Senior Workday HCM Lead

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. 

We're looking for a Senior Business Systems Engineer (Level 5) to join our People Technology team and serve as a technical expert for our Workday HCM platform. In this role, you'll define the technical roadmap and architecture for Workday, own complex configurations, and play a critical role in M&A integrations as we scale our global workforce. You'll partner closely with People, Finance, IT, and Security teams to deliver solutions that are compliant, secure, and built for scale.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of HR technology and business transformation—bringing deep Workday expertise, a strong compliance and security mindset, and the ability to lead large projects from inception to execution while mentoring others and enhancing team effectiveness.

Why Join Us

• High-impact role on a team driving AI-first transformation and operational excellence
• Opportunity to lead critical M&A integration work at scale
• Collaborative environment that values engineering discipline and continuous improvement
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits

How We Work

• We Are Customer Obsessed
  • Proactively identify and develop solutions that enhance the customer experience while meeting business goals
  • Leverage customer data and feedback to prioritize improvements to your work
  • Advocate for the customer by integrating user experience insights into decisions and communicating the potential impact of solutions on customer satisfaction
• We Strive for Excellence
  • Set high expectations and encourage others to push boundaries on what is possible
  • Demonstrate breadth of knowledge in your area of specialization while challenging the status quo
  • Consistently seek and deliver actionable feedback—up, down, and across
  • Adjust project priorities to achieve team goals
• We Are Accountable
  • Lead work from idea to execution with minimal oversight
  • Partner to solve team-level problems and upskill others
  • Hold team members accountable and expect the same in return
  • Lead by example in sharing successes and owning mistakes
• We All Belong
  • Actively remove barriers to create a welcoming team environment and foster growth
  • Navigate difficult conversations empathetically and address behaviors that negatively impact team dynamics
  • Encourage open dialogue and ensure all voices are valued

Responsibilities:

• Define technical roadmap and architecture for Workday HCM, produce detailed design documents spanning multiple subsystems, establish best practices, provide architectural oversight, and drive adoption of new technologies
• Lead configuration, optimization, and enhancement of Workday HCM modules (Core HR, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent) including business processes, calculated fields, and custom reports while serving as subject matter expert
• Lead Workday workstreams for M&A including due diligence, data migration, Day 1 readiness, harmonization, and integration strategies for consolidating acquired company HR systems
• Design and maintain SOX-compliant security configurations, business processes, and system controls documentation while partnering with auditors to support testing cycles and ensure compliance and change management
• Configure and maintain Workday security roles, domains, and policies using least-privilege principles, conduct periodic access reviews, and ensure compliance with data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA)
• Understanding of Workday integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio, APIs), identify automation opportunities to eliminate manual work, and support downstream system dependencies
• Design and implement AI-powered automations to streamline HR processes using tools like Workato AI agents and Claude LLMs, while identifying high-value use cases within the Workday ecosyste