Senior Manager, People Technology & Analytics
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Senior Manager, People Technology & Analytics (12 month contract)
We are seeking a highly skilled, hands-on Senior Manager, People Technology & Analytics, to join our team. This role presents a dynamic opportunity to contribute to our ongoing Workday evolution and support the largest employer in Canada.
Reporting to the Director, People Technology & Analytics – Talent, the ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Workday modules like, HCM, Recruiting, Learning, and Paradox, with demonstrated success leading annual cycles, configuring complex rules and calculations, and enabling HR talent strategies.
As part of the team as a team leader, you will ensure our Workday environment's integrity and overall system operation through configuration, support, testing, training, and troubleshooting. You will also serve as one of our users' points of contact, as a Workday subject matter expert.
What You'll Do:
Manage the requirements, design, development, and implementation of Workday reporting solutions for multiple HR data domains, including Recruiting, Learning, Reporting and Security domains. Experience with Paradox or HiredScore an asset.
Manage a team of high-performing analysts, coach and develop their Workday skills, identify and prioritize department work, delegate projects and manage to successful results while fostering a safe workplace of inclusiveness and belonging.
Develop Workday enhancements and maximize active features for Recruiting, Paradox and Learning modules, with a focus on automation and leveraging AI opportunities to reduce manual efforts.
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to lead a team providing exceptional customer service, managing critical projects in collaboration with HR, and achieving business objectives
Remain current on HR system requirements by actively participating in the online system community and human resource data analytics trends within Workday Community
Develop strategic solutions to unexpected challenges, providing actionable insights and recommendations based on data interpretation and best practices.
Oversee testing with effective test cases and defect resolution process for all configuration changes to ensure successful deployment.
Develop new Workday functional solutions based on a strong understanding of the business strategy and partner needs, considering cross-functionally within a large team.
What you Bring:
5-7 years of HR Technology experience with strong expertise in Workday Recruiting, Learning, and HCM.
3-4 years of direct people management experience in similar role, with 1-2 years project management experience in system enhancements and implementations
Post-secondary education in Business, HR, Data Analytics, or Information Systems focus, or equivalent work experience. (CHRP or related designation is an asset).
Proven collaboration skills with the ability to build client trust, influence decisions and develop effective relationships across HR, IT, and business leaders in a large, complex enterprise.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, verbal and written, able to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders in project discussions.
Proven leadership skills with a positive approach to coaching and developing your team, and a high degree of empathy and integrity.
High-level critical and analytical thinking, troubleshooting and investigation skills, a creative problem solver with ideas that drive efficiency and optimize business processes.
Strong professionalism, attention to detail, and commitment to confidentiality.
Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.
If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.
We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.
Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.
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