HR Data Governance Lead — Quality & Compliance

Bentley Systems, Incorporated; Exton (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bentley Systems, Incorporated is seeking an HR Data Governance & Quality Lead to own the governance framework for employee master data across Workday and the HR ecosystem. This senior IC role requires partnering across HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, Legal, and Compliance to ensure data accuracy, compliance, and audit readiness.

You will establish data ownership, KPIs, controls, and remediation plans while driving data cleansing initiatives during changes and acquisitions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• 4+ years of experience in HRIS, HR Operations, Master Data Management, Data Governance, or HR Technology.
• Deep knowledge of Workday HCM.
• Strong understanding of employee lifecycle processes and global HR data structures.
• Experience designing data quality controls, validation frameworks, and governance processes.
• Knowledge of GDPR, SOX, ITGC, privacy, records retention, and information security practices.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel, Power BI, or equivalent reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the HR master data governance framework, standards, policies, and operating model.
• Ensure completeness, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of employee master data across all HR systems with regular validations.
• Define data ownership, stewardship, accountability, and RACI models across HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, and business functions.
• Establish data quality KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and remediation plans.
• Lead proactive data validation, reconciliation, exception management, and root-cause analysis.
• Develop preventive and detective controls to reduce data defects before downstream processing.
• Coordinate data cleansing initiatives before implementations, acquisitions, reorganizations, and integrations.
• Ensure compliance with global privacy regulations, confidentiality requirements, and least-privilege access principles.
• Own HR data retention, archival, and purge policies in partnership with Legal, Records Management, and Information Security.
• Partner with HR Operations, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Payroll, Benefits, IT, Identity Management, and Finance to resolve data issues.
• Establish governance forums and drive stakeholder accountability for timely completion of data corrections.
• Support internal and external audits including SOX, ITGC, GDPR, and regulatory requirements.
• Document data definitions, business rules, validation logic, and standard operating procedures.
• Recommend automation, AI, and workflow improvements that increase data quality and reduce manual effort.
• Provide training and best practices for HR users, managers, and data stewards.

Skills

Workday HCM knowledge

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Human Resources, Business, Data Management, or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Bentley Systems, Incorporated is seeking an HR Data Governance & Quality Lead to own the governance framework for employee master data across Workday and the HR ecosystem. This senior IC role requires partnering across HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, Legal, and Compliance to ensure data accuracy, compliance, and audit readiness.

You will establish data ownership, KPIs, controls, and remediation plans while driving data cleansing initiatives during changes and acquisitions.