Workday HCM Technical Lead - 12 month contract

Herschend Family Entertainment Co.; Peachtree Corners (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Herschend Family Entertainment Co. in Peachtree Corners, GA is seeking a Workday HCM Technical Lead for a 12-month contract. This role involves technical ownership of the Workday platform, ensuring integrations and data architecture align with organizational strategies.

Key responsibilities include managing tenant health, overseeing security frameworks, coordinating with HR and technology teams, and ensuring system uptime. Candidates should have extensive experience with Workday HCM and possess strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience supporting enterprise systems, preferably in HR or Human Capital Management environments.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience supporting Workday HCM in a technical lead, analyst, or product owner role.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner and subject matter expert for Workday HCM modules.
• Own integration architecture and patterns within the Workday HCM modules.
• Manage tenant health, performance, and monitoring.
• Align system capabilities and enhancements with HR priorities.
• Oversee environment strategy and evaluate impacts of Workday system changes.
• Serve as a point of escalation for configuration issues related to Workday HCM.
• Coordinate with internal business and technology teams to resolve system issues.

Skills

Working knowledge of HR processes

Experience with Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors)

Experience with data transformation (XML, XSLT preferred)

Understanding of enterprise integration patterns

Experience managing security frameworks

Experience with data governance

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Experience supporting post-implementation Workday environments

Experience working with Workday AMS partners

Understanding of middleware platforms

Workday HCM certification

Education

5-10 years of experience supporting enterprise systems

3+ years of hands‑on experience supporting Workday HCM

Job description

Workday HCM Technical Lead - 12 month contract

Job Category: Information Technology

Requisition Number: WORKD010208

Employment Type:

• Full-Time

Locations:

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157 Technology Parkway, Ste. 100
Peachtree Corners, GA 30092, USA

POSITION SUMMARY

The Workday HCM Technical Lead (12-month contract) serves as a technical owner of the Workday platform, responsible for integrations, data architecture, security framework, and system performance. Reporting through the Technology organization and partnering with HR functional leads, this role ensures Workday operates as a scalable, secure, and well-integrated enterprise system.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Platform Ownership & Architecture

• Serve as thetechnicalowner and subject matter expert for Workday HCM modules, partneringwith HRstakeholderstodefine data governance and data flow design.
• Own integration architecture and patterns within the Workday HCM modules.
• Manage tenant health, performance, and monitoring.
• Align system capabilities and enhancements with HR priorities and organizational initiatives as defined inthe Workday HCM roadmap.
• Oversee environment strategy(test, preprod, prod)andevaluateimpacts ofWorkdaysystem changesonintegrationandsecurityarchitecture.
• Serve as a point of escalationand partner for HRforconfigurationissues, enhancements, and system questions related to Workday HCM.Ensure system configuration remains aligned with approved processes, controls, and governance standards.
• Troubleshootintegration failures,dataissues,andsecurityissues partneringwith technical teamsandthird-partypartnersas needed.
• Coordinate with internalbusiness andtechnology teams, Application Management Services (AMS) partners, and Workday as needed to resolve system issues and implement improvements.
• Ensure system uptime and integration reliability duringcritical HR cyclesand events.
• Monitor integration SLAs and failures.

Testing, Releases, and Change Management

• Own integration testing strategy and validate data integrity across systems.
• Coordinate testing and release activities related to Workday biannual releases, or major changes.
• Manage release impact analysis for integrations and security. Ensure technical impacts of system updates and changes are properly validated and communicated.

Integrations, Data & Security

• Own Workday integration ecosystem: EIBs, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, APIs (REST/SOAP).
• Define and maintain data models and data flow diagrams.
• Define and maintain data governance standards.
• Manage Workday security model (role-based, domain security).
• Manage audit and compliance requirements.
• Partner with HR to ensure data consistency across Workday and from Workday to downstream systems.

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• 5-10 years of experience supporting enterprise systems, preferably in HR or Human Capital Management environments.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience supporting Workday HCM in a technical lead, analyst, or product owner role.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Working knowledge of HR processes sufficient to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience with Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors), APIs (REST/SOAP).
• Experience with data transformation (XML, XSLT preferred)
• Understandingof enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience managing security frameworks and role-based access.
• Experience with data governance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate technical concepts to business terms and present solutions in a user-friendly language.
• Experience supporting post-implementation Workday environments within an internal HRIS or technology team.
• Experience working with Workday AMS partners and other third-party Workday resources.
• Understanding of middleware platforms.
• Workday HCM certification.

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