Global Workday Lead - HRIS & Analytics

Quaker Houghton; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Quaker Houghton is seeking a Global HRIS Workday Lead to drive the management, optimization, and advancement of our Workday platform across the organization. You will provide hands-on functional expertise, lead projects and workstreams, and align the Workday roadmap with company objectives.

You will collaborate with HR Operations, COEs, Finance, IT and Payroll to translate requirements into scalable Workday solutions, ensuring security, reliability and governance while delivering measurable HR

Qualifications

• 8+ years of HRIS experience, including 3+ years as a senior Workday functional lead or SME.
• Experience with Workday Core HCM and at least three modules (e.g., Reporting, Compensation, Security, Learning, Performance, Talent, Recruiting, Benefits).
• Experience with U.S. compliance reporting and HR metrics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the Workday roadmap and governance model based on HR and business priorities.
• Provide hands-on functional expertise across multiple Workday modules.
• Lead Workday projects from requirements to deployment and post-production support.
• Coordinate releases, data governance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Create and maintain Workday reports, dashboards and calculated fields.

Skills

HRIS management

Stakeholder management

Project management

Workday expertise

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/IS related field

Tools

Workday

Workday Studio

EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder)

API / Web Services

Job description

Quaker Houghton is seeking a Global HRIS Workday Lead to drive the management, optimization, and advancement of our Workday platform across the organization. You will provide hands-on functional expertise, lead projects and workstreams, and align the Workday roadmap with company objectives.

You will collaborate with HR Operations, COEs, Finance, IT and Payroll to translate requirements into scalable Workday solutions, ensuring security, reliability and governance while delivering measurable HR