Director, HR Applications – Workday

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Act as the IT application leader responsible for the comprehensive strategy, delivery, and support of the Workday HR application suite.

• Collaborate closely with HR business stakeholders, regional teams, and IT departments to drive Workday transformation, optimize business processes, and ensure the platform aligns with the company's growth and changing HR operating model.

• Manage the Workday application ecosystem, encompassing Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, Performance, Reporting, Integrations, and associated HR processes.

• Work in conjunction with the APAC team and other global partners to guarantee consistent delivery, robust governance, operational excellence, and successful implementation of significant HR initiatives.

• Lead the overarching strategy, roadmap, delivery, and support framework for the Workday HR application suite.

• Collaborate with HR leadership and business stakeholders to ensure alignment of Workday capabilities with HR transformation objectives and business priorities.

• Oversee key HR processes and annual cycles, including Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Performance, Talent, Absence, and employee lifecycle processes.

• Provide leadership and guidance to global Workday teams, including resources based in APAC, technical architects, configuration teams, and support partners.

• Propel Workday enhancements, integrations, automation, reporting, and process improvements to enhance the experience for employees and managers.

• Ensure robust governance regarding Workday security, access controls, business processes, data integrity, integrations, and compliance requirements.

• Partner with Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, HR Operations, Legal, Finance, and IT teams to provide scalable and compliant solutions.

• Lead the prioritization of Workday initiatives, balancing business demands, platform capabilities, risk, and operational capacity.

• Support significant transformation programs, system rollouts, vendor collaborations, and Workday roadmap planning.

• Establish standards for application support, documentation, release management, testing discipline, and production change controls.

• Foster continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to automate manual processes, decrease cycle times, and enhance data accuracy.

• Serve as the primary IT contact for Workday-related strategy, escalations, and executive-level discussions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience leading Workday HR applications within a global enterprise setting.

• Profound understanding of Workday HCM and related modules including Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, Performance, Reporting, Security, and Integrations.

• Experience in partnering with HR leadership and business stakeholders on strategic roadmap planning and transformation initiatives.

• Strong knowledge of HR business processes, employee lifecycle management, compliance, data governance, and global HR operations.

• Proven ability to lead global teams, including offshore or APAC-based delivery and support teams.

• Experience managing major HR cycles such as compensation planning, benefits enrollment, payroll operations, performance cycles, and organizational changes.

• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.

• Capacity to translate business requirements into scalable Workday solutions and long-term application strategies.

• Familiarity with application governance, production support, release management, change management, and audit controls.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid vacation time.

• Paid sick leave.

• Medical/dental/vision insurance.

• Life, accident, and disability insurance.

• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts.

• Employee assistance program.

• Additional voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Transit benefits.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.