Senior Workday HRIS Manager

About This Role

The Senior Workday HRIS Manager will lead the strategy, optimization, and governance of AvalonBay's Workday HCM & PATTs platform. This role involves partnering with various departments and external vendors to ensure the platform is stable, scalable, compliant, and continuously improving.

Responsibilities

• Own Workday HCM and related modules including Core HCM, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, Compensation, Absence, Benefits, and PATTs
• Maintain system health, data integrity, audit readiness, and manage twice-yearly Workday releases
• Partner with HR leadership to translate business needs into scalable Workday solutions
• Design, configure, test, and deploy Workday business processes, eligibility and condition rules, validations, notifications, and calculated fields
• Lead configuration for key lifecycle events
• Manage Workday security roles, domains, and business process security
• Oversee development of standard, advanced, and matrix reports
• Lead impact assessments, testing, and deployment of Workday's semi-annual releases
• Support and troubleshoot inbound/outbound integrations
• Lead and mentor HRIS analysts/administrators

Requirements

• 6-10+ years of HRIS experience with strong, hands-on Workday expertise
• 3+ years leading Workday configuration and production support
• Deep knowledge of Workday HCM & PATTs business processes, security framework, domains, calculated fields, and reporting
• Experience supporting medium-enterprise organizations (preferably 3,000+ employees)
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and relationship-building skills

Qualifications

• 6-10+ years of HRIS experience with strong, hands-on Workday expertise, including 3+ years leading Workday configuration and production support.

Nice to Have

• Workday certifications (HCM, PATTs, Security, Reporting, Recruiting, etc.)
• Experience leading Workday implementations or major module rollouts
• Exposure to Payroll, Benefits, or Finance integrations

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits