Global Compensation Tech Lead — Remote Workday Expert

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

dental

life

vision

disability

401(k)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

paid time off

tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. in the United States seeks a Senior Manager, Global Compensation Technology to lead the compensation technology strategy within Workday for 43,000+ employees across 60+ countries.

You’ll drive roadmap, governance, and cross-functional partnerships with HR, Payroll, IT and regional teams to ensure scalable, data-driven solutions and an excellent employee experience. The role requires deep Workday expertise, a strong leadership track, and 10+ years in HR tech, with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in HR technology or HRIS.
• Deep Workday expertise in HCM, Compensation, and Advanced Compensation.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; Workday Pro credentials preferred.
• Strong leadership and ability to drive global initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction, partnership and operational leadership across the Compensation landscape.
• Establish priorities, allocate resources, develop team capabilities, and hold team members accountable for solution quality, stakeholder partnership, and delivery outcomes.
• Assess business needs and processes across the Workday ecosystem to define the functional technology vision.
• Partner with functional leads, process owners, and COE leaders to translate enterprise objectives into a cohesive strategy and prioritized portfolio.
• Own the near- and long-term technology roadmap across supported functional areas.
• Evaluate emerging Workday capabilities, industry practices, business value, dependencies, and organizational capacity to recommend technology enhancements and sequence of delivery.
• Provide senior functional leadership for complex Workday solutions, with deep expertise in Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and Job Architecture.
• Guide architecture and configuration decisions to ensure solutions meet business requirements, support global consistency, allow for appropriate local variation, and remain maintainable over the long term.
• Support technology delivery for global merit, bonus, and other compensation planning processes.
• Partner with Compensation leadership to translate program strategy into scalable system capabilities and ensure readiness for critical compensation cycles.
• Own request intake, prioritization, and delivery governance across strategic initiatives, enhancements, and operational needs.
• Resolve competing priorities, assess resource constraints, and communicate delivery commitments, risks, and decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Identify and direct opportunities to streamline global Compensation processes through Workday functionality, automation, and standardization.
• Improve data integrity, reduce manual effort, and strengthen the effectiveness of ongoing operations.
• Lead complex initiatives across HR, Payroll, IT and regional teams.
• Build alignment on requirements, dependencies, decision ownership, and implementation approaches, ensuring solutions account for impacts across connected systems and processes.
• Support the business in the creation and execution of Test Scenarios and Expected Outcomes.
• Evaluate the adoption and effectiveness of existing functionality to identify opportunities to maximize platform value.
• Assess new Workday capabilities and product direction to inform roadmap priorities and future business improvements.
• Oversee requirements definition, design, configuration, testing, implementation, and stabilization for portfolio initiatives.
• Ensure standards are adhered to for documentation, approvals, and change control for the team’s functional areas.
• Provide senior leadership with clear visibility into portfolio performance, business outcomes, capacity, and risk.
• Partner on communications, documentation, and training needed to support successful adoption of delivered solutions.

Skills

Workday expertise

People leadership

HR technology strategy

Portfolio governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Workday

Job description

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. in the United States seeks a Senior Manager, Global Compensation Technology to lead the compensation technology strategy within Workday for 43,000+ employees across 60+ countries.

You’ll drive roadmap, governance, and cross-functional partnerships with HR, Payroll, IT and regional teams to ensure scalable, data-driven solutions and an excellent employee experience. The role requires deep Workday expertise, a strong leadership track, and 10+ years in HR tech, with