Advisor, Application Development - UKG Pro WFM Technical Lead

About the role

As the UKG Pro WFM Technical Lead, you will serve as a strategic leader on the product team, setting technical direction, ensuring architectural integrity, and enabling the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions. This role partners closely with the Product Manager to align technical decisions with product strategy, represents engineering in directional discussions, proactively manages technical risk, and creates the conditions for the broader team to stay focused on delivering immediate priorities with minimal context switching. When not performing Tech Lead responsibilities, you will also contribute as an Engineer on the team.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Product Manager to align technical direction with product goals, guiding the team in architectural and design decisions to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Provide thought leadership across the full delivery lifecycle, including design, build, test, deploy, and ongoing support, while overseeing code quality, technical debt management, and CI/CD practices.
• Facilitate clear communication between engineers and other product team members, fostering open channels across cross-functional stakeholders.
• Apply advanced hands-on expertise in diagnosing complex UKG Pro WFM issues, performing root cause analysis, and driving sustainable fixes across configuration, integrations, and upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Represent engineering in product planning and prioritization, owning technical risk identification, mitigation, and communication with key internal and external partners.
• Recommend and implement highly complex strategies for UKG Pro WFM configuration and solution design across core modules including Timekeeping, Accruals, Attendance, Scheduling, and device/integration touchpoints.
• Apply expertise in UKG Pro WFM data flows and integrations, including Boomi or similar middleware, to assess cross-interface impacts, troubleshoot failures, and guide robust end-to-end solution design.
• Ensure continuous integration, testing, and deployment practices are in place, supporting the team in breaking down work into small, deliverable increments with minimal rework.
• Mentor engineers, fostering skill development, knowledge sharing, and a culture of learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience, typically reflecting 10 years or more.

Qualifications

• Advanced expertise in UKG Pro WFM configuration and solution design across Timekeeping, Accruals, Attendance, Scheduling, and device/integration touchpoints.
• Proven experience leading UKG Pro WFM implementations in complex, multi-country or global environments, with attention to regional compliance, scale, and operational stability.
• Expertise in UKG Pro WFM integrations including Boomi or comparable middleware, with ability to guide end-to-end solution design across upstream and downstream dependencies.

Pay

The expected salary for this position is $165,000 - $197,000. Compensation varies depending on factors including location, certifications, education, and level of experience.

Benefits

• Discretionary incentive award based on company and personal performance.
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.

This role is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization now or in the future, including candidates whose work authorization is tied to a student visa, employer-sponsored visa, visa transfer, immigration petition, or other third-party sponsorship. By applying, you confirm that you are authorized to work for any employer in the United States indefinitely without requiring sponsorship from Cargill.