Principal Workday Engineer

About Us

With electric vehicles expected to be nearly 30% of new vehicle sales by 2025 and more than 50% by 2040, electric mobility is becoming a reality. ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) is at the center of this revolution, powering one of the world’s leading EV charging networks and a comprehensive set of hardware, software and mobile solutions for every charging need across North America and Europe. We bring together drivers, businesses, automakers, policymakers, utilities and other stakeholders to make e-mobility a global reality.

Since our founding in 2007, ChargePoint has focused solely on making the transition to electric easy for businesses, fleets and drivers. ChargePoint offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an all-electric future and a trillion-dollar market.

At ChargePoint, we foster a positive and productive work environment by committing to live our values of Be Courageous, Charge Together, Love our Customers, Operate with Openness, and Relentlessly Pursue Awesome. These values guide how we show up every day, align, and work together to build a brighter future for all of us.

Join the team that is building the EV charging industry and make your mark on how people and goods will get everywhere they need to go, in any context, for generations to come.

Reports To

Senior Manager, Global IT & Network

What You Will Be Doing 

This is a broad techno/functional role (not administrative or HR). This position will serve as the system's "owner" and technical subject matter expert for the ChargePoint HRIS systems. This role is crucial as it optimizes the use of UKG, Workday, Greenhouse, and new systems to be implemented across our entire organization. The responsibilities include ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and proper use of information within the system. The position also entails reporting, system integration, security administration, configuration, testing, UX, and business process design. 

The individual in this role will report to the Sr. Manager of IT and act as an SME with the HR, Payroll, and other teams to offer support for technology and reporting needs. They will also facilitate change management and system adoption, and draft end-user documentation and training whenever necessary. A key aspect of this role is developing, maintaining, and producing management and statistical reports. 

You’d be a great fit if you have a natural tendency to enable/support others and enjoy problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analyzing systems, data, and processes.  You’d be a great fit if you enjoy working independently, focusing on facts and details, and making decisions based on logic and objective analysis.  You’d enjoy this role if you are naturally organized, a systems thinker, and love learning new tools and applications. 

 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Manage, maintain, and optimize the ChargePoint UKG Pro, Workday, Greenhouse, and other HRIS systems across all modules. 
• Perform daily operations of HR systems, encompassing configuration, testing, reporting, and the maintenance of employee profiles, pay rules, and accrual profiles. 
• Proactively create, maintain, and analyze comprehensive reports and dashboards within UKG and other tools to monitor key HR metrics, uncover trends, and deliver actionable insights that enhance business outcomes. 
• Generate ad-hoc reports and conduct data analysis to offer insights into trends, employee performance, turnover rates, compensation, and other critical functions. 
• Develop and maintain UKG integration with other applications to help streamline data flow and enhance the ChargePoint technology ecosystem. 
• Deliver expert-level support to HR staff and end-users on the effective utilization of the UKG Pro system, Workday imparting your knowledge and best practices 
• Oversee and audit UKG data and processes to ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations 
• Train HR and other staff to use the HRIS efficiently. Offer continuous support and resolve any user queries or issues. 
• Create HR business processes with a deep understanding of their impact on Payroll systems. Design Payroll systems automation workflows and deliver crucial insights into HR data and metrics. 
• Identify opportunities to enhance and optimize the HRIS system for improved performance and user experience. Implement new features an