Workday Technology Business Partner (Columbus)

Workday Technology Business Partner

Summary :

You are the product owner for our internal teams. Your role is critical because you connect the needs of HR, Finance, Legal, Marketing, and others to the technology that powers their work. We rely on you to improve tools, streamline processes, and guide system adoption. The future of BWE depends on you to enable smarter decisions, improve employee experience, and expand self-service across the organization.

Responsibilities :

Co-own business outcomes as a product owner and transformation lead for internal systems, collaborating with HR, Finance, Marketing, Legal, and Compliance to modernize tools and workflows with a focus on scalability, automation, and user experience.

Translate functional strategies into technology plans, aligning priorities and performance metrics ensuring technology investments directly support corporate function objectives and organizational effectiveness.

Identify and support opportunities for better integration across platforms (e.g., Workday, Microsoft 365) with focus on eliminating data silos and creating seamless user experiences.

Drive change management and adoption through close coordination with users and platform owners using systematic approaches to ensure sustained behavior change and technology value realization.

Lead, coach, and support Corporate Business Partner team members and key stakeholders in driving technology-driven improvements across corporate functions while building capabilities in business process optimization and technology strategy.

Key Deliverables :

Conduct comprehensive discovery with corporate stakeholders to define modernization needs and pain points with prioritized improvement roadmap and business impact analysis.

Deliver detailed technology enablement plan for at least two core corporate functions (e.g., HR, Finance) with specific solutions, timeline, and success metrics.

Define comprehensive KPIs for user satisfaction, adoption, and automation impact with baseline establishment and monthly tracking dashboard.

Identify and implement 1-2 quick wins for automation or integration improvements with measurable results in efficiency or user experience.

Partner with Corporate Solutions Engineers to align support, training, and change readiness with documented collaboration frameworks and shared success metrics.

Develop recurring feedback and prioritization process to ensure alignment with evolving corporate needs through structured stakeholder engagement and requirement gathering.

Support citizen development initiatives within corporate functions, enabling business users to create automation solutions within governance and compliance frameworks.

Establish corporate function technology adoption metrics tracking tool usage, user satisfaction, and business impact with quarterly business reviews.

Partner with corporate function leaders to identify and document