Director, HR Platforms & Workday Expert

Year Up United; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) match

Job summary

Year Up United seeks a Director, People Platforms to lead HR systems strategy and operations in partnership with Technology. You will own Workday and ADP Workforce Now, oversee integrations, data governance, security, and the system roadmap.

This hybrid, hands-on role requires collaboration with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT and external vendors, plus the ability to translate business needs into scalable, org-wide solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HRIS with deep, hands-on Workday expertise in a complex organization.
• Demonstrated proficiency with ADP Workforce Now, particularly payroll-related integrations and data management.
• Advanced experience designing and supporting integrations, file feeds, and data exchanges across HR platforms.
• Proven ability to independently administer HR systems without dedicated IT support.
• Strong experience managing Workday security groups, roles, and access controls.
• Expertise in end-to-end business process design and documentation.
• Willingness to embrace, understand and upskill Artificial Intelligence.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Experience enhancing and optimizing Workday within an internal HR or People function is strongly preferred, including partnering with HR teams and end users to drive platform adoption, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Passion for working with young adults and commitment to the mission and values of Year Up United
• Understanding of the Opportunity Divide and its drivers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary People Operations partner to Technology (TnT) for Workday and ADP Workforce Now, ensuring system stability, data integrity, and alignment with organizational needs.
• Partner with TnT To align HR systems architecture, integrations and technical standards with enterprise technology strategy.
• Develop and maintain the HRIS roadmap in collaboration with TnT, balancing immediate operational needs with long-term scalability and process improvement.
• Translate People, Payroll, Finance and Compliance requirements into system design and configuration in partnership with TnT.
• Configure, maintain, and enhance Workday business processes, including end-to-end org-wide process flows.
• Build and maintain calculated fields, condition rules, validation logic, and reporting frameworks.
• Define security groups and Partner with TnT for ongoing security administration.
• Lead Workday testing cycles, releases, and production deployments.
• Design and define workforce integrations for HRIS systems.
• Partners with vendors to design, test, and deploy new integrations as organizational needs evolve.
• Ensure data accuracy, timeliness, and reconciliation across systems.
• Collaborate with TnT on integration design, architecture decisions, and troubleshooting to ensure secure and reliable data exchange across systems.
• Serve as key Workday partner to ADP WFN, supporting data flow, payroll readiness, audits, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with Payroll and Finance teams on system controls, reporting, and reconciliations.
• Serve as the primary People Operations Team lead in managing relationships with HRIS-related vendors, in coordination with TnT and Procurement.
• Lead vendor governance activities such as service reviews, testing coordination, and roadmap alignment.
• Partner with Procurement and Finance, as applicable, to support contract renewals, service quality, and cost optimization.
• Provide functional leadership and day-to-day work direction to the People Operations Analyst in support of HRIS administration, testing, data quality, and reporting.
• Prioritize, assign, review and provide technical guidance on HRIS related work to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to system standards.
• Act as the escalation point and technical authority for HR systems questions within People Operations.
• Build HRIS capacity within the People Operations team through documentation, training, and knowledge transfer.
• Establish HR data governance standards, documentation, and operating procedures.
• Build and maintain dashboards, standard reports, and ad-hoc analytics to support decision making.
• Support audits, compliance requirements, and risk mitigation related to people systems and data access.

Skills

Workday

ADP Workforce Now

HR systems administration

Security administration

Data governance

Integrations design

Vendor management

Job description

Year Up United seeks a Director, People Platforms to lead HR systems strategy and operations in partnership with Technology. You will own Workday and ADP Workforce Now, oversee integrations, data governance, security, and the system roadmap.

This hybrid, hands-on role requires collaboration with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT and external vendors, plus the ability to translate business needs into scalable, org-wide solutions.