Workday HCM Configuration Lead

Company: BOEING
Location: El Segundo
Posted on: May 26, 2025

Job Description:

Job DescriptionAt Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.The Boeing Company's Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Security organization is seeking a Workday HCM Configuration Lead to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team focused on delivering valuable functionality to the Boeing HR organization. This position can be located in Everett, WA, Arlington, VA, Charleston, SC, Chicago, IL, Houston, TX, Huntsville, AL, Long Beach, CA, El Segundo, CA, Mesa, AZ, Renton, WA, Ridley Park, PA, Berkeley, MO, or Hazelwood, MO.The Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) Configuration Lead will be a Servant Leader championing our Development Operations (Workday Development) mindset, culture, and process/technical practices. This individual will support practices in communication, integration, and automation, and model close cooperation among all those needed to plan, develop, test, deploy, release, and maintain a solution.The ideal applicant for this role will have previous proven experience with Workday implementation and post-implementation optimization, as well as a sound understanding of HR processes and operational framework. The ideal applicant will also have proven success in partnering with HR leaders to iterate and optimize Workday tools to deliver solutions that drive the organization forward and provide excellent end-user experiences.The selected applicant will have a User-Centered Design/Human-Centered Design mindset and experience empathizing with users and developing problem statements that address the needs of our various employee personas. Within our Workday Development model, the Workday HCM Configuration Lead must have a solid grasp of Workday Development and understand how to break down organizational silos.Position Responsibilities:

• Provide Functional Analysis in support of Workday Development teams
• Partnering with Domain Leads and Business to support and/or lead the analysis of problems, evaluating change requests, impact analysis
• Formulate and develop new and/or optimized business requirements, process and functional improvements on capabilities, and solutions aligned to enterprise strategies
• Support business case studies for technology developments
• Develop a continuous delivery pipeline through the escalation of impediments, ensuring value delivery, and driving relentless improvement
• Provide subject matter Testing and Data Management Support for critical projects
• Coordinate with business and technology teams, integrating system and data requirements
• Improve efficiency and practices associated with Workday Development and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
• Provide Workday Operational support
• Support recurring operational events and actions
• Support Workday product offerings (HCM, Payroll, Recruiting, Adaptive Planning, Extend, etc.) along with some legacy HR applications
• Execute events in Workday, as well as EIBs and mass operation moves to support the events
• Utilize core understanding of Workday Security Model, design and redesign
• Research, identify, and recommend industry best practices for solving business technology problems
• Partner across teams to provide analysis of Workday feature/functionality research
• Collaborate with Business Process Architects, HR COEs, and IT to assess change impacts for incoming work requests
• Support the Workday Adoption Roadmap process
• Drive an operational model that efficiently and effectively influences Workday functionality uptake by leveraging brainstorms, design partners, early adopters, and other customer product management options
• Provide Post-Production Support
• Provide Hypercare leadership and support for major releases of new capabilities
• Partner with IT in the administration and monitoring of systems post-implementation
• Experience with data privacy and experience working with legal, global privacy, and IDAM teams
• Support change management and training of deployed systems
• User Centered Design (UCD) leadership and coaching
• Partner with cross-functional teams to establish and enhance existing UCD culture, processes, and methods
• Lead processes associated with User Centered Design, especially related to the design and evaluation stages of design processes
• Drive continuous improvement of employee experience through aligning/optimizing HR technologies to employee needs
• Help drive the Lean User Experience (UX) innovation cycle
• Develop and coach team members
• Facilitate open communication and fact-based decision making
• Assist with economic decision-making through feature and capability estimationThis position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options. This is at the hiring team's discretion and could potentially change in the future.Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
  • 5+ years of experience configuring, implementing, and administering Workday functionality
  • 5+ years of experience in Requirements Management
  • 5+ years of experience with requirements-based testingPreferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
    • Bachelor's degree or higher
    • One or more of the following Workday Partner/Customer Certifications: Workday Absence, Benefits, Compensation/Advanced Compensation, Recruiting, Time Tracking, HCM Core, Performance and/or Talent
    • 3+ years of experience in a role that required Project Management skills
    • Experience developing and implementing process improvements
    • Experience in design thinking, user centered design, human centered designDrug Free Workplace:Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.Shift Work:This position is for 1st shift.Pay & Benefits:At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. - Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.Summary pay range: $154,700 - $209,300 -Applications for this position will be accepted until Jun. 06, 2025Export Control Requirements: This is not an Export Control position.Relocation Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.Visa Sponsorship Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.Shift This position is for 1st shiftEqual Opportunity Employer:Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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