HRIS Manager- Workday Systems

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee‑owners.

This opportunity entails providing leadership and vision to strengthen HR technology and further leverage the function by applying best practices and efficient processes. It excels at working in a collaborative environment and has demonstrated skills in effectively managing other project team members. This position is a “hands‑on” role requiring the ability to juggle both day‑to‑day operational activities as well as strategic, project management functions.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned project‑management professional with a strong HR technology and business process background, especially in Workday Systems, to lead and implement innovative HRIS tools and technologies.

• Contribute to the strategic direction of the function.
• Participate in the development and execution of HRIS strategy, providing content and thought leadership to identify technology‑led innovation opportunities within HR.
• Manage and successfully implement projects associated with new functionality and/or enhancements to existing functionality, including requirements analysis and documentation, design/build oversight, testing and deployment, and post‑implementation support and transition to ongoing operations.
• Partner with IT to prioritize, design and test HR solutions to deliver the highest levels of functionality.
• Identify and drive opportunities for continuous improvement and operational excellence based on metrics and customer feedback for business processes and systems.
• Recommend technical solutions to address opportunities for improving existing processes to further streamline and optimize operational effectiveness within HR.
• Ensure data integrity through management of data and effective data‑processing guidelines, developing, documenting and implementing new and revised processes to improve data integrity and promote consistent use of HR data.
• Promote improved reporting and analytics for HR by establishing vision, opportunities and processes to further standardize and warehouse HR data for improved information gathering and reporting/analytics.
• Define and implement vendor/partner management processes to manage and align HNTB and vendor capabilities.
• Develop leads and maintain HRIS project governance processes, facilitating evaluation of new enhancement and project requests against strategic priorities with key HR stakeholders and IT.
• Work closely with HR managers, IT, various functional groups and business units to understand and prioritize HR system enhancements to meet changing business needs.
• Provide planning, budgeting and forecasting of current and future HRIS needs, maintaining awareness of HRIS vendor plans and their potential impact on HRIS functionality.
• Be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, mentoring, development, and retention of staff, including performance and compensation reviews.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Information Technology or related field.
• 7 years of HRIS/technology related experience, including previous project management, business modeling and business intelligence experience.

• Proven ability to configure, maintain and optimize Workday business processes and security roles.
• Experience leading HR technology projects, including system upgrades, integrations and vendor management.
• Strong understanding of HR data governance, reporting and analytics.
• Familiarity with Workday reporting tools (Calculated Fields, Advanced Reports, Dashboards).
• Prior experience in a managerial or team lead role, overseeing HRIS analysts or similar positions.
• Knowledge of compliance requirements (EEO, pay transparency, data privacy).

• 10 years of HRIS experience, with at least 3 years managing Workday HCM modules (Core HR, Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits).
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