Workday Functional Lead - Onboarding & Associated Personnel

Boston, MA, US • Posted 12 hours ago • Updated 55 minutes ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • Functional Management
  • Leadership
  • Production Support
  • HR Management
  • Payroll
  • Management
  • Provisioning
  • Process Modeling
  • Optimization
  • Workflow
  • IT Security
  • Procurement
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Auditing
  • Documentation
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Collaboration
  • Legal
  • Vendor Management
  • Acceptance Testing
  • Training
  • Reporting
  • Dashboard
  • Identity Management
  • Virtual Machines
  • Change Management
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Onboarding
  • Workforce Management
  • Workday
  • Business Process
  • Communication
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Healthcare Information Technology
  • Health Care
  • Life Sciences
  • Recruiting
  • Marketing Communications

Summary

Our East Coast healthcare client is seeking an experienced Workday Functional Lead to drive the design, configuration, and optimization of Workday Onboarding and Associated Personnel solutions.

This role will play a key part in delivering a seamless worker lifecycle experience-from pre-hire through onboarding-across both employees and non-traditional workforce populations (e.g., contingent workers, contractors, affiliates).

Location: Remote

Travel: Occasional travel for stakeholder meetings

Employment Type: Contract (Full-Time Hours)

Key Responsibilities

Functional Leadership
  • Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Workday Onboarding & Associated Personnel
  • Lead end-to-end implementations, enhancements, and production support
  • Facilitate discovery sessions and translate business needs into scalable Workday solutions
  • Provide strategic guidance on workforce onboarding and engagement models

Workday Onboarding (HCM)
  • Configure onboarding processes for employees and non-employees
  • Design task frameworks, notifications, and onboarding portals
  • Partner with HR to improve new hire experience and streamline pre-hire activities
  • Ensure alignment with Recruiting, Benefits, Payroll, and Compliance

Associated Personnel (Contingent Workforce)
  • Configure and manage worker types, including:
  • Contingent workers
  • Contractors and consultants
  • Interns, affiliates, and external staff
  • Design onboarding/offboarding processes for non-employee populations
  • Support vendor management and integrations with external systems (e.g., VMS)
  • Ensure proper security roles, access provisioning, and compliance tracking

Business Process Design & Optimization
  • Design and maintain Workday business process frameworks
  • Identify automation and standardization opportunities
  • Optimize workflows across HR, IT, Security, and Procurement

Security & Compliance
  • Define and maintain role-based security models
  • Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations
  • Support audit readiness and documentation

Stakeholder Engagement
  • Collaborate with HR, Talent Acquisition, IT, Legal, and Vendor Management
  • Lead workshops, UAT sessions, and training initiatives
  • Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders

Data, Reporting & Integrations
  • Ensure accurate workforce data tracking across all worker types
  • Build and maintain reports and dashboards for onboarding metrics
  • Support integrations with third-party systems (e.g., identity management, background checks, VMS)

Release & Change Management
  • Analyze Workday releases for functional impact
  • Recommend and implement new features
  • Drive continuous improvement and enhancement initiatives

Required Qualifications
  • 5+ years of Workday HCM functional experience
  • Strong expertise in: Workday Onboarding and Contingent / Associated Workforce Management
  • Hands-on experience with: Workday Business Process Framework and Security Configuration
  • Proven track record leading implementations or major enhancements
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills


To learn more about this and other positions, contact Michael Cooper at or . Healthcare IT Leaders is a national leader in IT workforce solutions, connecting healthcare provider, payer and life sciences organizations with experienced technology talent for consulting and full-time hiring. For more information, visit us on the web at .

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  • Position Id: 032097
  • Posted 12 hours ago
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