Workday Security Lead — Data Protection & Governance

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

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.