Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
About the role
Anthropic is seeking a HRIS Lead to join our People Services team. In this role, you'll be responsible for the technical configuration, testing, and operational excellence of our Workday HRIS system. During implementation, you'll work alongside our TPM team and functional leads, bringing your configuration expertise to execute HR technology changes effectively. Your hands-on technical skills will be essential in implementing and optimizing our HR technology ecosystem while supporting various initiatives that advance our mission to build safe and beneficial AI systems.
ResponsibilitiesSystem Implementation & Configuration
- Configure and maintain Workday modules including Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation, Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking
- Support change management for Workday implementation & future updates
- Leverage EIBs for system updates
- Manage security configurations and role-based access control within Workday
Testing & Quality Assurance
- Design and execute comprehensive testing plans including regression testing, parallel testing, and user acceptance testing to support Workday implementation
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure system stability and data accuracy
- Monitor post-production changes to ensure successful adoption and resolve any issues that arise
Training & Documentation
- Develop and deliver training materials and sessions for system changes and new feature rollouts
- Create and maintain detailed system documentation for business processes, integrations, and configurations
- Provide post-implementation support and troubleshooting for end users
Process Optimization
- Drive the continuous improvement of Workday business processes through regular system audits and stakeholder feedback
- Partner with the broader People Services team and other COEs (Benefits, Comp, Talent) to identify opportunities for process automation and system optimization
Employee Lifecycle Support
- Hands-on experience supporting a People Services team with employee lifecycle transactions and workflows (ex: open enrollment)
You may be a good fit if you:
- Have 5+ years of hands-on experience with Workday configuration and maintenance in high-growth technology companies
- Have led complex Workday projects including module implementations, integrations, and feature rollouts
- Background in supporting HRIS requests and providing tier 2 system support
- Experience partnering with COEs (Benefits, Comp, Talent) to optimize their Workday processes
- Have experience designing and executing comprehensive testing strategies
- Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail in system configuration and testing
- Demonstrate strong project management skills in driving system changes from planning through post-production support
- Proven ability to balance strategic projects with operational support needs
- Have a proven track record of creative problem-solving and finding innovative solutions to technical challenges
- Excel at stakeholder management and can influence cross-functional partners
- Can translate complex technical concepts into clear documentation and training materials
- Have a track record of using data to drive system improvements and measure success
Strong candidates may also have:
- Workday Pro certifications in Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation, Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking
- Experience building and maintaining integrations between Workday and other HR systems using Studio, Orchestrate, EIB, & APIs.
- Expertise in complex Business Process configurations, Calculated Fields, and Security Groups
- Strong knowledge of Workday reporting and analytics tools for workforce insights
- Experience operating Workday's day-to-day functions including benefits, compensation, and core HR processes
- Experience managing merit, bonus, and equity processes in Workday
- Deep understanding of HR policies, compliance requirements, and data privacy regulations
Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
The expected salary range for this position is:
Annual Salary:
$220,000—$275,000 USD
Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
How we're different
We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.
The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Come work with us!
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
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What We Do
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.
