Senior Manager, Global Compensation Technology

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It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT, BLACK+DECKER, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, CUB CADET, and HUSTLER.
The Job:
As a Senior Manager, Global Compensation Technology, you’ll be part of our Global HR Technology team working as a remote employee, leading the global HR technology strategy for Compensation and Advanced Compensation within Workday, supporting more than 43,000 employees across 60+ countries. Reporting to the Director, HR Technology, the Senior Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for the compensation technology portfolio, including oversight of business support resources, roadmap planning, and delivery execution.
The position partners closely with senior HR leaders, process owners, Centers of Excellence, Payroll, IT, and regional teams to align technology solutions with enterprise priorities. The ideal candidate brings deep Workday expertise, strong people leadership, and the ability to drive complex global initiatives that improve scalability, operational efficiency, data integrity, and employee experience. You’ll get to:
* Provide strategic direction, partnership and operational leadership across the Compensation landscape. Establish priorities, allocate resources, develop team capabilities, and hold team members accountable for solution quality, stakeholder partnership, and delivery outcomes.
* Assess business needs and processes across the Workday ecosystem to define the functional technology vision. Partner with functional leads, process owners, and COE leaders to translate enterprise objectives into a cohesive strategy and prioritized portfolio.
* Own the near- and long-term technology roadmap across supported functional areas. Evaluate emerging Workday capabilities, industry practices, business value, dependencies, and organizational capacity to recommend technology enhancements and sequence of delivery.
* Provide senior functional leadership for complex Workday solutions, with deep expertise in Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and Job Architecture. Guide architecture and configuration decisions to ensure solutions meet business requirements, support global consistency, allow for appropriate local variation, and remain maintainable over the long term.
* Support technology delivery for global merit, bonus, and other compensation planning processes. Partner with Compensation leadership to translate program strategy into scalable system capabilities and ensure readiness for critical compensation cycles.
* Own request intake, prioritization, and delivery governance across strategic initiatives, enhancements, and operational needs. Resolve competing priorities, assess resource constraints, and communicate delivery commitments, risks, and decisions to senior stakeholders.
* Identify and direct opportunities to streamline global Compensation processes through Workday functionality, automation, and standardization. Improve data integrity, reduce manual effort, and strengthen the effectiveness of ongoing operations.
* Lead complex initiatives across HR, Payroll, IT and regional teams. Build alignment on requirements, dependencies, decision ownership, and implementation approaches, ensuring solutions account for impacts across connected systems and processes. Support the business in the creation and execution of Test Scenarios and Expected Outcomes.
* Evaluate the adoption and effectiveness of existing functionality to identify opportunities to maximize platform value. Assess new Workday capabilities and product direction to inform roadmap priorities and future business improvements.
* Oversee requirements definition, design, configuration, testing, implementation, and stabilization for portfolio initiatives. Ensure standards are adhered to for documentation, approvals, and change control for the team’s functional areas.
* Provide senior leadership with clear visibility into portfolio performance, business outcomes, capacity, and risk. Partner with process owners on communications, documentation, and training needed to support successful adoption of delivered solutions.
The Person:
You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:
* Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
* Workday Pro credentials in HCM, Compensation, and/or Advanced Compensation are preferred.
* 10+ years of progressive experience in HR technology, HRIS, enterprise HCM consulting, or related fields, including strong Workday expertise.
* Proven experience leading and developing business support analysts or other HR technology professionals in a matrixed organization.
* Deep functional expertise in Compensation and Advanced Compensation, including business process design, configuration, and global compensation planning.
* Demonstrated success owning technology strategy, roadmap development, portfolio prioritization, resource planning, and delivery governance.
* Experience working in a product management model with clear accountability across business analysis, solution architecture, and system configuration.
* Strong track record leading cross-functional, enterprise initiatives and ensuring end-to-end process integrity across Workday, integrations, payroll, reporting, and security.
* Proven ability to lead complex global programs, influence senior leaders, resolve competing priorities, and communicate technology decisions in business terms.
* Operates with an enterprise mindset, builds strong cross-functional partnerships, drives clear decision ownership, and balances speed with rigor to deliver scalable, supportable solutions.
The Details:
You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:
* Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
* Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
And More:
We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:
* _Grow:_ Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
* _Learn:_ Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
* _Belong:_ Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
* _Give Back:_ Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.
What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!
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The Salary range for this position is $102,300.00 - $156,833.33
* This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge,