Workday Integration Lead

Talent Corp; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Corp in Melbourne seeks an experienced Workday Integration Lead to own the Workday integration landscape. This hands-on technical leadership role blends major integration delivery with BAU support and knowledge transfer across Payroll, People & Culture, Finance and Technology teams to design, deliver and optimise secure, scalable integrations.

You will work 4 days on site and 1 day from home in Melbourne CBD, and Australian PR or citizenship is required for background checks.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience designing and supporting Workday integrations.
• Strong experience with Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect and APIs.
• Deep understanding of Workday HCM, Payroll and workforce management.
• Experience with ADP Payroll integration projects is highly desirable.
• Experience integrating Workday with payroll, finance and other enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment and support of Workday integrations.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical integration solutions.
• Manage testing, deployment, cutover, release management and production support.
• Monitor performance and troubleshoot production issues.
• Collaborate with vendors and implementation partners.
• Focus on automation, resilience, data integrity, and security standards.

Skills

Workday Studio

EIB

Core Connectors

Cloud Connect

APIs

Web Services

RaaS

Workday HCM

Payroll

Workforce Management

Integration Architecture

Middleware

Data Mapping

Vendor Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Tools

ADP Payroll

Job description

Workday Integration Lead

Location: Melbourne
Duration: 12-month FTE Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Workday Integration Lead to join a large enterprise organisation and take technical ownership of its Workday integration landscape.
This is a hands-on technical leadership position combining major integration project delivery with ongoing BAU support and knowledge transfer. You will work closely with Payroll, People & Culture, Finance, Workforce Planning and Technology teams to design, deliver and optimise secure, scalable and reliable Workday integrations.
The role will be approximately:

• 50% Project Work - delivering new integrations, enhancements and transformation initiatives
• 40% BAU - production support, troubleshooting, monitoring, incident resolution and continuous improvement
• 10% Knowledge Transfer - documentation, mentoring and transferring technical knowledge to internal teams

Key Responsibilities

You will lead the design, development, testing, deployment and support of Workday integrations, using technologies including Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, APIs, web services and middleware platforms.
You will also:

• Lead Workday integration projects and technical workstreams from design through to production.
• Translate business and functional requirements into scalable technical integration solutions.
• Manage integration testing, deployment, cutover, release management and production support.
• Monitor integration performance and troubleshoot complex production issues.
• Develop integration specifications, data mappings, technical documentation and support procedures.
• Work closely with internal technology teams, Workday specialists, vendors and implementation partners.
• Improve automation, integration resilience, data integrity and operational processes.
• Ensure integrations meet security, privacy, architecture, data and change-management standards.

Skills & Experience

To be successful, you will bring:

• Extensive hands-on experience designing, developing and supporting Workday integrations within a large, complex organisation.
• Strong experience with Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday Web Services, REST/SOAP APIs and RaaS.
• Strong understanding of Workday HCM, Payroll and workforce management processes.
• Experience with ADP Payroll integration projects is highly desirable, particularly integrating Workday with ADP payroll environments.
• Experience integrating Workday with payroll, workforce management, finance, identity, recruitment and other enterprise platforms.
• Strong understanding of integration architecture, middleware, secure file transfer, authentication, data mapping, reconciliation, monitoring and error handling.
• Experience across end-to-end testing, deployment, cutover, release management and production support.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capability.
• Experience managing vendors and implementation partners.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

The Opportunity

This role would suit an experienced Workday Integration Lead, Senior Workday Integration Consultant or Workday Integration Specialist who enjoys balancing project delivery with hands-on operational support.
You will have the opportunity to take ownership of business-critical Workday integrations while contributing to the organisation's broader integration roadmap, service improvement and technology strategy. The position also has a strong focus on building internal capability through documentation and knowledge transfer.
If you have strong Workday integration expertise and experience delivering Workday-to-ADP Payroll integrations, we would be particularly interested in hearing from you.
This role is 4 days on site, 1 day work from home in the Melbourne CBD. You will need to be an Australian PR or Citizen to apply due to background checks.