Senior Workday Platform Lead

MissionSquare; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total rewards

Hybrid work schedules

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development opportunities

Wellness programs

Volunteerism initiatives

Equal Employment Opportunity

Job summary

MissionSquare is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Workday Platform to govern, configure, and enhance the Workday system across HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, and Adaptive Planning. You will collaborate with HR, Finance, and Tech leadership to ensure aligned, scalable solutions and oversee release management and change control.

The role requires 7–10 years of enterprise SaaS/Wokday experience, strong governance skills, and the ability to coordinate across multiple functions and

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of progressive experience supporting, administering, configuring, and governing enterprise SaaS applications, including substantial Workday experience across multiple functional areas.
• Experience with SaaS governance, release management, change control, enhancement intake, and cross-functional impact assessment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Workday module experts, integration developers, project managers, security engineers, business stakeholders, external service providers, and senior management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical owner for Workday HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, and Adaptive Planning, ensuring consistent configuration and platform stability.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and Technology leaders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Lead the Workday change control process, including assessment of impacts, dependencies, security and integration implications, testing, deployment, and validation.
• Develop and maintain the Workday platform roadmap and configuration standards aligned with business objectives.
• Lead planning and execution of Workday biannual releases and other upgrades, including impact assessments and training.

Skills

Workday

HCM

Payroll

Financials

Procurement

Governance

Change control

Security

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday integrations

Job description

MissionSquare is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Workday Platform to govern, configure, and enhance the Workday system across HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, and Adaptive Planning. You will collaborate with HR, Finance, and Tech leadership to ensure aligned, scalable solutions and oversee release management and change control.

The role requires 7–10 years of enterprise SaaS/Wokday experience, strong governance skills, and the ability to coordinate across multiple functions and