Associate Director, Workday Solutions

The role

The Associate Director, Workday Solutions provides functional leadership for Workday within HR. This role manages a team of approximately five HRIS professionals and oversees strategy, governance, roadmap execution, and continuous improvement for Workday modules.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the Workday roadmap aligned with HR and business priorities.
• Prioritize enhancements, new capabilities, automation, and process improvements.
• Evaluate Workday releases and opportunities to maximize platform value.
• Lead functional ownership across current and future Workday modules.
• Oversee configuration, business processes, security, reporting, releases, testing, and optimization.
• Lead Workday functional governance, change controls, security practices, and standards.
• Own HR-specific Workday SOX controls, audit support, remediation, and ongoing compliance.
• Lead new Workday module implementations, major enhancements, and optimization initiatives.
• Lead change and adoption for significant Workday initiatives.
• Lead and develop approximately five HRIS professionals.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Information System
• 10+ years of progressive HRIS/HR systems experience with significant Workday experience.
• 5+ years leading Workday functional areas, implementations, or complex initiatives.
• Experience with Core HCM and multiple modules such as Payroll, Benefits, Time, Absence, Compensation, Talent, Performance, or Recruiting.
• Experience with Workday governance, security, controls, releases, and production support.
• People leadership and implementation partner/vendor management experience.
• Strong Workday functional, business process, security, and reporting knowledge.
• Strong roadmap development, solution design, implementation, and change leadership.
• Knowledge of HR processes, data governance, security, risk, and controls.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and prioritization skills.
• Strong stakeholder management across HR, IT, Finance, Audit, and Compliance.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one
• Eight (8) weeks of paid parental leave after three (3) months of employment
• Paid time off policy including vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and eleven (11) company holidays
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Legal assistance
• Supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary commuter benefits
• Family planning and care resources
• Well-being initiatives and peer-to-peer recognition programs

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Employment eligibility will be verified through E-Verify.

About the company

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating and, one day, curing life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the company advances the next generation of cell therapy through a portfolio of innovative technologies.