Senior Staff HRIS Analyst

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.

Job Description

The People Team at Guardant Health is committed to creating a workplace where innovation, collaboration, and employee experience thrive. We leverage best-in-class HR technology to deliver efficient, data-driven solutions that empower our teams and drive business impact.

We are seeking a Senior Staff HRIS Analyst specializing in Workday Advanced Compensation and Performance Management to join our HRIS team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, HRIS, this role will be a subject matter expert responsible for designing, configuring, and supporting Workday’s compensation and performance modules to ensure accurate, compliant, and effective processes. You will partner closely with HR, Total Rewards, and Talent Management teams to translate business needs into scalable, effective system solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Advanced Compensation

• Partner with Total Rewards on annual compensation cycles to ensure smooth system execution and accurate payouts.
• Build and maintain eligibility rules, compensation plans, and guidelines within Workday.
• Manage and troubleshoot compensation review events, including mass changes and validation processes.

Performance Management

• Configure and support Workday’s performance review processes, including goal setting, mid-year and year-end reviews.
• Partner with Talent Management to update templates, workflows, and eligibility rules for performance cycles.
• Identify and implement enhancements to improve the user experience and streamline Performance Reviews.

Talent Management

• Support the configuration and maintenance of Workday Talent Management processes
• Configure the annual talent review process in Workday, including calibration templates, eligibility, and data accuracy.

System Administration & Support

• Lead configuration changes, testing, and deployment for Workday Compensation, Talent & Performance modules.
• Collaborate with HRIS teammates across functional areas to ensure cohesive system design and evaluate impacts on related processes and configurations to minimize the unintended effects on interconnected processes.
• Partner with HRIS and IT colleagues on integrations that support compensation and performance data flows.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system issues, ensuring minimal disruption to business processes.

Reporting & Analytics

• Build and maintain reports and dashboards for compensation, talent, and performance data.
• Provide insights to HR and business leaders to support data-driven decision making.

Process Improvement

• Identify and implement process efficiencies, leveraging Workday capabilities and best practices.
• Stay current on Workday releases and evaluate new features for potential adoption.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
• 4–6 years of HRIS exp