Workday HRIS Lead — AI-Driven HCM & Automation

Data Direct Networks; España; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive vacation plans

Paid holidays

Bonus programs

Tuition reimbursement

Employee referral program

Excellent medical, dental and vision

Paid leave programs

Anniversary and recognition awards

Job summary

Data Direct Networks in Spain seeks a Senior HRIS Engineer to drive the Workday HCM deployment, configuring core modules and leading enhancements while collaborating with HR, Finance and tech teams.

The role emphasizes translating business needs into scalable HR tech solutions, maintaining security, data validations, and reporting, with strong emphasis on connectivity and automation across systems.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in HRIS, HCM, or Workday-focused engineering/analyst roles.
• Practical experience in Core HCM, Reporting, Absence and Time Tracking, Talent Management, Payroll, and Benefits.
• Experience supporting system enhancements, implementations, or post-go-live optimization in a growth environment.
• Data-driven mindset; able to use reporting and process insight to guide recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain system behavior and tradeoffs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key engineer and product lead for our Workday HCM deployment including configuration, testing, documentation, and ongoing enhancements in areas such as core HCM, time, absence, advanced comp, payroll, and benefits.
• Partner with HR stakeholders to translate business needs into practical system designs, process improvements, and supportable solutions.
• Configure and maintain HR business processes, security, calculated fields, reports, dashboards, and data validations as needed.
• Work closely with integration and automation team to improve connectivity between Workday and other internal/external applications for operations, analytics, workflow automation, and embedded AI.
• Help establish strong operational discipline through clear documentation, ticket handling, sprint participation, and visible delivery tracking.

Skills

HRIS/HCM

Workday

Data-driven

Communication

Tools

Jira

LMS platforms

HR integrations

Claude

Gemini

Job description

Data Direct Networks in Spain seeks a Senior HRIS Engineer to drive the Workday HCM deployment, configuring core modules and leading enhancements while collaborating with HR, Finance and tech teams.

The role emphasizes translating business needs into scalable HR tech solutions, maintaining security, data validations, and reporting, with strong emphasis on connectivity and automation across systems.