People Tech Analyst - Payroll & Tech

People Technology Analyst

People are at the center of everything we do. The People Technology Solutions team (within our People Operations organization) supports the enabling technology foundation for candidate and employee experience  ecosystem is anchored in Workday HCM and complemented by outstanding SaaS platforms, custom applications, analytics, and next-generation technology innovations.

We are looking for a product-minded People Technology Analyst to help build and expand eBay's People Team technology ecosystem. This role will partner closely with Global Payroll, People Operations, Finance, IT, Security, and external payroll vendors to understand business needs, define product priorities, and deliver scalable technology solutions that improve payroll operations, compliance, data quality, and employee experience.

While Workday and Payroll integrations form a core part of this role, the scope includes more than just Workday configuration. The successful candidate will approach payroll technology holistically, encompassing integrations, middleware, workflow automation, AI-enhanced capabilities, custom applications, reporting, and user experience. This person will support the transformation of payroll strategy into scalable technology solutions while continuously advancing operational efficiency and enabling future innovation.

This individual contributor opportunity involves a hybrid work format with presence expected at our Salt Lake City or Austin office. The role requires being onsite three days each week at one of these offices. Flexibility in working hours is also necessary to accommodate global teamwork as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a product-focused technology collaborator for eBay's People and Payroll technology ecosystem, with Workday HCM functioning as the system of record.
• Contribute to the payroll technology roadmap by balancing business priorities, operational requirements, user experience, compliance, and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with Global Payroll, People Operations, Finance, IT, Security, and external payroll vendors to understand business needs, define requirements, prioritize improvements, and deliver scalable solutions.
• Lead technology initiatives supporting payroll processes, including:
  Payroll vendor integrations, APIEmployee data interfaces
  
  Time and attendance integrations
  
  Benefits and compensation data flows
  
  Tax and compliance interfaces
  
  Banking and payment integrations
  
  Year-end payroll technology readiness
• Collaborate with IT integration teams and external vendors to build, develop, test, and support secure, reliable, and scalable integrations between Workday and payroll providers.
• Translate business and technical requirements into user stories, business process flows, solution builds, business rules, success metrics, and implementation plans.
• Partner with technical teams to build and support APIs, Workday web services, middleware solutions, and integration frameworks.
• See chances to improve operation processes using automation, AI, and workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Workday Developer Agent, Sana Agent Builder, Workday Extend or similar technologies).
• Contribute to building custom applications through Workday Extend in cases where specialized payroll or People Operations solutions are necessary.
• Develop reports, dashboards, calculated fields, and data validations that improve People Team accuracy, operational visibility, and decision making.
• Provide production support, troubleshoot integration issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement scalable corrective actions.
• Support releases, regression testing, deployment planning, and post-production validation activities.
• Partner with IT and Security to ensure integrations and payroll solutions meet enterprise architecture, security, privacy, and governance standards.
• Support change management, communications, documentation, training, and adoption for new payroll technology capabilities.
• Take part in internal audits, SOX controls, data privacy assessments, and compliance-related documentation.
• Maintain functional and technical documentation including requirements, solution builds, process maps, test scripts,…