Senior HRIS Systems Manager (Remote)

Optro
United States
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior HRIS professionals with technical leadership experience who can drive cross-functional collaboration and manage complex Workday implementations.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of Workday HCM and Payroll experience who can lead technical projects and translate business needs into scalable solutions
    — “5+ years of experience with Workday HCM and related modules such as Payroll, Benefits, etc.”
  • Individuals with a track record of managing external consultants and delivering large-scale technical implementations
    — “Demonstrated experience leading large technical projects through requirement gathering, solution design, implementation, and hypercare”
  • Professionals who thrive in cross-functional environments and can align HR, Finance, and IT processes with technical solutions
    — “Collaborate with stakeholders from HR, Finance, and IT to gather system requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions”

Things to consider

  • The role may require handling highly sensitive data including employee and financial information
    — “This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.”
  • Background checks and compliance with specific employment ordinances are required for the role
    — “Background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience with Workday modules like Payroll and Benefits in your resume and interviews
    — “5+ years of experience supporting HR, Payroll, Benefits, and Compensation business processes”
  • Highlight your ability to manage external consultants and lead technical projects from design to deployment
    — “Manage external consultants and partner with them to lead the implementation, testing, deployment, and technical documentation of strategic HCM and Payroll projects”
  • Demonstrate your knowledge of system integrations and SDLC processes in your application materials
    — “Ability to execute technical configurations leveraging SDLC concepts such as design, testing, QA, UAT, and deployment planning”
  • Showcase your experience with automation and efficiency improvements in HR and Payroll processes
    — “Partner with the business to identify and recommend opportunities to enhance the efficiency of HR and Payroll processes using automation”
  • Include any Workday or related certifications and familiarity with Jira and agile methodologies
    — “Workday or related certifications a plus”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • designing Workday configurations
  • managing integrations
  • leading technical projects
Typical background
5+ years of Workday experienceHR and Payroll business processes

Skills & requirements

Required

Workday HCMPayrollBenefitsHRISData IntegrityProject Management

Preferred

AutomationIndustry Trends

Stack & domain

Workday HCMWorkday PayrollWorkday BenefitsWorkday CompensationWorkday PerformanceWorkday IntegrationsWorkday ReportingWorkday SecurityWorkday Data IntegrityWorkday Technical ConfigurationsCollaborationProject ManagementCommunicationProblem-solvingTechnical ExpertiseHRISHRPayrollBenefitsCompensationPerformance

About the role

Original posting from Optro via Ashby

Who We Are

Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.com http://G2.com and Gartner Peer Insights.

At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!

Why This Role is Exciting

As a Senior Manager, HRIS System Administrator, you’ll own the technical architecture of our core HCM and Payroll system (Workday) and its related modules that drive the end-to-end journey. You’ll also work cross-functionally within HR and Finance to map processes and translate business requirements into scalable solutions. This role is a unique opportunity to define ‘best-in-class’ when it comes to the technical and business process aspects of HR and Payroll.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, configuration, and maintenance of Workday to support HR, Payroll, and Benefits functions
  • Collaborate with stakeholders from HR, Finance, and IT to gather system requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions
  • Administer the Workday platform delivering on updates/changes to configuration, integrations for third-party applications, permissions, and reporting
  • Oversee the security and data integrity of the platform and its integrated applications to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and company policies
  • Manage external consultants and partner with them to lead the implementation, testing, deployment, and technical documentation of strategic HCM and Payroll projects
  • Partner with the business to identify and recommend opportunities to enhance the efficiency of HR and Payroll processes using automation and insights from industry trends

Attributes for a Successful Candidate

  • 5+ years of experience with Workday HCM and related modules such as Payroll, Benefits, etc.
  • 5+ years of experience supporting HR, Payroll, Benefits, and Compensation business processes
  • Technical expertise in additional modules such as benefits, compensation, and performance
  • Strong understanding of HR and Payroll business process definitions to help drive technical solutions and reporting
  • Advanced knowledge of integrations for up/downstream systems within HR, Finance, IT, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience leading large technical projects through requirement gathering, solution design, implementation, and hypercare
  • Ability to execute technical configurations leveraging SDLC concepts such as design, testing, QA, UAT, and deployment planning
  • Experience handling complex and confidential data
  • Ability to prioritize and execute tasks with scalability and efficiency top of mind
  • Eagerness to research and recommend new technologies or creative solutions that help drive productivity across the business
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail
  • Workday or related certifications a plus
  • Familiarly with Jira and agile methodologies a plus

*perks may vary based on eligibility/location

Our Company Values

  • Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.
  • Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.
  • Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.
  • Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.
  • Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.

Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.

We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.

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Source: Optro careers (Ashby)

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