Staff Product Analyst (Workday Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking)

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Product Analyst (Workday Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking)
• Team: People Technology / Enterprise Technology
• Focus: Functional optimization of global Workday platform for Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking

Description

Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking programs—covering discovery, design, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders across People, Payroll, IT, and Finance to drive automation, accuracy, and efficiency while improving the employee experience through thoughtful Workday design.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy and Roadmap: Collaborate on product vision and multi-year roadmap for Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking

• Stakeholder Partnership: Translate business needs into clear functional requirements and configuration designs

• Functional Configuration and Design: Design and configure payroll, absence, and time tracking business processes, calculations, eligibility rules, and pay components

• Lifecycle Management: Manage lifecycle from discovery and requirements gathering through testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance

• Data-Driven Insights: Use Workday reporting and analytics to monitor performance, identify trends, and recommend optimizations

• Vendor and Platform Management: Oversee third-party vendor relationships (e.g., ADP) to ensure seamless data flows and SLA adherence

• Operational Excellence: Analyze process/configuration issues, lead testing, and propose changes to improve accuracy and reduce manual intervention

• Feature Adoption and Training: Create documentation, user guides, and training to drive end-user adoption

• Compliance and Security: Ensure configurations comply with global data privacy requirements and internal security standards

Requirements

• 7+ years configuring Workday Payroll, Absence, and/or Time Tracking, including business process design, calculated fields, and eligibility rules
• Deep functional expertise in Workday Payroll (GL, pay components, taxes), Absence, and Time Tracking configuration, plus global HR business processes
• Proven experience leading tenant configuration testing, including UAT and regression testing
• Advanced ability to build custom reports, dashboards, and hubs
• Excellent communication skills to influence stakeholders across global time zones
• Strong problem-solving skills to troubleshoot complex functional issues and design scalable configuration solutions
• Experience working in an Agile environment, managing backlogs, and delivering value through iterative cycles
• Must be on U.S. soil and meet U.S. person status (working on a U.S. visa does not qualify)

Benefits

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending account
• Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
• Equity (where applicable)
• Bonus