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Senior Manager, Workday Platform

AT Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab

Senior Manager, Workday Platform

Lone Tree, CO

Salary: USD $101,000 - $224,400 / Year

Your opportunity

At Schwab, you're empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us "challenge the status quo" and transform the finance industry together.

The Sr. Manager, HR Workday Platform will play a critical role in leading the Workday Center of Excellence team, with a primary focus on enhancing the employee experience, improving capabilities and HR business team efficiency while fostering collaboration and engagement. The Sr. Manager will act as a key liaison with HR Stakeholders and Product Management, and guide solutions from concepts to launch by aligning technical and business needs. This role will also provide oversight of system enhancement projects, client support, and maintenance/upgrades.

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Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the Workday Configuration, Integration, Maintenance and Support team members, including clarity of role, performance management, engagement, and demand and capacity allocations according to the Workday roadmap/plans.
  • Promote employee growth and development, while providing coaching and feedback.
  • Organize work tasks from identification and assignment, to execution and implementation
  • Partner closely with HR Stakeholders and Product Management to guide the Workday Platform Roadmap, identify solutions, estimate effort to implement, and ensure team adheres to SDLC in the Workday release process.
  • Serve as a Workday evangelist with a solutions-oriented leadership style, enabling innovation, proposing/ implementing process improvements and maximizing platform utilization while supporting net-new offerings.
  • Oversee design and feature development, translating the product vision into actionable components.
  • Conduct high-level needs analysis, generate reports, and perform data analysis to aid decision-making.
  • Act as a change agent for a product-focused culture.
  • Address development challenges, escalate issues as needed, and maintain alignment with HR and IT leadership.
  • Ensure participation and alignment in planning activities, PI Plans, and sprint/agile ceremonies.
  • Improve transparency of Workday Platform delivery and support through regular updates on progress.
  • Solicit requirements from business teams to ensure understanding prior to development.
  • Ensure all Workday system documentation, data mapping and management, operational runbooks, workflow, and procedure documentation is updated for Production Support
  • Relentlessly pursue opportunities for automation across HR Business Processes and Workday solution offerings.

What you have

Required Qualifications:

  • Proven HR technology leadership experience in a role of similar scope and responsibility.
  • Experience optimizing HR capabilities/services within the Workday platform.
  • 7+ years of Workday Platform experience, including 2+ years in team leadership, contributing to the Workday implementation(s) of HR products - HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Learning, Recruiting.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Best of Suite / Workday experience
  • Proven ability to drive and implement product roadmaps, manage complex projects, and lead strategic initiatives.
  • Strong communication, analytical and collaboration skills, with experience interacting at all levels of an organization.
  • Agile experience and familiarity with production delivery release processes.
  • Ability to build trusted relationships with business partner and communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.
  • Strong understanding of business processes to identify opportunities to leverage technology to streamline and automate processes and improve the employee experience.
  • Proven success troubleshooting technical issues within applications and systems and engaging the appropriate stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills with a passion for driving change and delivering outstanding user/employee experiences.

What's in it for you

At Schwab, we're committed to empowering our employees' personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you'll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you - both today and in the future:

  • 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
  • Paid parental leave and family building benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

Client-provided location(s): Lone Tree, CO, USA
Job ID: CharlesSchwab-2024-106504
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program