Workday Technology Director

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of governance models, drive release management best practices, and foster incident and change management processes.
• Design, manage, and audit the security architecture within Workday to support data privacy and compliance requirements.
• Utilize data analytics tools to develop insights, metrics, trends, and performance indicators for the Workday platform.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams on enterprise design thinking to enable Workday tenant and shared capabilities.
• Work with vendors and third-party partners to evaluate new features, functionalities, and enhancements within the Workday ecosystem.
• Ensure platform services and capabilities are always available, following policies related to governance, security, privacy, and business continuity.
• Oversee and optimize day-to-day operations of the Workday system, including tenant and configuration management, security, release, and change management.
• Conduct regular system audits and performance tuning to ensure optimal system performance and reliability.
• Stay current with Workday releases and evaluate new features for potential adoption.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to development and functional teams, ensuring best practices throughout the product lifecycle.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of Workday experience in a leadership role with a focus on HCM, Finance, Workday Studio, Workday Integration Cloud, EIBs, and other integration tools.
• Deep knowledge of Workday architecture, configuration, customization, security, integration, reporting, and testing methodologies.
• At least 8 years of experience in Software Engineering and Systems Architecture or Technology Solution design.
• Strong critical thinking skills and proactive issue resolution abilities.
• 8+ years of experience architecting, designing, or delivering scalable, decoupled systems in a heavily regulated environment.
• Experience engaging, influencing, and driving initiatives with technology executives.
• Mentoring experience with software engineers or architects.
• Experience working in regulated environments such as HIPAA, PCI, Privacy, SOX.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Eight or more years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Five or more years of experience leading a software engineering team.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a regulated environment (HIPAA, PCI, Privacy, SOX).
• Experience with enterprise design thinking and vendor collaboration.
• Familiarity with Workday release cycles and new feature evaluation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Eight or more years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Five or more years of experience leading a software engineering team.

Benefits & Perks

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision).
• Basic term and optional term life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave.
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan.
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure).
• Up to 11 paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance.
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals.
• Flexible hybrid schedule with in-office and remote work options.