About the role:

The Manager, HRIS Governance will play a critical role in driving consistency and accuracy across HRIS. This role's impact lies in the ability to develop procedures, guidelines, and best practices and ensure they are adhered to. This role ensures the HRIS Ops and HRIS Dev teams 'run like a well-oiled machine' and can support Gartner's growth.Additionally, this role ensures that any updates to Production do not impact current operations or downstream systems.

What you'll do:

• Implement, enforce, and regularly assess all aspects of Governance for HRIS Ops and Development
• Production Governance or Change Control. Develop and enforce processes to review and approve changes in the production environment. Conduct regular audits to ensure processes are working.
• Operational Governance: A routine to capture and action against operational opportunities.
• Support the Sprint Retrospectives (what went well, what are the opportunities).
• Functional Governance: Develop and implement standards for functional aspects of the work performed, for instance naming conventions, proxy testing, folder/file access, etc.
• Establish and implement Governance & Decision-Making Model. Participate in Workday governance meetings. Prioritization and translation of high-level operational goals into actions.
• In collaboration with the PMO, support the prioritization of all project work for HRIS.
• Develop and enforce consistent intake process and one point of entry for all requests.
• Support the review and approval of requests for HRIS data being sent downstream.
• Compliance and SOX adherence. Collaborate with SOX team and ensure HRIS is following SOX policies and procedures, including review of control documents and execution of required SOX audits.
• Develop process maps to document core HRIS processes including both system and non-system steps.
• Process design for the intake, prioritization, solution design, testing, and scheduling deployment of bug/fix, enhancements, and new functionality within the Workday platform.
• Monitor and hold team accountable to the Operational Calendar.
• Tenant management: Build and maintain process around tenant access and tenant refreshes.
• Manage JIRA enhancement requests and partner with IT to execute (new workflow stages, components, dashboards).
• Proactively partner with the business and functional COEs to understand business issues, analyze data, and suggest ways to leverage Workday to enhance their services.

What you'll need:

• 3-5 years of experience in HRIS/HR Analytics including strong governance and compliance experience.
• Strong knowledge of Workday including HCM and Recruiting
• Advanced project management skills with ability to track and lead concurrent project timelines, resource allocations, and critical milestones.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and leading process improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to create process mapping to document current and future state business processes.
• A 'systems' thinker with a process orientation and significant attention to detail
• Proven ability to work independently and as a part of a team.

What you'll get:

In addition to an outstanding work environment with rapid advancement potential, Gartner associates enjoy exceptional compensation and benefits, including:

• An upbeat, positive culture. Integrity, objectivity, collaboration, results, and a no-limits mindset are central to our values.
• Limitless growth. We work with you to help you meet your goals and advance within the company.
• Encouragement to be innovative and challenge status quo.
• Exposure to industry leading training and development
• Performance based recognition and rewards.

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