Associate Director, Software Engineering - Workday Functional Lead

Kyndryl is a leading global IT services company that designs, builds, and manages mission-critical technology systems. The Associate Director, Software Engineering - Workday Functional Lead will lead a team responsible for defining and implementing technology solutions for Workday and other HR tools, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and maintaining platform health.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of individuals who are the Technical Owners for Workday and other HR Tools in Total Rewards and other HR functional areas who are responsible to define, recommend, prioritize, and implement solutions aligning to strategic goals
• Work closely with stakeholders and internal HR partners and include industry best practices to architect technology solutions needed to drive alignment of business needs and lead discussions to arrive at mutually agreeable solution options and integrations
• Maintain platform health and look for continuous improvement options, as well as assist with troubleshooting/resolution of escalated product issues
• Create and maintain product and release requirements backlog
• Work with the global process owners and HR Tech to understand and prioritize enhancements rolled out to the organization as well as continue to monitor the security, efficiency and effectiveness of the Workday solution when compared to Kyndryl’s strategic vision for operations, risk, controls, and security profile
• Build and maintain a strong working relationship with our HR Partners, Total Rewards leadership and other business leaders
• Align business priorities and make trade-off decisions across multiple collaborator concerns
• Balance priorities between strategic new development against ongoing production support
• Coordinate and participate in testing efforts while contributing to the employee experience with end-user focus, collaboration, and transparency
• Recognize available options and select the appropriate course of action for continuous improvement of solutions and delivery processes with the highest business value
• Proactively identify, resolve, or bring up issues, concerns, and impediments to get the project developed with efficiency and maximum effectiveness

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in application development and deployment in Workday
• Workday Certifications across various modules required
• 5+ years leading a team of direct reports
• 5+ years in application architecture, middleware and data experience
• Skilled in one or more of the following areas: Workday Core HCM, Recruiting, Talent and Performance, Security
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in enterprise IT or HR technology, with at least 2 years in a leadership role managing Workday implementations
• Proven track record of managing large-scale Workday projects, including HCM, and other modules
• Experience in a global organization, managing cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams
• Deep expertise in Workday solutions and architecture