Workday HCM Lead: Transform People Tech & Analytics

Tennis Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Tickets to Australian Open

Health & wellbeing activities

Onsite gym & parking

Salary packaging & discounts

Parental leave up to 26 weeks

WORK180 employer recognition

Job summary

Tennis Australia is seeking a Workday Functional Lead to optimise Workday HCM and related People systems. Reporting to the Head of People Systems Optimisation, you will translate requirements into scalable, compliant solutions and act as the functional expert across the organisation.

You’ll partner with external partners, design processes, develop dashboards, drive data quality and governance, and support adoption and release management to deliver improved outcomes for our people and the

Qualifications

• Strong experience supporting and optimising Workday HCM or similar cloud HRIS.
• Proven ability translating business requirements into system solutions and improvements.
• Experience on HR technology projects, upgrades, or transformation initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Advanced reporting and analytics, dashboards, and workforce insights.
• Understanding Workday processes, governance and configuration concepts.
• Ability to prioritise multiple initiatives in fast-paced environments.
• Strong documentation, training and change management capabilities.
• Experience partnering with external vendors and implementation partners.

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 and confidence 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

Requirements translation

HR technology projects

Stakeholder management

Advanced reporting

Workday governance

Prioritisation

Documentation & change mgmt

Vendor partnership

Job description

Tennis Australia is seeking a Workday Functional Lead to optimise Workday HCM and related People systems. Reporting to the Head of People Systems Optimisation, you will translate requirements into scalable, compliant solutions and act as the functional expert across the organisation.

You’ll partner with external partners, design processes, develop dashboards, drive data quality and governance, and support adoption and release management to deliver improved outcomes for our people and the