Principal HR Technology Consultant

PTC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

401(k) Employer Match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Disability Coverage

Commuter Subsidy

Job summary

PTC is seeking a Principal HR Technology Consultant to serve as a strategic partner, blending Workday expertise with business consulting to support scalable, compliant HR processes. This role sits at the intersection of technology, process design, and stakeholder partnership.

You will evaluate requests through technical and organizational lenses, drive roadmaps, and lead testing and deployments with global teams, ensuring governance, security, and data integrity while enabling sustainable

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience supporting Workday in multiple modules.
• Workday Talent Acquisition and Talent modules are a bonus but not required.
• Experience configuring and optimizing Workday functionality.
• Strong understanding of HR business processes.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions.
• Experience conducting testing, validation, and user acceptance activities.
• Demonstrated success influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and balance competing priorities.
• Experience working across global, matrixed organizations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary HR Technology partner for assigned business functions, focusing on Talent Acquisition and evolving priorities.
• Translate business challenges into scalable technology and process solutions.
• Configure and optimize Workday across HR domains; troubleshoot issues.
• Lead testing strategies, plan execution, and user acceptance testing.
• Collaborate with HR, Talent Acquisition, COEs, IT, and global stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions.

Skills

Consulting

Workday expertise

HR processes

Stakeholder influence

Testing & UAT

Global collaboration

Ambiguity management

Communication

Matrix organization experience

Tools

Workday

Job description

Our world is transforming, and PTC is leading the way. Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business.

Our people make all the difference in our success. Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow – all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible.

Principal HR Technology Consultant

Location:

Boston Office, Hybrid Work Schedule

Overview

PTC is seeking a Principal HR Technology Consultant to serve as a strategic partner to our various business functions and departments. This role sits at the intersection of technology, process design, and stakeholder consulting, helping ensure our Workday ecosystem supports scalable, efficient, and compliant People processes.

This is not a traditional HRIS administration role. We're looking for someone who can blend strong Workday functional expertise with business consulting and stakeholder partnership. The ideal candidate understands how to evaluate requests through both a technical and organizational lens, balancing system capabilities, user experience, process impact, and long-term sustainability.

What You'll Do

Strategic Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary HR Technology partner for assigned business functions, with an initial focus on Talent Acquisition and the flexibility to support evolving business priorities across the organization.
• Act as the primary HR Technology partner for assigned business functions, helping stakeholders identify priorities and define technology roadmaps.
• Lead recurring monthly and quarterly stakeholder meetings to review business priorities, discuss enhancement requests, and align on future needs.
• Translate business challenges into scalable technology and process solutions.

Workday & Process Optimization

• Evaluate project and enhancement requests to determine whether system changes, process changes, reporting solutions, or alternative approaches best address business needs.
• Partner with Centers of Excellence (COEs) to document future-state processes and ensure alignment between business requirements and technology capabilities.
• Configure and optimize Workday functionality across Talent Acquisition and other HR domains as needed.
• Troubleshoot system issues and drive solutions through root-cause analysis.
• Provide guidance on Workday best practices, system capabilities, and the long-term implications of configuration decisions.

Delivery

• Support the evaluation, planning, testing, and implementation of Workday enhancements, leading test strategy, execution, validation, and user acceptance testing to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
• Partner with HR, Talent Acquisition, COEs, IT, and global stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions, facilitate alignment, and support integrations, enhancements, and technical issue resolution.
• Maintain compliance with governance, security, and audit requirements while promoting best practices, data integrity, and scalable, sustainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards.

What We're Looking For

• Strong consulting, facilitation, and communication skills.
• 5+ years experience supporting Workday in multiple modules, Talent Acquisition and Talent modules a bonus but not required
• Experience configuring and optimizing Workday functionality.
• Strong understanding of HR business processes
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions.
• Experience conducting testing, validation, and user acceptance activities.
• Demonstrated success influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and balance competing priorities.
• Experience working across global, matrixed organizations.

Success in This Role

The Person Who Thrives In This Role

• Thinks like a consultant, not an administrator.
• Can independently take ownership of ambiguous challenges and drive them to resolution.
• Understands both the technical and human side of system changes.
• Can explain complex Workday concepts in simple business language.
• Builds credibility with stakeholders.
• Brings recommendations, not just answers.
• Considers process, adoption, compliance, and user experience before making system changes.
• Is comfortable taking on a problem, leveraging available resources, and driving a solution with minimal direction.

PTC carefully considers a wide variety of factors when determining compensation. The anticipated annual salary range for this position is between $115,000-$168,000. The salary range reflects a good-faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on a candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Additionally, candidates may be eligible for a performance-based bonus. Employees also have the opportunity to become a PTC shareholder through our employee share purchase program (ESPP), which allows for the purchase of discounted PTC stock. Certain roles may also be eligible for participation in our equity programs. Employees may be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and sick leave, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) contributions and employer match, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage and, if you are an office-assigned employee, a generous commuter subsidy. All total rewards and benefits programs are subject to applicable plan eligibility and other terms and conditions.

For more information about PTC’s comprehensive benefits, please visit our Careers Page.

PTC recruits on a rolling basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled.

This position is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future sponsorship from PTC.

At PTC, we believe in the power of diverse ideas and perspectives. As a global company that values and respects all identities, cultures, and perspectives, we strive to create an inclusive PTC for ALL through an environment where everyone feels like they belong and are empowered to bring their true, authentic selves to work. Proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and hire without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, ethnicity, ancestry, marital status, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

For more information about PTC’s comprehensive benefits and our AI usage, please visit our Careers Page (https://www.ptc.com/en/careers/united-states-careers).

Life at PTC is about more working with today’s most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world. It’s about showing up as you are and working alongside some of today’s most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you.

If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation, you’ll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us?

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