Senior Specialist, Workday Strategy & Governance

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Senior Workday Specialist is responsible for the configuration, implementation, and ongoing support of Workday modules. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Workday functionalities and possess the analytical and problem-solving skills necessary to enhance our Workday capabilities and processes. This role involves collaboration with HR, IT, and other departments within AbbVie to ensure that our Workday system meets business needs. It also includes acting in a consulting capacity to understand and interpret the request received from stakeholders and translate it into a viable and meaningful solution that aligns to our Workday strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the configuration and implementation of Workday change requests, including but not limited to HCM, Payroll, Benefits, and Compensation.
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance of the Workday system, ensuring data integrity and system security
• Collaborate with HR and IT teams to identify and analyze requests from our business stakeholders and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Manage and execute system upgrades and updates, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
• Stay up to date with Workday features and best practices to proactively recommend optimizations.
• Participate in cross-functional projects and teams to provide Workday expertise and insights.
• Partner with our IT team to ensure vendor management and oversight for the change requests that are assigned to a third-party vendor
• Act as testing resource and potentially a testing lead for major projects
• As part of a team, develop and execute an evolving Workday strategy that is current with busine