Workday Security Lead: SOX & HIPAA Governance | Remote

TekDallas; Edison (NJ); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking an experienced Workday Security Lead to manage security administration, SOX compliance, and security governance within a healthcare setting. You will serve as a liaison between IT, Internal Audit, Compliance, HR, Payroll, and business stakeholders.

This role requires hands-on Workday security configuration, access management, SoD, and strong stakeholder communication to drive audits, remediation, and security program improvements across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 8 years of Workday Security experience with enterprise implementations.
• Strong hands-on experience with SOX Compliance, Security Governance, Audit Support, and Security Communications.
• Experience in Healthcare organizations is required.
• Expertise in Workday Security configuration, access management, and Segregation of Duties (SoD).
• Excellent stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workday Security administration, including Security Groups, Domain Security Policies, Business Process Security, and Role-Based Access.
• Drive SOX compliance, SoD, access reviews, audit readiness, and security control documentation.
• Partner with Internal Audit, Compliance, HR, Payroll, Finance and IT Security to coordinate security changes and audit requests.
• Conduct periodic security reviews, access certifications, and remediation of audit findings.
• Support Workday releases by assessing security impacts and maintaining compliance.
• Ensure Workday security aligns with HIPAA, organizational policies, and healthcare regulatory requirements.

Skills

SOX Compliance

Security Governance

Security Communications

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SSO/Azure AD/Okta

Job description

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking an experienced Workday Security Lead to manage security administration, SOX compliance, and security governance within a healthcare setting. You will serve as a liaison between IT, Internal Audit, Compliance, HR, Payroll, and business stakeholders.

This role requires hands-on Workday security configuration, access management, SoD, and strong stakeholder communication to drive audits, remediation, and security program improvements across the enterprise.