Workday HCM Program Manager

Internally Titled People Program Manager (Assignment: Principal Analyst, Workday HCM)

At WelbeHealth, we serve our communities’ most vulnerable seniors through shared intention, pioneering spirit, and the courage to love. These core values and our participant-focus lead the way no matter what.

The Program Manager (Assignment: Principal Analyst, Workday HCM) is the core technical support resource for WelbeHealth’s Workday implementation and will play a critical role in delivery, starting with Phase 1 targeted for 2027. Reporting to the Director, People Technology Transformation, this role will provide hands-on configuration expertise across Workday HCM modules, helping translate business needs into scalable and effective system solutions. In addition to serving as a technical expert, this role will act as a thought partner on process design and system decision-making, while also helping train incoming Workday analysts and improve existing HRIS resources with experience outside of Workday.

This role is different because the Program Manager (Assignment: Principal Analyst, Workday HCM) at WelbeHealth:

- Serves as the organization's hands-on Workday HCM technical expert, partnering with business and technology leaders to design, configure, and optimize Workday solutions that support scalable People processes, regulatory compliance, and team member experience

- Plays a foundational role in the successful delivery of WelbeHealth's enterprise Workday implementation by translating complex business requirements into effective system configurations, guiding technical decision-making, mentoring future Workday analysts, and helping build long-term internal Workday expertise

We care about our team members. That’s why we offer:

- Medical insurance coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)

- Work/life balance - We mean it! 17 days of personal time off (PTO), 12 holidays observed annually, and 6 sick days

- 401K savings + match

- Comprehensive compensation package including base pay and bonus

- And additional benefits!

On the day-to-day, you will:

- Serve as the primary hands-on Workday HCM configuration resource of the implementation across payroll, absence, time keeping, recruiting, HCM, performance and talent optimization, Peakon, benefits and Cloud Connect, and LMS

- Partner with the Director, People Technology Reimagination, the People Project Manager, and key stakeholders to gather requirements, translate business needs, and recommend effective Workday configuration decisions aligned to future-state processes

- Configure Workday HCM modules and related functionality to support business requirements, compliance needs, reporting needs, and team member experience

- Support solution design sessions by identifying configuration options, implications, dependencies, and tradeoffs, serving as both a technical expert and thought partner for how people processes should be enabled in Workday

- Partner in testing activities across unit, integration, and user acceptance testing by preparing configuration for test cycles, validating outcomes, supporting defect resolution, and helping ensure readiness for launch

- Document configuration decisions, business process design, assumptions, dependencies, and technical considerations to support knowledge transfer, auditability, and ongoing support

- Partner closely with internal teams and implementation partners to troubleshoot issues, evaluate impacts, and support resolution of system and process questions throughout the implementation lifecycle, as well as serve as a mentor for incoming Workday analysts to help upskill existing HRIS resources with prior experience outside of Workday to build internal capability and long-term support capacity

Job requirements include:

- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, information systems, business, or related field preferred; equivalent Workday configuration experience may be substituted

- Required hands-on Workday HCM configuration experience, wi