Workday Platform & Governance Lead (SME)

Guardian Life; Stamford (CT); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Life is seeking a Workday Platform & Governance Owner to act as the enterprise SME across all Workday domains. You will own tenant management, security administration, production change control, and complex cross‑module configuration.

This role sits in IT within HRIS/HRIT and ensures Workday remains secure, compliant, and technically optimized. You will lead governance, manage tenant environments, and collaborate with HRIT engineers on releases, security, and audits.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years HRIS experience.
• 5+ years advanced hands‑on Workday configuration.
• Workday Pro Certifications.
• Deep expertise across all major Workday modules.
• Strong Position Management and Job Management experience.
• Experience designing and maintaining security architecture.
• Strong understanding of SOD and audit controls.
• Experience operating within a multi‑tenant governance model.

Responsibilities

• Advise HRIT engineers on complex configuration design and new releases.
• Mentor team on advanced configuration practices.
• Configure complex cross‑domain business processes.
• Design and implement advanced security groups and domain policies.
• Configure complex eligibility rules and condition logic.
• Support advanced compensation cycle setup.
• Configure complex Position Management structures.
• Build enterprise‑impact calculated fields.
• Support integration troubleshooting.
• Perform configuration clean‑up and technical debt remediation.
• Lead governance processes, including prioritization of enhancements, upgrades and releases.

Skills

HRIS experience

Workday configuration

Workday security

Multi-tenant governance

Security architecture

Change management

Tools

EIB

Core Connectors

APIs

Studio fundamentals

Job description

Guardian Life is seeking a Workday Platform & Governance Owner to act as the enterprise SME across all Workday domains. You will own tenant management, security administration, production change control, and complex cross‑module configuration.

This role sits in IT within HRIS/HRIT and ensures Workday remains secure, compliant, and technically optimized. You will lead governance, manage tenant environments, and collaborate with HRIT engineers on releases, security, and audits.