Highlights
Strong hands-on experience with Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, and Workday APIs leveraging modern authentication protocols. Experience configuring Workday's portal self-service experience including role-based landing pages, worklets, announcements, quick actions, and business processes.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $150,000–$180,000 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1985 |
| Website | http://www.tandymgroup.com |
Description
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
About Company
At Tandym Group (formerly The Execu|Search Group), we’re committed to connecting talented people like you with leading companies. With our personalized approach, you’ll never feel like just a resume when you work with us. We know that every job—and every job seeker—is different, which is why we keep the focus on you and your goals. This philosophy has allowed us to help thousands of people find career success over the last three decades, and we’re here to help you do the same.
With our extensive network of companies and full suite of direct hire recruitment and contract staffing services, you’ll have access to a variety of roles. We match talent with highly curated opportunities across healthcare, professional services, tech, and life sciences—but it goes far beyond that.
When you partner with us, we’re all in. Your goals become our goals, and we are committed to helping you reach your highest potential. From matching you with your dream role to providing resume guidance and interview prep, we’re here for the entire journey. In the constantly changing world of work, you can count on us to be by your side.
With our extensive network of companies and full suite of direct hire recruitment and contract staffing services, you’ll have access to a variety of roles. We match talent with highly curated opportunities across healthcare, professional services, tech, and life sciences—but it goes far beyond that.
When you partner with us, we’re all in. Your goals become our goals, and we are committed to helping you reach your highest potential. From matching you with your dream role to providing resume guidance and interview prep, we’re here for the entire journey. In the constantly changing world of work, you can count on us to be by your side.