Workday Integrations Lead

upGrad Rekrut; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday Integrations Lead role at upGrad Rekrut in Gurgaon seeks an experienced leader to own end-to-end Workday integration design, delivery, and governance across HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT. The candidate will partner with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable integrations and establish standards. The role requires strong SME capabilities in Workday integration patterns and tools and leadership of a distributed team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in integration with 5+ years Workday integrations experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the Workday integration portfolio: intake, prioritization, roadmap, and delivery across HCM, Finance, Adaptive and Payroll.
• Lead the full integration lifecycle: discovery, requirements, solution design, build, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Serve as the primary SME for Workday integration patterns and tools (EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday Studio, RaaS, Workday Web Services).
• Define and enforce integration standards: naming conventions, error handling, logging, retry, encryption, documentation, and change control.
• Architect and implement inbound/outbound integrations (files, APIs, middleware) across HR/Finance/Payroll ecosystems.
• Design and manage schedules, orchestration, and monitoring; ensure SLAs, incident response, and root-cause analysis for production issues.
• Partner with Security to implement secure connectivity (SFTP/PGP, certificates/keys, OAuth/WS-Security as applicable), access controls, and audit-ready controls.
• Own integration testing strategy (unit/system/UAT), regression testing, cutover planning, and release management across tenants/environments.
• Drive data quality and reconciliation with upstream/downstream systems; define validation rules and exception management processes.
• Lead and mentor integration developers/analysts; manage work intake, prioritization, and delivery commitments.

Skills

Workday integrations

Integration leadership

Middleware/iPaaS

Troubleshooting

Data mapping validation

Communication

Tools

EIB

Core Connectors

Cloud Connect

Workday Studio

RaaS

Web Services

Job description

Workday Integrations Lead

Job Location: Gurgaon

We Are Hiring – Workday Integrations Lead (10 Years Experience) Exciting opportunity with a global logistics and freight forwarding leader seeking talented professionals to join their growing team. Be part of innovative projects in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

About the Company

Job Profile Summary

Workday Integrations Lead owns end-to-end design, delivery, and support of integrations across Workday platform. This role partners with HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable integrations, establish integration standards and governance, and lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Workday integration portfolio: intake, prioritization, roadmap, and delivery across HCM, Finance, Adaptive and Payroll.
• Lead the full integration lifecycle: discovery, requirements, solution design, build, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Serve as the primary SME for Workday integration patterns and tools (EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday Studio, RaaS, Workday Web Services).
• Define and enforce integration standards: naming conventions, error handling, logging, retry, encryption, documentation, and change control.
• Architect and implement inbound/outbound integrations (files, APIs, middleware) across HR/Finance/Payroll ecosystems.
• Design and manage schedules, orchestration, and monitoring; ensure SLAs, incident response, and root-cause analysis for production issues.
• Partner with Security to implement secure connectivity (SFTP/PGP, certificates/keys, OAuth/WS-Security as applicable), access controls, and audit-ready controls.
• Own integration testing strategy (unit/system/UAT), regression testing, cutover planning, and release management across tenants/environments.
• Drive data quality and reconciliation with upstream/downstream systems; define validation rules and exception management processes.
• Lead and mentor integration developers/analysts; manage work intake, prioritization, and delivery commitments.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in Integration experience with 5+ years hands-on Workday integrations experience (build + support).
• Proven delivery leadership for multiple complex integrations and at least one full Workday implementation or major expansion.
• Experience with middleware/iPaaS (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Tibco) tools.
• Strong troubleshooting skills: log analysis, data mapping validation, performance tuning, and resilient integration design.
• Experience in Prism analytics is beneficial
• Strong communication skills with ability to translate between business stakeholders and technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Payroll/Benefits/Tax integrations (e.g., ADP, banks, benefit carriers, time systems, identity providers)
• Experience in Workday security concepts relevant to integrations (ISU/ISC, domain security, business process security).
• Experience with Workday Financials/HCM/Payroll data structures
• Experience in global/multi-country organizations, multi-currency planning, and shared services operating models.
• Freight forwarding/logistics industry experience.