Workday Platform Governance Lead

U.S. Bank

Workday Platform Governance Lead serving as the central authority for platform governance at U.S. Bank.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeHopkins • Minnesota, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $105,400 - $124,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and govern the overall Workday platform, including tenant strategy, environment management, and release lifecycle oversight.
Define, establish, and enforce enterprise governance standards across integrations, security, reporting, and environments.
Oversee end-to-end integration lifecycle (EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, APIs), including design standards, onboarding, monitoring, and operational reliability.
Drive platform governance across Workday capabilities such as Extend, Orchestrate, Prism, Security, and reporting frameworks.
Establish and monitor platform KPIs including uptime, MTTR, integration success rates, and release cycle performance.
Define and manage release governance processes, including Workday R1/R2 impact assessments, regression validation, and production readiness.
Lead platform monitoring strategy using dashboards and analytics tools to ensure system health, uptime, and data accuracy.
Own data governance practices, including tenant refresh controls, data masking/scrambling, and secure handling of sensitive data.
Partner with cross-functional teams (HR, Finance, Procurement, Technology) to ensure alignment of platform capabilities with business needs.
Facilitate governance forums, intake processes, and cross-functional prioritization.
Develop executive-level reporting and communicate platform health, risks, and roadmap progress to senior stakeholders.
Ensure audit readiness through comprehensive documentation of changes, approvals, testing evidence, and compliance artifacts.
Drive test automation strategy (e.g., Opkey) to improve release confidence and quality.
Enable adoption of automation and AI capabilities within governance frameworks.
Build strong relationships with stakeholders and act as a key liaison across product, engineering, and business teams.
Independently manage large-scale programs and project teams (20+ members), ensuring alignment to scope, quality, cost, and timelines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
Three to five years of relevant experience
Strong understanding of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience with document management and governance practices
Extensive experience in: IT project and program management, Project control, reporting, and governance frameworks, Project planning and organization, MS Project or similar planning tools
Demonstrated ability to manage large, complex, cross-functional initiatives across enterprise environments
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders
Experience managing competing priorities and driving alignment across multiple teams
Experience with Workday advanced capabilities: Extend, Orchestrate, Prism Analytics
Hands-on experience with test automation tools (e.g., Opkey or similar )
Experience operating in regulated and audit-driven environments (e.g., banking, healthcare)
Familiarity with ITIL, DevOps, and platform engineering practices
Understanding of enterprise platform governance, release management, and lifecycle controls
Experience with integration governance and monitoring frameworks

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

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Hard Skills & Tools

WorkdaySystem Development Life Cycle (SDLC)test automationintegration governancerelease managementdata governanceproject managementreporting frameworksenvironment managementAPI

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcommunicationinfluencecross-functional collaborationproject planningorganizational skillsalignmentleadershiprelationship buildingproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeITILDevOps