# HRIS Manager

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $131k – $191k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Workday, HRIS, Workday Security, Workday Reports, Dashboards, Calculated Fields, Integrations, AI, Automation, Project Management, Change Management
**Posted:** 2026-06-29

> HRIS Manager responsible for owning the product lifecycle of People Operations systems, serving as Workday SME, designing reports/dashboards, driving AI/automation, and managing cross-functional projects and enhancements. Requires 7+ years HRIS experience with deep Workday knowledge.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for your pod's systems and processes—from gathering requirements and designing solutions through testing, delivery, and adoption.
- Serve as the Workday subject matter expert for your domain, advising stakeholders on configuration best practices, optimization opportunities, and governance.
- Assess when Workday is the right tool and when a specialized third-party platform better serves the business. Partner with stakeholders on those decisions and own the requirements that follow.
- Understand integration concepts well enough to make informed build-vs-buy decisions and clearly define requirements for our integrations team.
- Design, build, and maintain custom Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields to surface the right data to the right people at the right time.
- Partner cross-functionally with IT, Finance, Business Operations, and global People teams to align on requirements, recommend solutions, and drive delivery.
- Identify and drive AI and automation opportunities within your domain—reducing manual work and increasing the intelligence of your systems.
- Manage testing and quality assurance, including regression testing for system updates, new configurations, and third-party changes.
- Create and maintain system documentation, change management materials, and training resources that drive adoption across the People team and the broader organization.
- Manage projects independently—scoping, communicating, and delivering with sound judgment about when to escalate.

## Who You Are
- 7+ years of hands-on HRIS experience with deep Workday knowledge across one or more functional areas. Workday Pro certification is a plus.
- A systems thinker who evaluates the full People tech ecosystem—not just what's possible in Workday, but what's the right solution for the business, whether that's native configuration, a third-party tool, or a smarter process.
- Technically fluent enough to understand integrations, data flows, and downstream impacts—so you can make good decisions and write clear requirements, even when someone else does the building.
- Skilled at translating ambiguous business problems into clear, scalable HRIS solutions. You ask the right questions before writing a single business process step.
- Experienced in end-to-end Workday implementation and enhancement work, including project management, stakeholder communication, and change management.
- Knowledgeable in Workday security model design and configuration, with an understanding of how security decisions affect user experience, compliance, and downstream systems.
- Curious about AI, automation, and emerging HR technology—and proactive about finding opportunities to apply them.
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment, adapting when requirements shift, and escalating with good judgment.

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