Workday Security Lead

Meet Life Sciences Ltd.; Bridgewater Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Meet Life Sciences seeks a Workday Security Lead to own design, implementation, and governance of Workday security across HCM modules in New Jersey. You will partner with HR, IT, and compliance to protect employee data and ensure regulatory alignment.

Responsibilities include designing security policies, applying least-privilege access, managing security workstreams for new modules, performing risk assessments, and guiding audits. Strong communication with non-technical stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, HR, CS required.
• 8+ years Workday experience with 5+ years in security.
• Deep knowledge of Workday security and RBAC.
• Familiarity with SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, NIST.
• Experience with HCM, Recruiting, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Performance, Talent.
• Experience with SSO, EIB, and Workday reporting.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and maintenance of Workday security policies.
• Apply least-privilege and RBAC principles.
• Manage security workstreams for modules and releases.
• Conduct security impact assessments.
• Oversee integration security and service accounts.
• Manage access requests, user accounts, and audit logs.
• Develop security groups and provisioning processes.
• Build and maintain governance framework and documentation.
• Support audits and risk assessments.
• Train stakeholders on security best practices.
• Identify process improvements in access management.

Skills

Workday security

RBAC

Security governance

Stakeholder management

Security audits

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, HR, Computer Science

Tools

SSO

EIB

Workday reporting (RaaS)

Job description

We’re hiring: Workday Security Lead | HCM Security & Governance

A leading biopharmaceutical company is seeking an experienced Workday Security Lead to own the design, implementation, and governance of Workday security across all modules. As the subject matter expert (SME) for Workday security, you’ll protect employee data, safeguard data integrity, and maintain compliance, partnering with HR, IT, Cybersecurity, and external partners to align security with business processes and compliance requirements.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the design, configuration, and maintenance of Workday role-based, domain, and business process security policies
• Apply least-privilege and role-based access principles to protect data and ensure compliance
• Manage security workstreams for new module implementations, releases, and regression testing
• Conduct security impact assessments for new functionality and module rollouts
• Oversee integration security and service accounts (API, SSO, EIB)
• Manage access requests, user accounts, and audit logs, and perform periodic security reviews with remediation recommendations
• Develop and maintain security groups, role assignments, and provisioning and de-provisioning processes
• Build and maintain a Workday security governance framework and documentation
• Support internal audit and compliance teams with security audits and risk assessments
• Train and guide functional leads and stakeholders on Workday security best practices
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities in access management

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Human Resources, Computer Science, or a related field
• 8+ years of Workday experience, including 5+ years focused on security administration or design
• Deep understanding of Workday domain security, business process security policies, and role-based access control (RBAC)
• Knowledge of security frameworks and compliance standards (SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, NIST)
• Experience with key Workday modules (HCM, Recruiting, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Performance, Talent)
• Expertise with SSO, integration security, and security for EIBs and reports
• Workday reporting experience (RaaS, custom reports)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences