HR Data Quality & Governance Lead

1000 Bentley Systems, Incorporated; Exton (PA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bentley Impact Day

Recognition programs

Colleague wellbeing

Job summary

Bentley Systems seeks an experienced HR Data Governance & Quality Lead to own the accuracy, integrity, security, and lifecycle of employee master data across Workday and the HR ecosystem. This senior role partners with HR, Payroll, IT, Legal, and Compliance to drive data quality with governance and accountability structures.

You will define data ownership, establish KPIs, and drive data cleansing initiatives, supporting audits including SOX and GDPR. Hybrid in Exton, PA 2–3x per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Human Resources, Business, Data Management, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in HRIS, HR Operations, Master Data Management, Data Governance, or HR Technology.
• Deep knowledge of Workday HCM and global HR data structures.
• Experience designing data quality controls, validation frameworks, and governance processes.
• Knowledge of GDPR, SOX, privacy, records retention, and information security practices.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel and Power BI.

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.
• Support internal and external audits including SOX, ITGC, GDPR, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Workday HCM

Excel

Power BI

Data security

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/HR/Data Management

Tools

Workday HCM

Power BI

Excel

ITGC

Job description

Bentley Systems seeks an experienced HR Data Governance & Quality Lead to own the accuracy, integrity, security, and lifecycle of employee master data across Workday and the HR ecosystem. This senior role partners with HR, Payroll, IT, Legal, and Compliance to drive data quality with governance and accountability structures.

You will define data ownership, establish KPIs, and drive data cleansing initiatives, supporting audits including SOX and GDPR. Hybrid in Exton, PA 2–3x per week.