Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves more than 120,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
About the Role:
Motive is experiencing remarkable growth, and we're looking for a hands-on Workday expert who thinks strategically about how HR systems can drive business success. As Manager, People Systems, you'll lead our Workday configuration and optimization while bringing a systems thinking approach to how we design and deliver HR services.
The "systems" in your title reflects our focus on understanding how people, processes, and technology work together. While your primary focus will be on Workday, you'll need to think holistically about how our HR systems support and enhance the way our workforce operates.
As Motive grows, you'll have the opportunity to shape how our Workday platform evolves to support business needs. Your hands-on expertise combined with strategic thinking will help create efficient, scalable HR processes that enhance how our employees work. This is a chance to go beyond traditional system administration to build solutions that drive real business impact.
What You'll Do:Workday Strategy
- Own the overall Workday roadmap and strategy, aligning system improvements with business priorities
- Establish best practices for system governance, security, and compliance
- Define priorities for system enhancements and new feature implementations
Cross-functional Partnership
- Partner with HR, Finance, IT, and business leaders to understand needs and translate them into practical Workday solutions
- Drive process optimization and automation through effective use of Workday capabilities
- Lead change management and user adoption initiatives
Technical Implementation & Operations
- Lead hands-on configuration and enhancement of Workday HCM modules
- Lead system troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex issues
- Design and implement integrations between Workday and other business systems
- Lead the development of custom reports and dashboards
- to support data-driven decision making
- Manage the full deployment cycle from testing to production
Team & Project Management
- Lead and mentor a team of HR systems professionals
- Manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines
- Establish and maintain documentation for processes, configurations, and standard operating procedures
- Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance across HR systems
What We're Looking For:
- 6+ years of hands-on experience with Workday HCM, including system configuration, security setup, reporting and analytics
- Experience leading technical teams and managing complex projects
- Strong understanding of HR processes and how they translate into system requirements
- Experience with system integrations and data management
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Knowledge of data governance and security best practices
- Ability to balance hands-on technical work with strategic thinking
- Excellence in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Clear communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to various audience
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:
United States
$98,000—$149,000 USD
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
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