Sr. Workday Analyst, HR Systems

interdigital; Conshohocken (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

InterDigital is seeking a Senior Workday Analyst to lead configuration and optimization of Core HCM, Absence, and Time Tracking within the Workday platform. You will own functional areas, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive scalable HR technology initiatives.

The role requires strong technical and business process know-how with cross‑functional collaboration across HR Operations, Payroll, and IS. You will support data corrections, EIBs, and security across the Workday ecosystem, partnering

Qualifications

• Strong Workday configuration experience including Core HCM, Absence, and Time Tracking.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex Workday issues and drive resolutions.
• Experience in data corrections, EIBs, and system administration activities.

Responsibilities

• Own Workday functional areas for Core HCM, Absence, and Time Tracking, from design through deployment.
• Configure and optimize Workday workflows, rules, and security governance.
• Provide production support and partner with Payroll, Benefits, and Recruiting teams.
• Collaborate with HR and IS to translate requirements into scalable Workday solutions.

Skills

Workday

HCM

Absence

Time Tracking

Reporting

Security

Data Administration

Payroll

Tools

Workday Integrations

Job description

About InterDigital

InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence ("AI"), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud-based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today's most advanced Wi‑Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies.

Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq. InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc. For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com .

Position Summary

The Senior Workday Analyst will serve as a senior functional and technical resource within the HR Systems & Operations team, supporting the continued optimization, administration, and strategic development of the Workday platform. This is a hands‑on configuration role with primary functional ownership for Core HCM, Absence, and Time Tracking, along with strong supporting capability in Reporting and Security and cross‑functional support across the broader Workday ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will bring strong Workday configuration experience, a deep understanding of business processes and foundational HCM architecture, and the ability to independently assess complex requirements, recommend scalable solutions, troubleshoot production issues, and own configuration from design through testing and deployment. This role will strengthen internal Workday capability and provide additional depth and capacity to support strategic HR technology initiatives, system enhancements, and ongoing production operations.

Key Responsibilities

Functional Ownership & Configuration

• Serve as the primary HR Systems owner for assigned Workday functional areas, including Core HCM, Absence, and Time Tracking.
• Act as a subject matter expert for assigned functional areas, independently assessing requirements, recommending solution approaches, and owning configuration through testing and deployment.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday functionality, including business processes, eligibility and condition rules, validations, notifications, calculations, and related configuration.
• Support worker lifecycle processes, including hires, job changes, transfers, terminations, organizational changes, and other employee transactions.
• Configure and support absence plans, time‑off plans, accruals, eligibility, leave‑related configuration, and absence business processes.
• Configure and support time entry, time calculations, eligibility, time‑related business processes, and related downstream payroll impacts.
• Evaluate current‑state processes and recommend system and process improvements that improve scalability, controls, data quality, and the employee and manager experience.
• Provide guidance on Workday best practices and appropriately challenge requests when an alternative configuration, process, or governance approach would provide a more effective or scalable solution.

Production Support, Optimization & Data Administration

• Independently troubleshoot complex Workday issues, identify root causes, and drive issues through resolution in partnership with appropriate stakeholders.
• Assess upstream and downstream impacts when designing configuration changes, with particular attention to dependencies across HCM, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent, Performance, Reporting, Security, and integrations.
• Perform and support data corrections, EIBs, mass data changes, and other system administration activities in accordance with established controls.
• Partner with other HR Systems team members on cross‑functional projects, enhancements, configuration, and production support.
• Provide functional and technical support for Recruiting, Talent, Performance, Compensation, Benefits, and other Workday areas as needed.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as the primary day‑to‑day HR Systems partner to Payroll for Workday‑related configuration, troubleshooting, testing, and issue resolution.
• Partner with HR Centers of Excellence, HR Operations, Payroll, business stakeholders, IS, and external vendors to gather requirements and translate business needs into scalable system solutions.
• Maintain working knowledge of Workday integrations and data flows, with the ability to troubleshoot functional issues