Lead Workday Compensation Engineer

Allstate Insurance; Illinois; On-site; USD 100,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate Insurance seeks a Lead Engineer to drive Workday Core and Advanced Compensation delivery, coaching a Product Engineer team and shaping compensation programs. You will configure, test, and optimize compensation features, align with policies, and support annual cycles with strong collaboration across Product and Engineering teams.

The role emphasizes performance, security and enterprise standards, with focus on delivering a high-quality employee and manager experience within a large

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday experience with Core/Advanced Compensation, EIB, reporting, and calculated fields.
• Experience leading or mentoring technical teams.
• Knowledge of compensation administration, salary planning, and Total Rewards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, configuration, implementation, and ongoing optimization of Workday Core Compensation and Advanced Compensation, and related technology applications.
• Partner with Digital Product Manager(s) and related Digital Product Teams to prioritize and deliver solutions that align with compensation programs, policies, and business objectives.
• Provide technical input into product strategy, estimation, solution design, and delivery planning.
• Ensure solutions are aligned with Workday best practices, security requirements, and enterprise standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes, improve user experience, and increase operational efficiency.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Engineers responsible for Workday Compensation while fostering engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex configuration challenges and platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with platform consultants, engineers, and cross-functional teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Track and improve key operational, quality, and delivery metrics and overall product health.
• Oversee testing activities, including functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.

Skills

Workday Compensation

Workday EIB

Workday Integration

Workday Software

Job description

Allstate Insurance seeks a Lead Engineer to drive Workday Core and Advanced Compensation delivery, coaching a Product Engineer team and shaping compensation programs. You will configure, test, and optimize compensation features, align with policies, and support annual cycles with strong collaboration across Product and Engineering teams.

The role emphasizes performance, security and enterprise standards, with focus on delivering a high-quality employee and manager experience within a large