Senior Manager, HRIS

4 days ago


Redwood City, CA, United States Planet Pharma Full time
Job Description

Temp Senior Manager, HRIS

As Temp Senior Manager, HRIS, you'll help shape the future of how we leverage technology to empower our people and scale our business. With our core system recently launched, this role focuses on optimization and continuous improvement to our evolving needs. Joining an established team that includes another Senior Manager and two HRIS analysts, this role will collaborate across HR, Finance, and IT to align our technology solutions with organizational goals. We're looking for someone who has successfully led this type of work and thrives in collaborative, fast-moving environments. You will report directly to the Associate Director, People Operations & Systems.

Specifically, you will be responsible for:
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze, develop, configure, and optimize Workday HCM processes and present scalable solutions that support the evolving business needs of our fast-growing organization. Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) across multiple Workday functional areas.
  • Turn business requirements into technical requirements and proposed Workday solutions while treating every challenge as an opportunity for improvement and efficiency.
  • Evaluate and drive deployment of feature releases and functionality to identify opportunities to improve and optimize the use of Workday, ensuring HR and business requirements are met.
  • Lead associated deployment activities, inclusive of regression testing, downstream impact analysis, and assurance of overall system performance/stability.
  • Serve as a consultative partner to HR and cross-functional teams, collaborating with business partner SMEs to design and implement processes, and to develop training materials for managers, employees, and business partner teams on the effective use of the Workday Core HCM module.
  • Support the Change Review Board process on requests to update configuration impacting business processes, workflow, security, and data.
  • Provide support to Workday end users by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving system issues and problem areas.
  • Stay aware of changes in HR technology and make recommendations for enhancements.
Required Skills, Experience and Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in human resources, Information Technology, Statistics, Business Administration, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4-6+ years of experience in Workday HRIS administration. Strong configuration knowledge of Core Workday modules including Human Capital Management (HCM), Compensation, Benefits, and Security Groups. Additional workday functional area experience in advanced Workday modules (i.e., Advanced Compensation, Workday Studio, etc.) is highly desirable.
  • Proactive, able to work independently, and prioritize effectively with competing priorities across multiple tasks.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to build cross functional relationships.
  • Strong problem solving and project management skills with the ability to meet deadlines and support multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Skills:
  • Workday HCM and Security Certified with solid experience in a lead role. Additional Workday certifications are a plus.
  • Advanced Compensation (Annual Merit, Equity & Bonus cycles) experience is a plus.
  • Experience improving and identifying issues in processes, models, suggesting user focused improvements, and navigating/influencing cross-functional teams to drive these changes.


Equal Opportunity Employer: We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, sex, gender identity or expression, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee, and we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful work environment across all locations in which we operate. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our mission and enhance our ability to serve clients globally. If you have a disability or require any reasonable accommodations during the application or interview process, please inform your recruiter or contact us directly so that we can explore the appropriate arrangements.

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