Workday Absence, Time Tracking & Benefits Specialist

OpenAI; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI’s People Technology team is seeking a People Technology Analyst with deep expertise in Workday Absence, Time Tracking, and Benefits. You’ll independently own configuration, ongoing support, and improvements across these areas for US and international employees from day one.

You’ll collaborate with Benefits, People Operations, Payroll, Finance, and Engineering to translate complex requirements into reliable systems and straightforward employee experiences, tracing issues and owning

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on Workday expertise across Absence and Time Tracking with experience designing, configuring, testing, and supporting connected workflows.
• Independent ownership of Workday Benefits configuration for US and international programs, including open enrollment and life events.
• Understanding of how Time, Absence, and Benefits data flow into payroll and downstream systems, with ability to troubleshoot issues.

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 the Payroll systems owner to ensure data flows accurately into payroll and test downstream impacts of changes in your areas.
• Independently own US and international benefits configuration, including enrollment events, life events, and vendor connections.
• Lead open enrollment readiness, including configuration, testing, launch, and support with benefits vendors.

Skills

Workday Absence

Workday Time Tracking

Workday Benefits

Workday configuration

Payroll data flows

Job description

OpenAI’s People Technology team is seeking a People Technology Analyst with deep expertise in Workday Absence, Time Tracking, and Benefits. You’ll independently own configuration, ongoing support, and improvements across these areas for US and international employees from day one.

You’ll collaborate with Benefits, People Operations, Payroll, Finance, and Engineering to translate complex requirements into reliable systems and straightforward employee experiences, tracing issues and owning