Staff Product Analyst (Workday Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking)

Overview

This role is part of the People Technology team within Enterprise Technology. You will help optimize a global Workday platform focused on Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking—supporting automation, accuracy, and operational efficiency across hire-to-retire.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy and Roadmap: Collaborate on the product vision and multi-year roadmap for Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking, ensuring alignment with global People Technology and Finance team objectives.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with People, Payroll, and Finance leadership to translate complex business needs into clear functional requirements and configuration designs.
• Functional Configuration and Design: Lead design and configuration of Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking business processes, calculations, eligibility rules, and pay components with an emphasis on employee experience and operational efficiency.
• Lifecycle Management: Own the full lifecycle of payroll, absence, and time tracking configuration—from discovery and requirements gathering through testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
• Data-Driven Insights: Use Workday reporting and analytics to monitor process performance, identify trends, and deliver actionable recommendations for optimization.
• Vendor and Platform Management: Oversee third-party vendor relationships (e.g., ADP) to ensure seamless data flows and adherence to service level agreements.
• Operational Excellence: Drive continuous improvement by analyzing process/configuration issues, leading testing efforts, and proposing changes that improve accuracy and reduce manual intervention.
• Feature Adoption and Training: Drive end-user adoption of new Workday features through documentation, user guides, and training programs.
• Compliance and Security: Ensure payroll, absence, and time tracking configurations comply with global data privacy requirements and internal security standards.

Requirements

• Workday Expertise: 7+ years configuring Workday Payroll, Absence, and/or Time Tracking, including business process design, calculated fields, and eligibility rules.
• Domain Knowledge: Deep functional expertise in Workday Payroll (GL, pay components, taxes), Absence, and Time Tracking configuration, along with global HR business processes.
• Testing and Quality: Proven experience leading tenant configuration testing, including UAT and regression testing.
• Analytical Skills: Advanced ability to build custom reports, dashboards, and hubs.
• Strategic Communication: Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence stakeholders while collaborating across global time zones.
• Problem Solving: Ability to troubleshoot complex functional issues and design scalable configuration solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Agile Methodology: Experience working in an Agile environment, managing backlogs, and delivering value through iterative cycles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Workday integrations, especially the Global Payroll Connect.
• Workday Extend experience.
• Workday Certification in Payroll, Absence, or Time Tracking.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base salary range (San Francisco Bay area): $148,000 USD - $203,500 USD
• Annual base salary range (California excluding San Francisco Bay area, Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington): $132,000 USD - $181,500 USD
• Equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with applicable plans and policies.

Location

• U.S. soil status: The employee must be on U.S. soil, meaning the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or outlying areas of the United States, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101, and be a U.S. person.
• U.S. person status: The employee must be either a U.S. citizen as defined in 42 U.S. Code § 9102; a natural person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3); or a U.S. national (i.e. includes citizens and non-citizens born in outlying possessions such as American Samoa and Swains Island), green card holders, refugees, and asylees. Working on a U.S. visa does NOT qualify as a U.S. person.