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Salary: USD 167,000 - 204,000 / annual
Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, helping builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience. The company is scaling products for both agents and people to ship and run software, trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.
You will own the architecture, security, business processes, and governance of Workday at Vercel as the company expands its capabilities and builds toward public company-ready operations. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with real ownership over how Workday operates.
Vercel is building a headless People technology experience, with Workday as the engine behind it. Employees and managers will initiate transactions, access their data, and navigate People processes directly from the tools they already use—Slack, internal apps, and other platforms. You'll work closely with integration engineers to connect Workday's security model and Business Process Framework to these experiences.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own Workday configuration, security architecture, and Business Process Framework; make architectural decisions that balance flexibility, scalability, and control as the company grows
- Partner with integration engineers to design business processes and security configurations for transactions initiated through Slack, internal apps, and other tools, ensuring Workday accessibility without compromising governance or data integrity
- Establish role-based security, segregation of duties, change management, and audit controls from the ground up; automate requirements for SOX, SOC 2, and public company readiness without adding friction
- Configure and optimize business processes for core People operations, equity, commissions, one-time payments, and clawbacks, partnering with Finance, Total Rewards, Payroll, and Legal
- Set standards for data governance, reporting architecture, calculated fields, and data quality to keep Workday a reliable source of truth as analytics and self-service reporting mature
- Own release management, regression testing, and configuration change control; identify and fix root causes of recurring friction through better configuration, automation, and process design; partner with auditors on evidence, walkthroughs, and remediation
The role is hybrid with in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday if based within a pre-determined commuting distance of SF, NY, London, or Berlin offices. If located beyond that distance, the role is fully remote.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of hands-on Workday HCM experience across security, business processes, reporting, and core configuration
- Strong grasp of Workday's security architecture and Business Process Framework, including role-based access, security groups, business process policies, approvals, and segregation of duties
- Experience building or evolving a Workday environment, including configuration standards, governance frameworks, and scalable business processes in a growing organization
- Experience designing and implementing Workday security, governance, and internal controls that support SOX compliance and audit readiness
- Workday reporting and data management experience, including calculated fields, advanced and composite reports, data validation, and reporting governance
- Experience in interconnected HR technology environments, understanding how Workday security, business processes, and data architecture affect downstream systems and automated workflows
Bonus qualifications:
- Experience with Workday Payroll or complex compensation processes, including equity and commission payments
- Experience helping a high-growth technology company scale its People Systems infrastructure or prepare for an IPO
- Experience using AI or automation to improve system administration, data quality, controls, or operational efficiency
