Workday Platform & Governance Owner, Workday SME

Guardian Life

Workday Platform & Governance Owner serving as technical SME for Workday ecosystem supporting 10,000+ employees. Responsible for governance, tenant management, and complex cross-module configuration.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeNew York City • Connecticut, New Jersey, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $152,290 - $250,195 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the senior technical authority across: Core HCM, Position Management & Job Management, Benefits, Compensation & Advanced Compensation, Recruiting, Talent Management, Workday Learning, Payroll, Time Tracking & Absence Security, Integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, APIs, Studio fundamentals)
Advise HRIT engineers on complex configuration design, new releases, AI agents and new functionality
Validate cross-module impacts, support troubleshooting of high-severity issues, and mentor team members on advanced configuration practices
Configure complex cross-domain business processes
Design and implement advanced security groups and domain policies
Support advanced compensation cycle setup
Configure complex Position Management structures
Build enterprise-impact calculated fields
Support integration troubleshooting
Create and Maintain Tenant Management Plan
Oversee all Workday tenants (Production, Sandbox, Dev, Preview)
Enforce Dev → Test → Prod migration controls
Approve production configuration migrations
Oversee release preview cycles
Maintain production access governance
Support emergency change management
Lead governance processes, including prioritization of enhancements, upgrades and releases
Establish and enforce technical and application change management standards, ensuring compliance with documentation and audit requirements
Maintain enterprise Workday security model
Monitor and remediate segregation of duties (SOD) conflicts
Conduct periodic security reviews
Review elevated access requests
Chair Workday Change Advisory Board (CAB) for Intake and Demand

Requirements

What you’ll need

7–10 years HRIS experience
5+ years advanced hands-on Workday configuration
Workday Pro Certifications
Deep expertise across all major Workday modules
Strong Position Management and Job Management experience
Experience designing and maintaining security architecture
Strong understanding of SOD and audit controls
Experience operating within a multi-tenant governance model

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible working hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities
Philanthropic opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Workday configurationCore HCMPosition ManagementJob ManagementBenefitsCompensationAdvanced CompensationIntegrationsCalculated fieldsSecurity architecture

Soft Skills

mentoringtroubleshootinggovernancechange managementprioritizationcommunication

Certifications

Workday Pro Certifications