Manager, Workday Systems

VXI Global Solutions; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

VXI Global Solutions is seeking an experienced Workday Manager to lead the administration, optimization, and ongoing development of our Workday platform. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and business leaders to drive system enhancements, reporting, security, and release activities.

The ideal candidate combines strong Workday functional expertise with effective team leadership and process-improvement skills to deliver scalable solutions and drive business impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in HR, IS, business administration, or related field.
• 8+ years HRIS/enterprise systems experience with 3–5 years Workday.
• Experience leading Workday projects, enhancements, releases, or implementations.
• Strong knowledge of Workday processes, security, reporting, and integrations.
• Experience managing employees, contractors, or external partners.
• Analytical, troubleshooting, project-management, and documentation skills.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business language.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration, configuration, maintenance, and optimization of the Workday platform.
• Manage Workday modules, such as HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent, Absence, Time Tracking, Learning, and Advanced Compensation.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Workday solutions and process improvements.
• Lead Workday implementations, enhancements, integrations, testing, and deployment activities.
• Manage and mentor Workday analysts, administrators, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Maintain business processes, calculated fields, reports, dashboards, integrations, and security configurations.
• Ensure data accuracy, system reliability, privacy, security, and compliance with policies and regulations.
• Coordinate Workday’s biannual release review, impact assessment, regression testing, and feature adoption.
• Develop governance standards for configuration changes, documentation, testing, and migrations.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, Internal Audit, and stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Oversee system integrations with payroll providers, benefits vendors, identity-management systems, and financial platforms.
• Monitor support requests, system performance, SLAs, and recurring issues.
• Produce management reports and analytics to support workforce planning and decisions.
• Maintain system documentation, operating procedures, training materials, and audit evidence.
• Manage vendor relationships, project timelines, budgets, and resources when applicable.

Skills

Workday

HRIS

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Analytical thinking

Project management

Documentation

Communication

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/IS/Business Administration or related field

Tools

Workday

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

VXI Global Solutions is seeking an experienced Workday Manager to lead the administration, optimization, and ongoing development of our Workday platform. This role will manage Workday operations, system enhancements, integrations, reporting, security, and release activities while partnering with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and business leaders.

The ideal candidate combines strong Workday functional expertise with effective team leadership, stakeholder management, and process-improvement skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the administration, configuration, maintenance, and optimization of the Workday platform.
• Manage Workday modules, such as HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent, Absence, Time Tracking, Learning, and Advanced Compensation.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Workday solutions and process improvements.
• Lead Workday implementations, enhancements, integrations, testing, and deployment activities.
• Manage and mentor Workday analysts, administrators, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Maintain business processes, calculated fields, reports, dashboards, integrations, and security configurations.
• Ensure data accuracy, system reliability, privacy, security, and compliance with organizational policies and applicable regulations.
• Coordinate Workday’s biannual release review, impact assessment, regression testing, and feature adoption.
• Develop governance standards for configuration changes, documentation, testing, and production migrations.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, Internal Audit, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and improve the employee experience.
• Oversee system integrations with payroll providers, benefits vendors, identity-management systems, financial platforms, and other applications.
• Monitor support requests, system performance, service-level expectations, and recurring issues.
• Produce management reports and analytics that support workforce planning and business decisions.
• Maintain system documentation, operating procedures, training materials, and audit evidence.
• Manage vendor relationships, project timelines, budgets, and resource requirements when applicable.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of HRIS or enterprise systems experience, including at least [3-5] years of hands-on Workday experience.
• Experience leading Workday projects, enhancements, releases, or implementations.
• Strong knowledge of Workday business processes, security, reporting, calculated fields, and integrations.
• Experience managing employees, contractors, or external implementation partners.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, project-management, and documentation skills.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into clear business language.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  

Key Competencies

• People and team leadership
• Workday functional expertise
• Workday Integrations Development Coordination experience
• Strategic and systems thinking
• Business process optimization
• Project and change management
• Data privacy and security awareness
• Stakeholder partnership