IT Director - Workday ERP

BHS; Jeffersontown (KY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Louisville, KY is seeking an IT Director for Workday ERP to lead strategy, delivery, and operations of the Workday platform across Finance, HR, and Supply Chain. You will manage governance, security, reporting, and integrations, ensuring a scalable and compliant system across a large multi-location health system.

The role requires 7+ years of progressive IT experience with Workday ERP, including leadership for a 25,000+ employee health system, and strong vendor management and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 7+ years of IT experience leading Workday ERP delivery and operations, including people management in a large health system.
• Experience with IT service management and change control.
• Strong vendor and stakeholder management with executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workday ERP platform delivery and ongoing operations across Finance, HR, and Supply Chain.
• Establish governance, standards, and service management practices for Workday ecosystem.
• Drive end-user adoption and optimization of the Workday platform to deliver measurable business value.

Skills

Workday ERP leadership

IT strategy

Stakeholder management

Cross-location management

Security and compliance

Vendor management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Summary

Job Description

_ Baptist Health is looking for an IT Director - Workday ERP to join our team in Louisville, KY! _

The IT Director, Workday ERP will be responsible for leading Baptist forward with our Workday ERP Cloud transformation. The incumbent will be responsible for the strategy, delivery, and ongoing operations of the organization’s Workday enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. This role provides leadership for a large multi-location health system across application management, integration, security, reporting, release management and vendor partnerships to ensure Workday is stable, secure, compliant, and continuously improved to meet business needs across Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and other enabled functions. This position will provide oversight and long-term roadmap development for the organizations staffing/time & attendance application as well as the EDI and e-invoicing applications.

Leads Workday ERP product and technical teams to deliver a reliable, scalable platform that supports enterprise operations and transformation. Establishes and enforces governance, standards, and service management practices; partners with business owners to prioritize demand; and ensures effective integration with upstream/downstream systems. Accountable for platform performance, data integrity, access controls, and the successful delivery of enhancements and projects across the Workday ecosystem.

This role is also accountable for driving end‑user adoption and optimization of the Workday platform, ensuring teams are enabled to maximize system capabilities to solve business problems, improve processes, and deliver measurable operational value.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

• 7+ years of proven progressive IT experience leading, supporting/managing Workday ERP applications, including 3+ years in a leadership/people management capacity for a large multi-location healthcare system (25,000+ employees).

• Demonstrated experience leading large scale Workday ERP platform delivery and operations, including cross-functional governance and stakeholder management.

• Hands‑on understanding of Workday concepts such as business processes, security roles, reporting, data conversions, and integrations.

• Experience with IT service management practices (incident/problem/change), including working within a ticketing and change control framework.

• Strong vendor management skills, including managing statements of work, SLAs, and performance outcomes.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences and executives.

Work Experience

Relevant Work Experience

Education

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.