Tech Lead - CORE HR Systems

A media services organization in the Tristate Area is actively seeking an experienced Technical Lead to manage their Core HR Systems. In this role, the Technical Lead, Core HR Systems will oversee and manage the design, development, deployment, and ongoing support of key components of the company's core HR ecosystem, centered on Workday.

About the Opportunity:

• Setting: Hybrid (3 days onsite, either in Northern NJ or Manhattan, NY)

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the definition and execution of Core HR & Payroll platform standards, patterns, and roadmaps across HR, Payroll, Time, & Broadcast & Sports Operations
• Design and implement scalable, secure custom and SaaS solutions that meet defined business and technical requirements
• Lead end-to-end delivery for Core HR & Payroll initiatives, from technical design through build, test, deployment, and post-go-live support
• Oversee technical delivery, release planning, and environment management to ensure stability and predictable releases
• Monitor platform performance and operational health, driving root-cause resolution and continuous improvement
• Build and lead a blended organization of internal engineers, architects, and contracted delivery partners both on and offshore
• Serve as an accountable leader for contracted and managed service partners, ensuring delivery quality, cost effectiveness, and strategic alignment
• Define clear scopes of work, service-level expectations, and governance processes with delivery partners
• Assist with managing budgets and resource plans, ensuring optimal allocation across initiatives
• Perform other duties, as needed

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years leading medium to large engineering delivery teams (both on and offshore)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
• In-depth experience was a Workday developer with at least one full implementation cycle of Workday HMC while serving in a senior lead developer capacity
• Strong hands-on experience with Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, and Workday APIs leveraging modern authentication protocols
• Experience architecting, developing, and deploying custom solutions with the Workday Extend and/or the Workday Build Ecosystem
• Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing data ingestion pipelines into Workday Prism for advanced analytics, reporting, and integrations
• Experience with Workday Job Scheduling tools and managing a large array of integrations
• Experience configuring Workday's portal self-service experience including role-based landing pages, worklets, announcements, quick actions, and business processes
• Proven experience delivering complex enterprise applications implementations with multiple integrations to multiple SaaS platforms
• Strong experience delivering HR & Payroll solutions, especially with integrating HR Data and Benefits
• Experience leading agile teams and working within CI/CD and DevOps delivery models

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in media, entertainment, or consumer-facing digital businesses
• Experience delivering HR & Payroll solutions with SAP & SuccessFactors
• Experience with API Management solutions (MuleSoft, Apigee, Kong) and applying an API first methodology to integration
• Familiarity with good UI/UX design principles as well as industry accessibility standards (WCAG)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, Salesforce, AWS, GCP)
• Experience building custom web applications with React/JAVA
• Familiarity with Workday Canvas Kit
• Interest in modernizing custom and SaaS platforms and improving developer productivity