Workday Platform & HCM Solutions Manager

Southland Industries; Carrollton (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match (no cap

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Annual bonus program

Term life, AD&D insurance

Paid parental leave

Paid holidays, vacation, and personal

Training/professional development

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Southland Industries seeks a Director-level Manager of Business Analysis to lead the Workday platform and the BES team, ensuring stable, secure, and scalable operations. You will oversee governance, reporting, integrations, and vendor management while partnering with HRIS and Payroll Innovation to deliver measurable business value.

The role combines leadership with deep HCM expertise, guiding the team through roadmap creation, change management, and continuous improvement across Workday modules

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, HR, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience supporting Workday or enterprise HCM platforms.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing analysts, functional leads, or enterprise application teams.
• Strong expertise in Workday platform administration, reporting, security, integrations, and operational support.
• Experience leading Workday teams responsible for reporting, security, integrations, releases, and platform operations.
• Strong understanding of Workday architecture, governance, and system lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting Workday HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Talent, Compensation, Recruiting, Learning, or related modules.
• Strong knowledge of Workday reporting, dashboards, analytics, data governance, and reporting architecture.
• Strong knowledge of Workday security models, role-based access controls, domain security, audit controls, and compliance requirements
• Experience supporting Workday integrations, APIs, middleware solutions, data flows, and third‑party vendor integrations.
• Proven ability to build partnerships across HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and executive leadership teams.
• Strong program, project, vendor, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to create technology roadmaps, establish governance, and lead organizational change initiatives.
• Workday certifications in Reporting, Security, Integrations, HCM, Payroll, or related disciplines preferred.
• Experience supporting large, complex, multi‑company or multi‑state organizations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, coach, and develop a team of Workday professionals.
• Own the overall health, performance, and operational success of the Workday platform.
• Establish governance processes for platform changes, reporting standards, and integrations.
• Oversee Workday releases, testing, deployment, and change management activities.
• Ensure platform stability, data integrity, security, and compliance.
• Partner with HRIS and HR stakeholders to evaluate capabilities and roadmap future enhancements.
• Serve as primary relationship manager between Technology & Innovation and HRIS stakeholders.
• Define KPIs and reporting priorities; drive analytics initiatives across the platform.
• Manage security governance, RBAC, authentication, and privacy/compliance requirements.
• Oversee Workday integrations and vendor relationships; optimize cost and performance.

Skills

People leadership

Workday expertise

HRIS

Reporting & analytics

Security & governance

Integrations

Vendor management

Roadmap & governance

Education

Bachelor's degree (Information Systems / CS / HR / Business / Finance)

Tools

Workday

Job description

Southland Industries seeks a Director-level Manager of Business Analysis to lead the Workday platform and the BES team, ensuring stable, secure, and scalable operations. You will oversee governance, reporting, integrations, and vendor management while partnering with HRIS and Payroll Innovation to deliver measurable business value.

The role combines leadership with deep HCM expertise, guiding the team through roadmap creation, change management, and continuous improvement across Workday modules