Principal Workday People Tech Lead - Core HCM & Security

About the role

The Principal Workday People Tech Lead - Core HCM, Security serves as the strategic domain owner for Workday Core HCM and Security at HealthEquity. This role is responsible for the design, integrity, and long-term evolution of foundational Workday configuration, as well as protecting the operational and architectural coherence of the broader platform.

Responsibilities

• Own the long-term integrity, scalability, and maintainability of foundational Workday configuration, including worker data structures, lifecycle frameworks, business processes, and security architecture.
• Lead the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of complex foundational Workday functionality with significant cross-domain or enterprise impact.
• Evaluate and influence implementation and enhancement decisions through a long-term platform lens, proactively identifying downstream impacts, operational risks, governance concerns, and future maintenance implications.
• Ensure Core HCM and Security configuration supports clean interoperability across Payroll, Time, Talent, Recruiting, Reporting, Integrations, and TMX capabilities.
• Guide foundational organizational and worker data design decisions, including supervisory organizations, positions, worker structures, lifecycle events, and related enterprise frameworks.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for Workday security architecture, including role-based security, domain security policies, business process security, segmentation approaches, and audit considerations.
• Partner closely with IT, Identity & Access Management, Security, and integration teams to ensure alignment between Workday security architecture and broader enterprise governance standards.
• Establish and maintain governance practices that reduce configuration drift, unnecessary customization, fragmented design patterns, and long-term technical debt.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor and mentor to People Technology team members, helping elevate platform thinking, governance discipline, and architectural maturity across the function.
• Contribute to release governance, cross-domain risk evaluation, testing strategy, and platform readiness discussions as a foundational platform authority.
• Maintain strong awareness of emerging Workday capabilities, platform changes, and industry best practices to continuously strengthen foundational platform health.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Human Resources, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years experience owning and evolving Workday Core HCM architecture in complex enterprise environments.
• 4+ years experience designing and governing Workday Security architecture, including role-based security, domain security policies, business process security, segmentation, and audit/compliance considerations.
• Experience partnering with executive stakeholders, implementation partners, and cross-functional enterprise teams during large-scale Workday implementations or transformations.

Specialized Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Advanced understanding of Workday Core HCM architecture, worker data structures, organizational frameworks, business process frameworks, and cross-domain dependencies.
• Deep expertise in Workday Security architecture and governance, including domain security policies, role-based access models, segregation of duties, audit readiness, and enterprise security strategy.
• Strong architectural and systems-thinking mindset, with the ability to evaluate decisions through long-term operational and platform sustainability lenses.
• Ability to identify and articulate downstream impacts, governance risks, technical debt concerns, and cross-platform implications before they become operational issues.
• Ability to influence senior leaders, implementation partners, and cross-functional stakeholders through expertise, credibility, and thoughtful platform stewardship.
• Experience balancing platform flexibility, operational usability, governance rigor, security requirements, and long-term maintainability.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, particularly in translating complex technical and architectural concepts into operationally actionable guidance.

Qualifications

• Workday Core HCM certification strongly preferred.
• Workday Security certification strongly preferred.
• Additional Workday certifications (Reporting, Integrations, Payroll, or related modules) strongly preferred.

Pay

$120,500.00 To $165,000.00 / year

Schedule

This is a remote position.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, dental, and vision HSA contribution and match
• Dependent care FSA match
• Uncapped paid time off
• Adventure accounts
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) match
• Personal and healthcare financial literacy programs
• Ongoing education & tuition assistance
• Gym and fitness reimbursement
• Wellness program incentives

Why work with HealthEquity?

HealthEquity has a vision that by 2030 we will make HSAs as widespread and popular as retirement accounts. We are passionate about providing a solution that allows American families to connect health and wealth. Join us and discover a work experience where the person is valued more than the position.