Workday HCM Lead

About the role

Vibe Restaurants is seeking a Workday HCM Lead to serve as the strategic leader responsible for the overall strategy, implementation, optimization, and ongoing management of our Workday platform. This is a key role for a proven leader who can ensure that our Workday applications effectively support organizational business objectives, deliver measurable value, and maintain high standards of performance and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Program Strategy & Roadmap: Develop, maintain, and communicate a multi-year Workday program roadmap that aligns platform enhancements with business strategy and enterprise priorities. Serve as the primary owner for all modules and manage the annual program budget.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders (HR, Finance, Operations), IT teams, executive leadership, and external partners. Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and provide regular executive-level reporting.
• Program Delivery & Execution: Oversee the end-to-end delivery of Workday initiatives, including configuration, integration, testing, deployment, and change management. Coordinate functional teams and lead release management activities for system updates.
• Advanced Analytics & Workday Prism: Build and maintain Workday Prism data pipelines, data sources, and transformation logic to support advanced analytics and reporting needs. Integrate Workday and non-Workday data sources into Prism to enable enterprise-level insights. Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable, user-friendly data solutions and ensure rigorous data quality, integrity, and consistency across datasets.
• Governance, Risk & Compliance: Establish and enforce program governance processes, configuration standards, and change controls. Partner with Security, Compliance, and Legal teams to ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, and data privacy policies.
• Operational Excellence & Team Leadership: Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to Workday team members. Monitor key program metrics like adoption and stability while maintaining SOPs and promoting operational best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Human Resources, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in Workday or large-scale ERP program management, implementation, or optimization
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional technology programs

Skills

• Deep knowledge of Workday architecture, modules, release management, and SaaS best practices
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills
• Capacity to influence without direct authority
• Experience working in governed/regulated environments (preferred)
• Proficiency with Agile/Scrum, Jira, or ServiceNow (preferred)

Work environment

• Primarily office-based role (Monday-Thursday)
• Occasional travel required for meetings or training
• Collaborative environment supporting critical enterprise systems
• Occasional evening or weekend availability needed for system releases or urgent matters