technical Project Management, Deployment Execution, and Governance: 30%

• • Lead and coordinate complex technical HRIS projects from initiation through post‑go‑live stabilization, including major module deployments, tenant consolidations, acquisitions, operating model transitions, and system enhancements.
  • Author, govern,…