Job Description Summary

Department - Human Resources

Job Description

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Job Type: Unclassified

Job Classification: 2100 - Human Resources Information Systems Manager

Salary Grade: 18

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $88,881 - $122,211 Annually 

Full Range: $88,881 - $133,321 Annually 

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. 

The first review of applications will be on 05/16/2025.

Are you an HR professional with a passion for technology, systems, and collaboration? Have you supported an organization through an HRIS platform transition? Pima County is seeking an experienced HRIS Manager to serve as a subject matter expert for our Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) who can assist in our transition from ADP to Workday and lead the HR team in the ongoing maintenance and optimization of Workday (HCM) across an organization of 7,000 employees.

This key role is new to the HR Department and organization. You will work closely with the Information Technology and Finance departments to collaborate on system integrations, security administration, and business process design. You’ll support HRIS end-users by troubleshooting issues, developing user documentation, and assisting with training. You will also partner with IT to ensure system performance and reliability, and play a critical role in improving data reporting, accessibility, and accuracy.

This position drives HR system functionality by understanding the business needs of HR, Payroll, IT, and County leadership—offering strategic recommendations on how Workday can be leveraged to meet those needs. You will lead cross-functional HRIS projects, manage vendor relationships, and ensure the efficient and effective use of Workday.

This is a classification in the unclassified service and is exempt from the Merit System Rules.

This is an in-office position located in Tucson, AZ. 

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Drives functionality and optimization of HCM system: understands business and information needs of HR, Payroll, IT, and management, and makes recommendations about how the system can best meet those needs;

• Partners with IT to ensure system reliability, performance, and security, and leads efforts to improve data accessibility and reporting;

• Partners with the HR leadership team to define and prioritize HR technology needs, contributing to the overall HR strategy;

• Collaborates with IT and other departments to ensure the seamless integration of HRIS with other enterprise systems;

• Manages HR’s relationships with external HRIS vendors, ensuring effective contract management, vendor performance, and service level agreements;

• Proactively identifies and communicates system issues, working with IT to initiate and manage configuration changes to improve HRIS functionality and performance;

• Leads HR team in cross-functional HRIS projects, ensuring timely delivery of system implementations, upgrades, validations and ongoing support;

• Recommends and assists with custom functions and integrations specific to HR systems. Participates with cross functional teams to implement system upgrades and system additions for HR;

• Provides support for integration errors, failures and troubleshooting warnings and supports HRIS (Workday) users by troubleshooting problems, answering questions, creating and/or modifying reports, and assisting in the creation of documentation as needed;

• Assists in the development of training plans to help end-users carry out role-based and user-based responsibilities in the system, including developing training materials, user procedures, guidelines, and documentation, and participates in coordinated training events.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Business Administration, Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related discipline as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment AND three years of progressive and relev