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At Schwab, you are empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.

This Director-level, technical Workday role is part of the HR Technology team at Schwab and will foster a strategic enablement of the Workday Center of Excellence team that is focused on enhancing the employee experience, improving capabilities and efficiency for the HR business team and well as foster team collaboration and engagement. 

This is an advisory role, responsible for helping our HR Business stakeholders establish a strong technical foundation in the Workday platform, and design solutions that drive outcomes.  This role will act as a critical partner with HR Stakeholders and Executives, understanding business problems and evangelize Workday capabilities and solutions that can support improvements.  This will consist of establishing best practices around Workday implementation, foster HR business awareness of Workday capabilities, tenant management, release practices, technical governance, core data, integrations and operational resiliency.  This is a highly consultative role, that guides the strategic implementation of Workday in alignment with HR strategy and HR capability objectives.  This role will partner to establish roadmaps, timelines and lead overall plans through to implementation.  This role will interact with all levels of the organization, including executive levels, product and technical developers.

This is an individual-contributor role that will focus on the implementation and expansion of Workday capability for the HR Business Unit.  The focus will initially be on the foundational HCM components to understand current configuration and short-term, quick wins.  Partnerships with HR business teams will be foundational to understand business opportunities and then prepare demos/solutions to improve the Workday implementation, generate efficiency for HR Administration users and increase unitization for employees.

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct high-level needs analysis, generate reports, and perform data analysis to aid decision-makingSolicit requirements for understanding, collaborating with business requestors to ensure understanding prior to developmentOversee design and feature development, translating the product vision into actionable componentsEnsure all Workday-identified solutions are defined in Jira, supporting BSAs and developers with requirement refinement, and that the release into production meets the intended solutionEnsure participation and alignment in planning activities, PI Plans and sprint/agile ceremoniesMange stakeholder relationships, acting as a change agent for a product-focused culturePropose and implement process improvements and drive innovation within current business practices and solutionsAggressively seek opportunities for automation across HR Business Processes and Workday solution offeringsDevelop and coach Workday delivery team talent, supporting professional growth and engagement

The ideal candidate will excel in vast Workday knowledge and product experience, consulting and demonstration to understand and solicit needs and how Workday can be enhanced to improve usability, communication, problem-solving and analysis, with a passion for driving change and delivering outstanding user/employee experiences.

Workday Expertise: This is a director-level position focused on Workday HR solutions for the HR business team at Schwab. Hands-on experience with Workday HCM implementations, with a strong focus on Workday capability, integration architecture and designTechnical Proficiency: Deep knowledge of Workday configuration and integration methods, security and Workday offerings within the HCM and Innovation Services such as Assistant/Everywhere, GenAI/Illuminate, Talent and offerings as part of platform releases Data Governance: Strong understanding of Workday Data Governance, reporting, and data consumption methodologies.Security: In-depth knowledge of security best practices for cloud-based applications, including role-based/SSO and data protection measures.Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders. This role will be partnering with all levels of the HR organization, as well as technical Workday developers and support resources.Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to troubleshoot complex HR Business issues.Agile Methodology: Experience working in Agile environments and using project management tools such as Jira.What you have

Required qualifications:

10+ years of Workday Platform experience, including 5+ years in a Workday Architecture and Solutioning role, contributing to the Workday implementation(s) of HR products – HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Learning, RecruitingConsultative experience and proven approach to solicit business problems and form solutions and roadmaps to addressExperience with large-scale enterprise Workday Implementations or in support thereofA strong understanding of HR business processesExperience as a Workday Evangelist with solutions-oriented leadership style, enabling innovation and need for change in how we utilize the platform and enable net-new offeringsStrong communication and presentation skills – at multiple levels of an organizationOrganized, roadmap and project management experience, with channels of communication on progress by HR business process area (HCM, Benefits, Compensation, Talent, etc)Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira

Preferred qualifications:

WorkdayPro and other Workday certifications

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase planPaid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positionsPaid parental leave and family building benefitsTuition reimbursementHealth, dental, and vision insurance Apply Save job