HRIS Workday, Team Lead

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

📋 Description

• Lead and mentor a team consisting of 2 Workday HRIS Experts and 1 HR Data Analyst.

• Structure team activities utilizing project plans and agile sprint methodologies.

• Prioritize the team backlog, considering business impact, urgency, and capacity.

• Promote documentation and knowledge sharing through Notion.

• Take ownership of the Workday post-go-live roadmap, focusing on continuous improvement, optimization, and user adoption.

• Review and enhance Workday configurations to identify gaps and efficiencies.

• Convert HR business requirements into functional and technical specifications.

• Lead solution design, user acceptance testing (UAT), and deployment processes.

• Assess and implement pertinent Workday product updates and bi-annual releases.

• Maintain and enhance Workday security, role-based access control, data privacy, and audit compliance.

• Collaborate with IT, Finance, HR Leadership, Talent Acquisition, and Business teams.

• Facilitate prioritization workshops and steering committee meetings.

• Act as the primary liaison between HR Operations and the wider technology organization.

• Oversee Workday integrations with Ashby, Silae, and other external tools.

• Partner with IT to develop a robust, secure, and maintainable integration architecture.

• Maintain the HR technology stack and integration landscape map.

• Investigate Workday AI and extensibility capabilities, including Workday Extend.

• Evaluate Sana Learn and other AI-driven learning solutions.

• Lead experimentation, business case assessments, governance, and deployment of AI and automation initiatives.

• Enhance team capabilities through training, experimentation, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

• Ensure HR data quality, consistency, and governance.

• Create HR dashboards, KPIs, and reports for headcount, attrition, and workforce planning.

• Advocate for a data-driven HR culture.

• Ensure compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations across HR data flows.

• Support HRIS configuration and deployment for international expansion, including new countries, legal entities, payroll connectors, and local compliance.

• Scale Workday configurations in alignment with organizational growth.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with Workday HCM, including post-go-live ownership and functional configuration.

• Familiarity with HCM Core, Time Tracking, Absence, Learning, Talent, Compensation, and Peakon.

• Strong understanding of the Workday security model, encompassing role-based access and domain/business process security.

• Experience serving as AMOA or functional project lead on HRIS projects.

• Proficient in requirements gathering, solution design, change management, and UAT.

• Proven track record of managing a team or leading a project team.

• Exceptional project management skills, including running sprints, managing a backlog, and delivering results in an agile environment.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Experience managing or overseeing HR system integrations, including APIs, middleware, or Integration Studio.

• Knowledge of AI and automation applications within Workday, HR, or data.

• Fluent in both French and English.

• Familiarity with Ashby, Silae, Deel, and Google package.

• Experience in a scale-up or high-growth environment.

• Exposure to international HRIS rollouts.

• Understanding of HR data governance frameworks and GDPR compliance.

• Eligibility to work in France; no visa sponsorship available.

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 vacation days provided by Pennylane.

• Competitive compensation package.

• Company shares.

• Home office workspace budget.

• Monthly coworking space allowance.

• Access to 8000 fitness spaces across Europe and more than 300 wellness activities through Gymlib.

• Latest Apple equipment.

• Remote work from your country of residence in Europe, with a maximum time difference of two hours from CET.

• Company events, including Tech Days every three months and an annual company seminar.

• For employees based in France: French contract adhering to French regulations.

• 6 to 12 RTT.

• 5 weeks of PTO.

• Lunch credits via Swile.

• Alan Blue healthcare coverage.

• Regular events in Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, and other cities.