Lead, People Technology Solutions Design (Payroll & Benefits)

Overview

This role serves as the technical lead for Workday Payroll, Benefits, Time Tracking, Time Off, and Absence systems within a growing global organization. The position is responsible for solution design, configuration, governance, and continuous improvement to ensure accurate payroll, seamless benefits administration, and compliant workforce time management. Collaboration with HR, Payroll, IT, and external vendors is essential to reduce operational risk, enhance employee experience, and support automation and intelligent system design.

Responsibilities

• Own Workday solution design across Payroll, Benefits, Time Tracking, Time Off, and Absence, delivering scalable, compliant, and maintainable solutions.
• Lead design and optimization of Workday Payroll configurations supporting multi-state and global payroll operations.
• Design and maintain Benefits solutions including eligibility, enrollment events, carrier integrations, and open enrollment.
• Configure and optimize Time Tracking, Time Off, and Absence Management to ensure regulatory compliance and payroll accuracy.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives from requirements through production deployment with HR, Payroll, IT, and vendors.
• Drive continuous improvement by reducing technical debt, simplifying configurations, and leveraging AI-enabled capabilities.
• Serve as the technical authority for assigned Workday domains, establishing governance and best practices.

Success Metrics (12-Month Goals)

• Establish a scalable and well-governed Workday Payroll, Benefits, and Time ecosystem that improves reliability, simplifies administration, and supports global growth.
• Deliver two or more strategic Workday initiatives from solution design through production, achieving measurable business value and strong stakeholder adoption.
• Increase stakeholder confidence through improved system stability, faster delivery, and trusted partnerships with Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT.
• Improve operational efficiency by simplifying configurations, reducing manual processes, and introducing automation that enhances quality and scalability.
• Successfully manage Workday biannual releases with effective impact assessments, testing, and adoption of new capabilities.
• Implement at least one AI-enabled capability that measurably improves operational efficiency, compliance, reporting, or employee experience.

AI Expectations

• Use AI to accelerate requirements analysis, solution design, documentation, testing, and delivery.
• Apply AI and Workday capabilities to identify anomalies, configuration drift, and optimization opportunities.
• Automate repetitive activities such as testing, validation, reporting, and documentation.
• Apply AI responsibly in compliance-sensitive environments following governance and privacy standards.
• Demonstrate measurable business outcomes through AI adoption and share best practices across the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
• 7+ years of relevant Workday configuration experience aligned to enterprise HR technology.
• Hands-on expertise configuring Workday Payroll, Benefits, Time Tracking, Time Off, and Absence.
• Experience with Workday integrations, reporting, business process framework, calculated fields, and security.
• Experience supporting SOX-compliant enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and deliver scalable technical solutions.
• Proven application of AI to improve HR technology outcomes.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including bonuses.
• Paid time off and paid parental leave.
• Health and wellness benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Location

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Equal Opportunity

The organization is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected status. Reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request.