Technical Workday Manager

About this role

At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships.  We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.

The Technical Workday Manager serves as a bridge between HR business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, owning end-to-end management and solution design across Workday HCM, Integrations and Security. This role will be responsible for leading a team of Workday developers utilizing deep technical knowledge with hands on technical capability to design scalable, compliant, and efficient enterprise solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Integration Architecture & Delivery • Oversee Workday integration developers, pursuing innovative initiatives and improvements in current Workday technology processes

• Provide technical guidance for design and support of our inbound/outbound integrations using: • Workday Studio

• EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder)

• Core Connectors

• Workday Web Services (REST/SOAP APIs)

• BIRT reporting

• XML, XSLT transformations

• Workday Orchestrate

• Oversee vendor management for our integration portfolio (e.g., payroll providers, benefits vendors, ServiceNow, background check vendors), including production support and maintenance.

Security, Risk & Governance • Oversee Workday Security administration developers to align with our operating model, deliver production support for security assignments, enhance controls via security reviews, and execute our Workday scramble and refresh plans in implementation tenants.

• Provide design guidance for Workday Security configuration for enhancements, to address defects, or evaluate new functionality (i.e., Business Process Config/Policy, integration security segments, report security etc.).

• Own governance frameworks for access, role rationalization, and audit readiness.​

• Conduct regular audits on Workday access to ensure accuracy and compliance and respond to requests for security audits as needed working with our HR, HR Risk or leadership teams.

Functional Configuration • Partner with HR Systems leads to providing design guidance as needed across Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Recruiting, Talent, and Payroll modules, looking for automation opportunities between functional and technical development within Workday.

• Conduct impact assessments for releases, enhancements, and regulatory changes.

Program & Stakeholder Management • Lead technical workshops and discovery sessions.

• Translate BRDs into user stories and technical design documentation.

• Provide executive-level updates on roadmap, risk, and integration stability.

• Mentor junior analysts, integration developers, and functional configurators.

• Drive release management strategy and regression testing coordination.

• Maintain detailed documentation related to project work, HR Systems internal documentation & frameworks, and process guides.

Required Experience • 7+ years of Workday experience in HCM configuration, integration and/or security

• Prior management experience preferred

• Ability to provide a proactive and independent approach to problem-solving, identifying opportunities for system improvement and driving initiatives without constant supervision

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and adjust to shifting priorities while meeting deadlines

• Ability to recognize risk and remediate/mitigate as needed

• Experience supporting or leading full lifecycle Workday implementations or major tenant refreshes

• Experience operating in regulated or compliance-driven environments

• Strong understanding of data governance, SOX control, SDLC management, and security best practices

    Salary Range NJ: $140,000-$190,000 base salary + annual bonus target MA: $130,000-$180,000 base salary + annual bonus targe

BBH and its affiliates' compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range(s) shown above are only for the indicated location(s) and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheck—providing you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being. 

We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.

About BBH: Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.

We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver except

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