Technical Lead, Core HR (Workday)

Responsibilities

• Platform Strategy & Architecture
• Contribute to the definition and execution of Core HR & Payroll platform standards, patterns, and roadmaps across HR, Payroll, Time, & Broadcast & Sports Operations
• Design and implement scalable, secure custom and SaaS solutions that meet defined business and technical requirements
• Ensure solutions align with architecture standards and integrate cleanly with upstream and downstream systems
• Evaluate and implement new technology capabilities (automation, AI features, data unification, packaged SaaS solutions) in support of product and business needs
• Collaborate with architecture, product, and data teams to ensure consistency and reusability across platforms
• Delivery & Operations Excellence
• Lead end-to-end delivery for Core HR & Payroll initiatives, from technical design through build, test, deployment, and post-go-live support
• Oversee technical delivery, release planning, and environment management to ensure stability and predictable releases
• Enforce best practices in DevOps, code quality, documentation, and automated testing
• Partner with integration, data, and infrastructure teams to ensure reliable interoperability and data flows
• Monitor platform performance and operational health, driving root-cause resolution and continuous improvement
• Partner & Team Leadership
• Serve a critical role as the Development Lead for Versant's planned transformation of their key HR & Payroll Systems
• Build and lead a blended organization of internal engineers, architects, and contracted delivery partners both on and offshore
• Serve as an accountable leader for contracted and managed service partners, ensuring delivery quality, cost effectiveness, and strategic alignment
• Define clear scopes of work, service-level expectations, and governance processes with delivery partners
• Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and learning - balancing partner execution with internal engineering capability
• Mentor and develop team members, driving engagement, accountability, and professional development
• Assist with managing budgets and resource plans, ensuring optimal allocation across initiatives
• Governance, Security & Stakeholder Alignment
• Ensure HR & Payroll solutions comply with corporate security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
• Adhere to established governance processes including change management, version control, and documentation
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, and Security teams to support secure handling of customer and business data
• Provide regular status updates on delivery progress, risks, and operational health to technology and business stakeholders
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for HR and Payroll engineering within cross-functional
• Basic Requirements
• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years leading medium to large engineering delivery teams (both on and offshore)
• 4+ Year of in-depth experience was a Workday developer with at least one full implementation cycle of Workday HMC while serving in a senior lead developer capacity
• Strong hands-on experience with Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, and Workday APIs leveraging modern authentication protocols
• Experience architecting, developing, and deploying custom solutions with the Workday Extend and/or the Workday Build Ecosystem
• Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing data ingestion pipelines into Workday Prism for advanced analytics, reporting, and integrations.
• Experience with Workday Job Scheduling tools and managing a large array of integrations
• Experience configuring Workday's portal self-service experience including role-based landing pages, worklets, announcements, quick actions, and business processes.
• Proven experience delivering complex enterprise applications implementations with multiple integrations to multiple SaaS platforms.
• Strong experience delivering HR & Payroll solutions, especially with integrating HR Data and Benefits
• Experience leading agile teams and working within CI/CD and DevOps delivery models
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent com

Benefits

Additional Information

Versant is seeking a Technical Lead, Core HR Systems to lead the design, development, deployment, and ongoing support of key components of Versant's core HR ecosystem, centered on Workday. This role plays a critical hands-on lead DevOps position in delivering reliable, scalable solutions that support Versant's workforce with delivering SaaS and custom solutions. You will build and lead high-performing teams of engineers and solution leads responsible for platform architecture, delivery, integrations, and operational excellence. You will partner closely with stakeholders across Payroll, HR, Time, Broadcast and Sports Operations, Product, Data & Analytics, and Enterprise Technology to ensure HR & Payroll solutions are well-architected, secure, and aligned to business priorities.

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