Senior Manager, Global HR Technology – Compensation

sbdinc; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Wellness program

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Product and partner discounts

Job summary

sbdinc is seeking a Senior Workday expert to lead the global compensation technology portfolio. This remote role coordinates HR, payroll, IT, and regional partners to deliver scalable compensation processes and reliable system changes across 60+ countries.

You will translate enterprise objectives into sequenced roadmaps, guide core Workday modules, and partner with compensation leaders to support global merit and bonus cycles with scalable capabilities.

Qualifications

• Deep Workday expertise across Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and job architecture.

Responsibilities

• Set priorities, allocate resources, develop team capabilities, and oversee solution quality and delivery outcomes.
• Turn business needs into a functional technology vision and own both near-term and long-term roadmaps for compensation-related systems.
• Guide Workday Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and job architecture decisions, balancing global consistency with appropriate local variation.
• Partner with compensation leaders to support global merit, bonus, and other planning cycles through scalable system capabilities and readiness planning.
• Manage intake, prioritization, delivery governance, dependencies, capacity, and communication of commitments and risks to senior stakeholders.
• Oversee requirements, design, configuration, testing, implementation, stabilization, documentation, approvals, and change control; identify opportunities to improve processes through standardization and automation.

Skills

Workday Core HCM

Workday Compensation

Workday Advanced Compensation

Workday job architecture

Job description

Role overview

Lead the global Workday technology portfolio for compensation, supporting a workforce across more than 60 countries. This remote role combines strategic planning and team leadership with hands‐on functional direction, coordinating HR, payroll, IT, and regional partners to deliver scalable compensation processes and reliable system changes.

Responsibilities

• Set priorities, allocate resources, develop team capabilities, and oversee solution quality and delivery outcomes.


• Turn business needs into a functional technology vision and own both near-term and long-term roadmaps for compensation-related systems.


• Guide Workday Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and job architecture decisions, balancing global consistency with appropriate local variation.


• Partner with compensation leaders to support global merit, bonus, and other planning cycles through scalable system capabilities and readiness planning.


• Manage intake, prioritization, delivery governance, dependencies, capacity, and communication of commitments and risks to senior stakeholders.


• Oversee requirements, design, configuration, testing, implementation, stabilization, documentation, approvals, and change control; identify opportunities to improve processes through standardization and automation.

Requirements

• Deep Workday expertise across Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and job architecture.


• Strong people leadership and experience directing a technology portfolio or team.


• Ability to translate enterprise objectives into a sequenced roadmap and manage competing priorities and resource constraints.


• Experience leading complex initiatives with HR, payroll, IT, process owners, and regional teams.


• Ability to guide testing, implementation, and operational readiness, and to communicate portfolio performance and business outcomes to senior leaders.


• Sound judgment in designing maintainable solutions that protect data integrity while supporting global processes and local needs.

Benefits and work setup

The listing identifies the position as remote and describes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness, disability, and retirement benefits, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, an employee stock purchase plan, and product and partner discounts.