Lead Workday Analyst, Talent & Compensation

Cor Partners, Inc.; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cor Partners, Inc. is seeking a Lead Workday Analyst for Talent & Compensation to optimize and govern our People Technology platform.

You will act as the primary partner for Talent and Compensation, shaping solutions, guiding priorities, and delivering scalable Workday capabilities while remaining hands-on. This lead individual contributor role emphasizes trusted relationships, discovery, and governance, with influence over design decisions and cross-functional collaboration across People &

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Workday in HRIS or Workday Systems roles.
• Experience with Workday Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and annual planning.
• Strong stakeholder management and solution design skills; Workday certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions and stakeholder discussions to capture requirements.
• Translate business needs into scalable Workday solutions and lead design discussions.
• Guide governance and prioritization for compensation and talent capabilities.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Consulting

Solution design

Discovery facilitation

Tools

Workday

Job description

Job Description Lead Workday Analyst, Talent & Compensation

We're seeking a Lead Workday Analyst, Talent & Compensation to help optimize the technology that supports team member growth, development, performance, and rewards across Cor Partners. This role is ideal for an experienced Workday professional ready to grow beyond execution and take a larger role in shaping solutions, influencing decisions, and improving how People Technology delivers value, while remaining hands-on in the platform. You'll serve as the primary People Technology partner for Talent and Compensation, helping guide priorities, design scalable solutions, and evolve our Workday capabilities. This is a lead individual contributor role. Success comes through expertise, influence, and execution, not direct people management.

You'll Be Successful in This Role If You Build trusted relationships and act as a strategic partner to Talent, Compensation, and People & Culture stakeholders. Ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions, and identify the underlying business need before proposing solutions. Consider cross-functional impacts and balance business needs, user experience, governance, and scalability. Lead initiatives from discovery through implementation and continuous improvement. Influence decisions and guide stakeholders toward practical, sustainable outcomes. Share knowledge and help elevate team capabilities and practices. Look beyond individual projects and contribute to process, governance, and operating model improvements.

What We're Looking For

Experience supporting Workday in an HRIS, People Technology, or Workday Systems role; customer-side experience in a lean team environment preferred. Experience supporting Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation, including annual compensation planning processes. Experience supporting Workday Performance, Talent, Learning, Succession, or related talent management capabilities. Demonstrated ability to lead discovery sessions, facilitate stakeholder discussions, and translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions. Experience influencing solution design, prioritization, or governance decisions. Experience configuring and supporting complex Workday business processes, enhancements, and releases. Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and solution design skills. Workday certification(s) preferred.

Why Cor Partners?

At Cor Partners, we value strong partnerships, thoughtful problem-solving, accountability, and continuous improvement. We're looking for someone who enjoys tackling complex challenges, building trusted relationships, and making a meaningful impact.

Meet Cor Partners

Cor Partners is the parent company of a group of exceptional businesses that serve the insurance, risk management and legal communities. Our family of companies shares a commitment to passionately supporting our customers, while fostering a caring, inspirational culture for team members. Inspired by the Latin word for "heart," our name, Cor, emphasizes the compassion found in each of the businesses under our span of care. While our companies operate independently, all are united in the pursuit of these ideals.