Lead, People Solutions (Workday Technical Lead)

Sonypictures; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 142,400 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonypictures in Culver City is seeking a Lead, People Solutions (Workday Technical Lead) who will own the architecture and technical strategy for the Workday platform. This position requires over 10 years of experience in enterprise technology, particularly with Workday Security and Integrations.

The candidate will partner with various teams to ensure a scalable and compliant People Technology landscape, driving continuous improvements across the platform. The anticipated base salary for this role ranges from $142,400 to $178,000.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise technology experience, including 7+ years of hands-on Workday technical roles.
• Strong expertise in Workday Security, Integrations, and Architecture.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical health and scalability of the Workday platform.
• Establish operational support processes and monitoring standards.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical design sessions.

Skills

Workday Security

Workday Integrations

Workday Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Data Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, HRIS or related field

Tools

Workday Studio

MuleSoft

ServiceNow

Job description

Lead, People Solutions (Workday Technical Lead)

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Lead, People Solutions (Workday Technical Lead) to serve as the technical owner and architect of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Workday platform and People Technology ecosystem.

This role is responsible for defining and executing the technical strategy, architecture, governance, security model, integration framework, and operational support model across Workday and related HR technologies. The Lead will act as the organization’s primary subject matter expert and technical authority for Workday Security, Integrations, Data Architecture, and Platform Optimization.

The ideal candidate combines deep Workday technical expertise with strong leadership, stakeholder management, and enterprise architecture experience. This individual will partner closely with HR, Payroll, Talent, Finance, Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, and external service providers to ensure the People Technology landscape remains scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Ownership & Operational Excellence

• Own the overall technical health, stability, performance, and scalability of the Workday platform including governance of Workday security and integrations architecture.
• Establish and maintain operational support processes, SLAs, monitoring standards, and incident management procedures.
• Lead root cause analysis and remediation efforts for critical production issues and integration failures.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on platform reliability, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Manage technical debt and platform optimization opportunities across the People Technology landscape.
• Ensure compliance with internal audit, SOX, GDPR, data privacy, and enterprise security standards; conduct periodic security audits and risk assessments.
• Establish integration standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices.
• Provide technical oversight and governance for AMS teams, including developers, integration resources, and support personnel.

Enterprise People Technology Architecture

• Define and maintain the People Technology architecture roadmap aligned with organizational goals and digital transformation initiatives.
• Evaluate business requirements and recommend scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture teams to align People Technology strategies with broader enterprise technology standards.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical design sessions, and solution governance activities.
• Assess technical impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities across People technology platforms.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, technical standards, integration inventories, and data flow documentation.

Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise technology experience, including 7+ years of hands‑on Workday technical roles.
• Strong expertise in Workday Security.
• Strong expertise in Workday Integrations (Workday Studio, EIB, Connectors, PECI/PICOF, APIs).
• Strong expertise in Workday Architecture.
• Strong understanding of Workday business processes and data architecture.
• Experience supporting enterprise people ecosystems and third‑party vendor integrations.
• Knowledge of security governance, audit controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, HRIS, or related field.
• Workday certifications in Integration, Security, HCM, or related areas.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and HR digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience with other HR/People Technologies like learning platforms (Cornerstone, etc.), recruiting platforms (Phenom, Greenhouse, etc.), survey platforms (Qualtrics, Perceptyx, etc.), skills platforms, case management platforms (ServiceNow, etc.), time & attendance platforms (UKG, Infor).
• Familiarity with middleware platforms such as MuleSoft, Boomi, or Informatica.
• Experience integrating Workday with identity management, payroll, benefits, finance, and analytics platforms.
• Exposure to Agile delivery methodologies and DevOps, ITSM practices.
• Experience working in global or multi‑region HR environments.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $142,400 to $178,000. This role may also qualify for annual incentive and/or comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

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