Workday Functional Engineer

At Expedia Group's People Technology Team, we're not just typing away at our keyboards. We're crafting, developing, and managing top-notch systems that our people rely on throughout their adventures with us. Imagine someone who knows Workday like the back of their hand, seamlessly meshing with various teams and turning those "I wish we could..." statements into "Look what we did!" tech wonders.

What You'll Do:

• Design, Analyze, and Develop Projects: Dive head-first into designing, analyzing, and developing projects.
• Transform Global Requirements: Refine our Workday platform to meet Expedia's global requirements.
• Hands-On Work: Design, configure, and roll out Workday module changes.
• Identify Efficiency Opportunities: Think holistically to identify opportunities around policies and processes to increase efficiency across organizational boundaries.
• Whole Systems Approach: Assist with a comprehensive systems approach to analyze issues, ensuring all components (structure, people, process, and technology) are identified and accounted for.
• Technical Data Analysis: Research and analyze complex technical data using statistical methods.
• System and Integration Solutions: Join our cross-functional team to tackle system and integration issues and ensure data accuracy.
• Collaborate with Teams: Engage with Developers, Product Managers, Tech Experts, and Support Engineers to bring tech dreams to life.
• Support Project Management: Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery of committed work by providing technical suggestions, estimating required effort, identifying risks and dependencies, and addressing impediments.
• Proactive Problem-Solving: Proactively reach out to peers across the environment to collaborate and solve problems.
• Craft Runbooks: Create detailed runbooks, essentially a tech recipe book for system TLC.

Who You Are:

• Experienced in Workday: Experienced in configuring Workday HCM, Security, Compensation, Time & Absence, or any additional module for about 1-2 years.
• Report and Dashboard Creation: Skilled in crafting detailed Workday reports and dashboards.
• Workday Pro Certified: Holds a Workday/Workday Pro HCM, Compensation, or Time & Absence certification (or has equivalent experience).
• Strong Communicator: Possesses excellent communication skills.
• Automation and Integration Enthusiast: Keen on pursuing automation and data integration opportunities.
• Educational Background: Holds a Bachelor's or Master's degree in information science, computer science, business, or has equivalent real-world experience.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Helps coordinate stakeholder input and collaboration efforts when developing solutions to issues.
• Policy and Process Understanding: Understands the importance of standardizing policies and processes and when they need to vary across the organization.
• Agile Methodology: Has a good understanding of Agile Methodology, Software Development Lifecycle, SOX Compliance, and experience with tools like Jira & ServiceNow.