Workday Security Administrator

Role : Workday Security & Product Owner.

Work Location : Remote.

Contract Position : Candidates must be flexible to work UK hours for 3 - 4 hours of daily overlap with the team.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead Workday Security administration, configuration, and governance across multiple modules.

- Manage security groups, domain security policies, business process security, and role-based access controls (RBAC).

- Own Workday Security governance, access reviews, segregation of duties, and compliance requirements.

- Lead internal and external audits, including evidence collection, User Access Reviews, Privileged Access Reviews, and remediation.

- Evaluate security impacts of organizational changes, system enhancements, and Workday releases.

- Drive product ownership activities, including roadmap planning, backlog management, user stories, prioritization, and Agile delivery.

- Coordinate stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and managed service partners for solution delivery and production support.

- Identify automation opportunities using Workday Extend, Power Automate, and other approved tools.

- Handle security incidents, production issues, configuration, testing, and continuous improvement.

- Provide technical leadership, stakeholder communication, documentation, and guidance to team members.

Required Qualifications :

- 5+ years of hands-on Workday experience, particularly Workday Security administration.

- Strong expertise in security groups, domain security, business process security, and RBAC.

- Experience with security governance, access certifications, audit support, and compliance.

- Product ownership or technical product leadership experience.

- Knowledge of Agile delivery, roadmap planning, backlog management, and stakeholder coordination.

- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

- Bachelor's degree in IT, HR, Business, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Skills :

- Workday Security or Workday Pro certification.

- Workday Extend and Power Automate.

- Workflow automation, change management, and design thinking.

- Vendor management and managed services oversight.

Top Skills :

- Workday Security Administration.

- Workday Security Groups & Domain Security.

- Business Process Security & RBAC.

- User Access Reviews (UAR) & Privileged Access Reviews (PAR).

- Audit, Compliance & Risk Management.

- Workday Product Ownership & Roadmap Management.

- Agile Delivery & Backlog Management.

- Workday Extend / Power Automate.