Staff Workday Engineer
JDA Software
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Job summary
Blue Yonder is seeking a Staff Workday Engineer to drive the strategy, design, and delivery of Workday and related HR technology initiatives. This individual contributor role partners with HR and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable Workday solutions and supports security, reporting, and planning workstreams.
The candidate will collaborate with offshore delivery teams in an Agile environment, manage complex Workday configurations, and guide solution design from
Qualifications
- 6+ years of Workday experience with design and production support.
- Strong Workday HCM knowledge and related modules.
- Experience with Workday reporting and analytics.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Responsibilities
- Translate HR and Talent strategies into scalable Workday solutions.
- Lead Workday initiatives across Talent, Performance, and Security.
- Serve as senior Workday SME to HR, IT, and business stakeholders.
- Drive design through configuration, testing, deployment, and post‑production support.
- Assess requirements and recommend scalable technology solutions.
- Design and optimize Workday processes, security, and data models.
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Job description
Location: US - Remote; Dallas preferred. Up to 15% travel.
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We are seeking an experienced Staff Workday Engineer to join our HR Technology team as an individual contributor. Reporting to the Director of HR Technology, this role will help drive the strategy, solution design, delivery, and optimization of Workday and related HR technology initiatives.
The ideal candidate is a hands‑on Workday professional who can translate business needs into effective technology solutions and drive initiatives from concept through delivery. The role will support a broad portfolio of HR Technology initiatives, with particular focus on areas such as Talent, Performance, Compensation, Workday Security, Reporting & Analytics, and Workforce Planning.
The successful candidate will work closely with HR Technology team members, HR and business stakeholders, external partners, and our offshore delivery team to deliver solutions, resolve issues, and drive strategic initiatives forward.
- Partner with HR business stakeholders to translate HR and Talent strategies into scalable Workday solutions.
- Lead Workday initiatives across areas such as Talent, Performance, Compensation, Security, Benefits, Reporting, and Core HCM.
- Serve as a senior Workday subject matter expert and trusted advisor to HR, Talent, Compensation, IT, and business stakeholders.
- Drive initiatives from requirements gathering and solution design through configuration, testing, deployment, and post‑production support.
- Assess business requirements, evaluate solution options, identify dependencies, and recommend practical and scalable technology solutions.
- Design and optimize Workday business processes, workflows, approvals, notifications, validations, security controls, and exception handling.
- Develop and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, data sources, prompts, filters, and analytics to support operational and strategic decision‑making.
- Support Workday Security initiatives, including security role design, access controls, business process security, security reviews, and troubleshooting.
- Support Talent, Performance, and Compensation initiatives through solution design, process optimization, configuration, reporting, and data analysis.
- Support workforce planning and financial planning initiatives, including Workday Adaptive Planning where applicable.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve HR processes using Workday capabilities and emerging HR technology.
- Review solution designs, configurations, integrations, and impact assessments to ensure scalability, maintainability, security, compliance, and alignment with enterprise architecture.
- Partner with the offshore HR Technology/Workday team by providing requirements, solution direction, guidance, and quality oversight.
- Collaborate with external Workday consultants and implementation partners to ensure solutions meet business requirements and follow Workday best practices.
- Troubleshoot complex functional, reporting, security, and data issues and drive issues through resolution.
- Participate in Workday releases, enhancements, integrations, production support, and major system changes.
- Evaluate new Workday capabilities and help determine how they can support Blue Yonder's HR Technology strategy.
- Work in an Agile/Scrum environment using Jira to manage epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, priorities, dependencies, and delivery.
- 6+ years of Workday experience, with hands‑on experience in Workday solution design, configuration, enhancements, and production support.
- Strong hands‑on expertise in Workday HCM and experience in one or more areas such as Talent Optimization, Performance, Recruiting, or Adaptive Planning.
- Strong experience with Workday Reporting, including Advanced, Composite, Matrix, and other reporting capabilities, as well as calculated fields, dashboards, prompts, filters, business objects, and data sources.
- Experience translating HR/Talent business requirements and strategy into technology solutions.
- Strong understanding of Workday business processes, configuration, security, data, and solution design.
- Experience delivering Workday initiatives across the lifecycle, including requirements, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Experience with Talent, Performance, or Compensation solutions and processes is highly desirable.
- Experience with Workday Skills Cloud, Career Hub, skills‑based talent initiatives, job architecture, skills taxonomy, talent mobility, or related talent optimization capabilities is a plus.
- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or other workforce/financial planning technologies is a strong plus.
- Experience working with offshore delivery teams and external implementation partners, including providing solution direction and reviewing deliverables.
- Experience with Jira and Agile/Scrum delivery practices, including backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria, sprint planning, and delivery.
- Ability to independently drive initiatives, manage competing priorities, identify issues and dependencies, and move work forward.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
- Ability to communicate complex Workday concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Translate HR and Talent strategy into practical and scalable technology solutions.
- Independently drive Workday initiatives from requirements through successful delivery.
- Increase adoption and value from existing Workday capabilities while reducing unnecessary complexity.
- Provide effective solution direction and partnership to the offshore delivery team and external partners.
- Improve reporting, analytics, automation, security, and overall employee and manager experience.
- Become a trusted Workday advisor to HR Technology and business stakeholders.
The base salary range for this position is $113,046.00 to $158,977.00 USD. The salary range information provided, reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual salary will be commensurate with skills, experience, certifications or licenses and other relevant factors. In addition, this role will be eligible to participate in either the annual performance bonus or commission program, determined by the nature of the position.
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401K with Matching
- Flexible Time Off
- Corporate Fitness Program
- A variety of voluntary benefits such as; Legal Plans, Accident and Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and much more
At Blue Yonder, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging in which everyone can share their unique voices and talents in a safe space. We continue to be guided by our core values and are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer. We understand that your career search may look different than others, and embrace the professional, personal, educational, and volunteer opportunities through which people gain experience.
Our Values If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success - and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: Core Values All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
A Culture, Not just a Company. Our culture is built on collaboration, respect and having fun whenever possible. This along with ensuring we live our Core Values, enables us to learn, grow, create customer value, and manage the well‑being of our collective ecosystem of partners, customers and associates alike. We rise each day with an unwavering commitment to lifelong learning, collaborating with respect, and operating with integrity.
Blue Yonder is the AI company for supply chain. As the world leader in end‑to‑end digital supply chain transformation, Blue Yonder offers a unified, AI‑driven platform and multi‑tier network that empowers businesses to operate sustainably, scale profitably, and delight their customers—all at machine speed. A pioneer in applying AI solutions to the most complicated supply chain challenges, Blue Yonder’s modern innovations and unmatched industry expertise help more than 3,000 retailers, manufacturers, and logistics service providers confidently navigate supply chain complexity and disruption.
“Blue Yonder” is a trademark or registered trademark of Blue Yonder Group, Inc. Any trade, product or service name referenced in this document using the name “Blue Yonder” is a trademark and/or property of Blue Yonder Group, Inc. Blue Yonder, Inc. - Administrative Office 15059 N Scottsdale Rd Suite 350 Scottsdale, AZ 85254-2666
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