Senior Platform Engineer (Workday functional)

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.  

Your Team & Role  

As a Senior Platform Engineer within HR Technology you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to improve Workday and other HR Technology platforms.  You will configure, test and debug new and existing applications as you implement capabilities to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to technical expertise and experience, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.   

Hybrid work arrangement (minimum of 2 days/week in office) based out of our Newark, NJ location. 

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Primary Responsibilities: 

• Able to drive and act as a Workday functional SME by guiding HR from idea to delivery 

• Partner with assigned business areas to gain deep understanding of their processes, plans, and how technology solutions are utilized by them 

• Employ industry best practices to deliver world-class solutions resulting in desired business outcome  

• Partner with HR to define requirements, configure and test changes to ensure results meet business needs  

• Partner with HR to identify, sequence, and prioritize enhancement requests in conjunction with upcoming Workday releases  

• Partner with User Experience team on feature design 

• Handle incident tickets and change requests in accordance with change management, change control and incident management policies, protocols and SLAs 

• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and how they can be applied to Prudential 

Qualifications: 

• 2 years of experience with Workday HCM or similar ERP systems with a demonstrated understanding of key HR processes  

• Proven success with HR service delivery, evolving the customer experience, process optimization and leveraging new technology solutions 

• Excellent spoken and written communication as well as receptive listening skills, with ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences  

• Must have the ability to organize and effectively provide responses and prioritize assigned tasks.  

• Ability to work on highly cross-functional geographically distributed project teams.  

• Ability to work independently on multiple projects simultaneously  

Preferred qualifications:  

• Subject matter expertise and prior experience with Workday HCM in a functional configurator role  

• Worked in Agile development environment, knowledge of Jira and other agile tools/processes  

• Prior experience working with outsourced/3rd-party offshore developers 

You’ll Love Working Here Because You Can  

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.  

What we offer you: 

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level 

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave 

• Retirement plans: 

• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%) 

• Company-funded pension plan 

• Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs 

• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development. 

• Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations. 

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service. 

To find out more about our Total Reward package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week. 

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