Workday Absence, Time Tracking & Benefits Analyst

OpenAI, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a People Technology Analyst to own Workday Absence, Time Tracking, and Benefits configurations. You will partner with Payroll, Benefits, People Operations, and Engineering to translate complex requirements into reliable, user-friendly systems for a global workforce.

You’ll lead deployments, testing, and open enrollment readiness while driving automation and AI-assisted improvements to reduce manual work and improve employee support. Strong Workday expertise is required.

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on Workday expertise across Absence and Time Tracking, with experience designing, configuring, testing, and supporting connected workflows across both.

Responsibilities

• Own Workday configuration and improvements across Absence, Time Tracking, and Benefits, including connections between leave, time worked, and benefits eligibility.
• Design and maintain absence plans, accruals, eligibility rules, leave processes, time entry rules, calculations, validations, and approvals for a growing global workforce.
• Partner with Payroll systems owner to ensure data flows into payroll and test downstream impacts of changes in your areas.
• Independently own US and international benefits configuration, including plans, eligibility rules, life events, and vendor integrations.
• Lead open enrollment readiness, including configuration, testing, launch, and support with vendors.
• Lead Absence, Time Tracking, and Benefits work for new countries and entities, translating local requirements into configuration.
• Own projects from discovery through deployment, documentation, and adoption, ensuring ongoing reliability after launch.
• Partner with engineers to improve integrations and build automation or AI-assisted workflows.
• Maintain security, data quality, reporting, and change controls; resolve production issues and root causes.
• Create clear documentation and training for employees, managers, and People teams.

Skills

Absence

Time Tracking

Benefits

Workday

HRIS

Payroll

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a People Technology Analyst to own Workday Absence, Time Tracking, and Benefits configurations. You will partner with Payroll, Benefits, People Operations, and Engineering to translate complex requirements into reliable, user-friendly systems for a global workforce.

You’ll lead deployments, testing, and open enrollment readiness while driving automation and AI-assisted improvements to reduce manual work and improve employee support. Strong Workday expertise is required.