Director, HRIS

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Medical insurance

Telemedicine and mental health support

Paid vacation and holidays

401K plan

Commuter benefits

Employee assistance plan

Job summary

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) seeks a Director of HRIS to steer governance and optimization of HR information systems, focusing on Workday. You will bridge HR, Finance and Technology to support workforce operations, reporting, compliance, and strategic decisions.

You will lead configuration, data governance, and analytics, driving continuous improvement of HR tech capabilities and scalable people processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute HRIS strategy for Workday HCM with governance and scalability.
• Lead HR technology roadmap, integrations, and upgrades.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll and IT to enable operational efficiency.
• Oversee Workday configuration across Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, Recruiting, Learning.
• Ensure Workday supports job architecture, workforce planning, and compensation cycles.
• Manage Workday releases, testing cycles and updates.
• Establish data governance, compliance, and audit controls for HR systems.
• Develop dashboards and analytics using Workday reporting tools for data-driven decisions.
• Oversee Workday integrations with payroll and benefits vendors; manage vendor relationships.
• Identify opportunities to streamline HR processes through tech and automation.
• Lead and grow a team of HRIS analysts and specialists with strong PM discipline.

Skills

HRIS governance

Workday

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Project management

HR process design

Analytics & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/IS/BA or related

Tools

Workday

Prism Analytics

Job description

About the Role

The Director of HRIS leads the governance and optimisation of the organisation's Human Resources Information Systems, with a primary focus on Workday. The role acts as the bridge between HR, Finance, and Technology, ensuring HR systems effectively support workforce operations, reporting, compliance, and strategic decision-making. The Director leads a team responsible for system configuration, integrations, data governance, and reporting, while driving continuous improvement of HR technology capabilities. The position is critical to enabling scalable people processes and ensuring Workday is fully leveraged as a strategic platform for workforce management and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the HRIS strategy aligned with business and HR priorities, ensuring optimal system design, governance, and scalability of Workday HCM.
• Lead HR technology roadmap planning, including enhancements, integrations, and upgrades.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT leaders to ensure systems support organisational goals and operational efficiency.
• Oversee the configuration and ongoing optimisation of Workday modules, including Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, Recruiting, and Learning.
• Ensure Workday functionality supports evolving HR processes such as job architecture, workforce planning, and compensation cycles.
• Manage Workday releases, testing cycles, and system updates.
• Establish and enforce HR data governance standards to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance, and ensure regulatory and audit requirements are met through proper system controls and documentation.
• Oversee the development of dashboards and workforce analytics using Workday reporting tools, partnering with HR, Tech, and Finance to enable data-driven decision-making.
• Manage and troubleshoot integrations between Workday and other enterprise systems such as payroll providers and benefits platforms, and oversee relationships with Workday consultants and HR technology vendors.
• Identify and lead opportunities to streamline HR processes through technology and automation, improving the employee and manager experience and reducing reliance on manual workflows and offline processes.
• Lead and develop a team of HRIS analysts and specialists, establishing strong project management discipline for system enhancements and implementations and providing guidance on Workday best practices and HR technology governance.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in HRIS, HR technology, or HR operations.
• 8+ years of hands-on Workday experience, including system configuration and optimisation.
• Experience managing HRIS teams and cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of HR processes including recruiting, compensation, performance management, and workforce planning.
• Experience managing HR data governance and reporting.
• Demonstrated competencies in strategic systems thinking, stakeholder management, data governance and analytics, HR process design and optimisation, project and change management, and team leadership and development.

Preferred Skills

• Workday certification(s) or extensive functional configuration experience.
• Experience supporting large or complex organisations.
• Experience managing HR technology transformations or Workday implementations.
• Familiarity with Workday integrations and reporting tools such as Prism Analytics.

Workplace

• Hybrid role based out of the Los Angeles office.

Benefits & Perks

• Eligible for a discretionary bonus.
• Company pays 80%-100% of the cost of medical, basic life and AD&D insurance, telemedicine, employee assistance and mental health counselling (in person, virtually, or by text), paid vacation and holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave and other paid leaves of absence, NICU leave, bereavement resources, adoption benefits, educational assistance, mental health resources
• And an employee assistance plan.
• Voluntary benefits employees may elect include dental and vision insurance, a 401K plan, flexible spending accounts (health care and dependent care), a health savings account, and voluntary life and AD&D insurance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Other statutory mandated benefits.

About the Company

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Los Angeles, CAA has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally.