Workday Functional Lead - Skills
Job in
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 06925, USA
Listing for:
Prattwhitney
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-09-05
Job specializations:
-
IT/Tech
IT Business Analyst, Business Systems & Technology Analysis, Systems Analyst
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 132000 - 252000 USD Yearly
USD
132000.00
252000.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
The following position is to join our RTX Enterprise Services team:
This role sits in the HR & Payroll Digital Technology (DT) organization on the Talent Technology team, serving as the primary owner and dedicated functional expert for all Workday‑related activities within the DT Skills workstream. This role ensures DT delivers aligned Workday functionality, integrations, configuration decisions, data readiness, and sustainment processes that support business requirements. The Skills Workday Functional Lead aligns with the DT Talent & Performance Program lead on the DT Workday strategy for Skills, drives technical execution, manages Workday releases and enhancements, coordinates DT stakeholders, and ensures ongoing system stability and compliance.
The role partners closely with the Talent Center of Excellence and Workforce Intelligence (WFI) teams to ensure Workday meets the functional and operational needs of the organization based on the overall Skills strategy. Standout candidates will have exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building skills in addition to technical expertise.
What You Will Do
Program Leadership (Skills Program only) Serve as the DT Workstream Lead for Workday within the Skills program, providing direction, alignment, and escalation management. Represent DT in enterprise working groups and decision forums; ensure DT needs, constraints, and downstream impacts are understood. Manage DT’s timeline, dependencies, deliverables, and risk mitigation.Workday Functional Leadership Provide functional leadership and guidance to technical contractors and the internal Workday support team. Translate business requirements into Workday configuration decisions, data structures, and functional designs. Conduct functional walkthroughs and solution reviews to ensure design integrity and alignment to enterprise architecture.Requirements, Design & Testing Governance Oversee the creation and review of functional requirements, Workday design documents, and configuration specs. Own DT’s Workday configuration decisions for Skills and ensure accuracy of related integrations and data flows. Lead DT’s UAT approach for Workday capabilities, including planning, test execution support, and signoff.Cross-Functional Alignment & Stakeholder Management Partner with business teams to clarify, interpret, recommend solutions, and implement enterprise requirements within DT’s Workday environment. Coordinate with Talent & Performance Program Lead, HR, L&D, Security, Workforce Intelligence (WFI) Reporting, and other modules to maintain alignment and readiness. Prepare insights and clearly present recommendations to educate and influence direction based on best practices.Data Management & Integration Oversight Ensure data models, data quality rules, and integration requirements support WFI’s enterprise standards. Validate mapping of skills, roles, job architecture, and user attributes across Workday and connected systems. Oversee testing of integrations and data flows related to skills features.Sustainment & Operational Ownership Own DT’s long-term sustainment model for Workday Skills configurations and related integrations. Establish and oversee processes for break/fix, enhancements, regression testing, release management, and change control. Coordinate with DT support teams to maintain system performance, security, and compliance.Qualifications
You Must Have Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience 7+ years of Workday functional or technical functional…
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