Senior Manager, HR Technology (Workday PATT)

Labcorp is seeking a Senior Manager, HR Technology(Workday PATT) for a dynamic team. This position can be Remote based.

Work Schedule: This is a full‑time, exempt (salaried) position assigned to a First Shift schedule, with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in your local time zone. Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, including earlier, later, or additional hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible.

Applicants who live within 35 miles of either the Burlington, NC or Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in-office days per week at an assigned location, either Burlington or Durham, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

As part of Labcorp’s HR Technology team, the Sr. Manager, HR Technology (Workday PATT) requires deep technical expertise in the Workday application with a focus on Payroll / Absence / Time Tracking. The successful candidate will possess leadership capabilities to manage a team of Analysts and/or Solutions Managers and will have a proactive approach to enhancing the Workday landscape. This role will be responsible for system configuration, process automation, experience optimization, and ensuring the platform scales and evolves with business needs. 

This position will be our Workday subject matter expert (SME) on all things Workday PATT. The overall objective of this role is to lead the research, analysis, design, and implementation of configuration that elevates payroll, absence & time tracking practices. 

This role is focused on close collaboration with partners in payroll, HR, and Finance, offering both technical expertise and strategic advice to address complex business issues and develop long term solutions. In this role, you will support the enterprise Workday solutions of US Payroll, HCM/Core payroll setup for global payroll integrations, global Absence, and Time Tracking. The ideal candidate must have hands-on configuration experience of Workday for a large-scale global environment and will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient solutions. 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Experience leading / managing future state design and process improvement projects focused on PATT (Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking) business functions to design, architect, troubleshoot and maintain Workday configuration 

• Advise key stakeholders and partners on Workday PATT functionalities, providing technical support and best practice suggestions for configuration 

• Own and design system requirements and supporting business process changes by conducting gap analysis between business needs and Workday capabilities, performing regression testing where appropriate and recommending solutions or enhancements. 

• Collaborate with People Services, Payroll, Finance, and Total Rewards/Benefits teams to lead complex quarterly and cyclical projects, including managing timeline, keeping all stakeholders informed of progress, gathering requirements, implementing solutions that comply with federal, state and local regulations, and developing and executing end-to-end test plans to validate system configurations and updates. 

• Support payroll-impacting configuration changes made across other HR Tech workstreams including core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Comp, Benefits, Absence, etc. and integrations with other systems such as Labcorp’s Oracle ERP.