Workday HCM Lead — People Systems Optimizer

TA001 Tennis Australia Limited; Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tennis Australia is seeking a Workday Functional Lead to optimise HCM and related People systems, partnering with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions. You’ll lead design, testing, and reporting to enable self‑service insights across the People function.

You will drive governance, data quality, and change management while collaborating with partners and internal teams to continuously enhance the employee experience.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Workday HCM and related HRIS platforms.
• Proven ability translating business requirements into system solutions and process improvements.
• Experience working on HR technology projects, implementations, upgrades or transformation initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with the ability to engage both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Advanced reporting and analytics capability with experience developing dashboards and workforce insights.
• Understanding of Workday business processes, governance principles and system configuration concepts.
• Proven ability to prioritise multiple initiatives and deliver outcomes in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong documentation, training and change management capability.
• Experience partnering with external vendors, implementation partners and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional lead and subject matter expert for Workday HCM and associated People technologies.
• Translate business requirements into effective system solutions, process improvements and scalable ways of working.
• Lead functional analysis, testing, quality assurance and user acceptance activities for system enhancements and upgrades.
• Partner with stakeholders to optimise People processes and maximise value from Workday functionality.
• Act as the key liaison between external implementation partners, consultants and internal stakeholders.
• Build advanced reporting, dashboards and self‑service solutions that provide meaningful workforce insights.
• Drive data quality, governance and compliance practices through audit routines and reporting controls.
• Develop documentation, training materials and coaching initiatives to increase capability across the People team.
• Support release management activities and proactively identify opportunities to leverage new functionality and system improvements.
• Contribute to the strategic People technology roadmap and continued optimisation of the employee experience.

Skills

Workday HCM

Stakeholder Engagement

Process Optimisation

Testing & QA

Data Analytics

Tools

Workday HCM

Job description

Tennis Australia is seeking a Workday Functional Lead to optimise HCM and related People systems, partnering with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions. You’ll lead design, testing, and reporting to enable self‑service insights across the People function.

You will drive governance, data quality, and change management while collaborating with partners and internal teams to continuously enhance the employee experience.