HR Data Integrity & Governance Lead

Bentley Systems; Exton (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Team & Culture

Salary & Benefits

Inclusion & Wellbeing

Global Impact

Job summary

Bentley Systems is seeking an HR Data Governance & Quality Lead to own the master data governance framework and ensure the integrity of employee data across Workday and related HR systems. This senior IC role requires coordinating with HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, and Legal to drive data quality and compliance.

The position emphasizes building governance structures, KPIs, and controls, while maintaining privacy and audit readiness. Hybrid work model in Exton, PA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• 4+ years in HRIS, HR Operations, Master Data Management, Data Governance, or HR Technology.
• Deep knowledge of Workday HCM and HR data structures.
• Experience designing data quality controls and governance processes.
• Knowledge of GDPR, SOX, ITGC, privacy, records retention, and information security.

Responsibilities

• Own the HR master data governance framework, standards, policies, and operating model.
• Ensure completeness, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of employee master data across 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

Data Governance

Data Quality Controls

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder Management

Privacy & Compliance

ITGC

Education

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

Tools

Workday HCM

Job description

Bentley Systems is seeking an HR Data Governance & Quality Lead to own the master data governance framework and ensure the integrity of employee data across Workday and related HR systems. This senior IC role requires coordinating with HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, and Legal to drive data quality and compliance.

The position emphasizes building governance structures, KPIs, and controls, while maintaining privacy and audit readiness. Hybrid work model in Exton, PA.