Guidehouse
Software Development & Support
WorkdayPlatformLead
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“Workday Platform Lead at Guidehouse. Skills: Workday Platform Lead, Workday, People Analytics. Serve as day to day IT owner for Workday. Maintain deep expertise in Workday capabilities”
What You'll Achieve.
accountable for platform stability, execution quality, and delivery outcomes; translating enterprise HR priorities into secure, scalable, and well governed technical solutions; accountable for execution, stability, and operational health; assessing and recommending adoption, deferral, or avoidance of new features based on technical tradeoffs; ensuring solutions comply with IT standards, security requirements, data privacy controls, and change management processes; ensuring HR reporting and analytics needs are met; ensuring consistent, accurate, compliant, and ethical use of employee data across systems; ensuring data integrity and auditability across integrations, analytics, and downstream consumers; ensuring operational readiness and platform stability; providing technical direction to Workday and People Analytics professionals; supporting aligned technical decisions across HR, IT delivery teams, architecture, data, vendors, and partners; aligning on technical approaches, delivery plans, and platform strategy; providing regular, factual updates to IT leadership on platform status, delivery progress, risks, and emerging technical opportunities
Industry & Context.
assess complex technical problems; formulate recommendations
Travel Required: Up to 10%, Clearance Required: None
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree plus 8+ years of relevant or 12+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree, Deep, hands on expertise in Workday, including configuration, capabilities, limitations, integrations, and operational considerations, Proven experience operating as a designated platform owner or senior technical lead, accountable for delivery outcomes, understanding of Workday lifecycle management, change processes, integrations, security, and operational support models, Demonstrated ability to assess complex technical problems, formulate recommendations, and communicate risks and tradeoffs clearly to IT and executive leadership, Experience coordinating work across IT delivery teams, integration partners, security, architecture, vendors, and HR stakeholders
Nice to Have
Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical field, Advanced Workday certifications (e. g. , Workday Pro – HCM Core, Absence, Talent & Performance, Advanced Compensation, Recruiting), Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or Data Science, Experience with people analytics, reporting platforms, or data visualization tools (e. g. , Power BI, Tableau), Demonstrated progression toward senior technical authority roles (e. g. , Principal Platform Lead, Lead Architect, Distinguished Technologist)
What You'll Do.
Serve as day to day IT owner for Workday
Maintain deep expertise in Workday capabilities
Translate HCM priorities into executable technical work
Own delivery execution for Workday changes
Ensure solutions comply with IT standards
Oversee Workday reporting and people analytics
Serve as Human Capital data steward
Ensure data integrity and auditability
Ensure operational readiness and platform stability
Coordinate Workday lifecycle activities
Maintain clear documentation
Lead and provide technical direction
Apply deep Workday expertise
Lead discussions with external stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partners closely with the IT HCM Portfolio Lead, HR stakeholders, and vendors; coordinating work across IT delivery teams, integration partners, security, architecture, vendors, and HR stakeholders; explain platform capabilities, constraints, and technical tradeoffs, supporting aligned technical decisions across HR, IT delivery teams, architecture, data, vendors, and partners; Lead discussions with external stakeholders and vendors to align on technical approaches, delivery plans, and platform strategy
Communication Scope
communicate risks and tradeoffs clearly to IT and executive leadership
Process & Methodology
scope alignment, dependency management, risk mitigation, issue resolution, escalation
Full Job Description
**_Job Family_ :** Software Development & Support ** _Travel Required_ :** Up to 10% **_Clearance Required_ :** None The Workday Technology Platform Lead serves as the senior technical owner of the HCM System of Record (Workday), accountable for platform stability, execution quality, and delivery outcomes. This role leads the Workday and People Analytics technical teams that support the HR organization, translating enterprise HR priorities into secure, scalable, and well governed technical solutions. Operating within the IT HCM portfolio, this role partners closely with the IT HCM Portfolio Lead, HR stakeholders, and vendors, and is recognized as a master technical authority for Workday and Human Capital data platforms. _**What You Will Do:**_ Platform Ownership & Technical Execution * Serve as the day to day IT owner for Workday (HCM System of Record), accountable for execution, stability, and operational health. * Maintain deep expertise in Workday capabilities, constraints, configuration patterns, and roadmap, applying that knowledge to assess and recommend adoption, deferral, or avoidance of new features based on technical tradeoffs. * Translate HCM priorities defined in partnership with the IT HCM Portfolio Lead, the Chief People Officer, and HR leadership into executable technical work, leading delivery through assigned technical resources. * Own delivery execution for Workday changes and enhancements, including scope alignment, dependency management, risk mitigation, issue resolution, and escalation. * Ensure solutions comply with IT standards, security requirements, data privacy controls, and change management processes. Analytics, Data, and Governance * Oversee Workday reporting and people analytics capabilities, including dashboards, workforce metrics, and analytical outputs. * Coordinate with the Data, AI, and Analytics team to align with enterprise data governance standards, while ensuring HR reporting and analytics needs are met through clear data defin
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