Senior Specialist, People Systems

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🔥 9 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $97k - $122k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👥 People Operations

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Ancestry

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1983

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Healthcare • Marketing

Ancestry is a consumer-focused family history company that helps people discover, preserve, and share their family stories through online genealogy tools, historical records, and consumer DNA testing. The company operates a subscription-based platform and eCommerce offerings (such as DNA kits), maintains a large consumer DNA database, and combines technology, data science, and content to power personal discovery and research. Ancestry emphasizes customer experience, diversity and inclusion, and employs global teams across product, engineering, marketing, and science-related roles.

📋 Description

• Serve as the operational backbone of the People Systems team • Deliver long-term People Systems strategies and drive continuous improvement • Lead the People Systems delivery engine with insights, tools, processes, and systems • Drive modernization, scalability, and operational excellence across technology stacks, workflows, and cross-functional processes • Act as a Workday subject matter expert across Core HCM and Hire-to-Retire processes • Own and optimize Workday configurations, business processes, integrations, and security frameworks • Analyze workforce data using Workday reporting, data extracts, and advanced Excel modeling • Design and deliver analytics and dashboards using Power BI or similar tools • Re-engineer Workday-enabled processes and implement workflow automation and RPA solutions • Define, track, and deliver process performance KPIs for Workday services and operational outcomes • Lead and contribute to Workday projects and releases, enhancements, optimizations, and transformations • Partner with senior HR leaders and business stakeholders to translate system capabilities and data insights into strategies and decisions • Present Workday insights and recommendations influencing workforce planning and operational performance • Diagnose and resolve complex Workday system, data, and process issues • Coach and mentor junior analysts and functional partners • Communicate complex Workday and people-data concepts through storytelling, documentation, and presentations

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in HRIS or People Systems • Deep specialization in Workday across Core HCM and the full Hire-to-Retire lifecycle, including Talent, Payroll, and Leave & Absence • Hands-on mastery of Workday functional configuration, business process design, and complex security frameworks • Advanced Excel modeling proficiency • Proficiency with Power BI or similar business intelligence tools • Experience re-engineering processes and working knowledge of RPA or workflow tools such as UiPath and Alteryx • Experience managing Workday releases and large-scale optimizations using Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall methodologies • Ability to translate technical system capabilities into business solutions • Ability to coach junior analysts and empower non-technical teams in system self-service and data literacy • Ability to explain sophisticated technical concepts to non-technical audiences through documentation and presentations • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related field • Workday certifications are a significant plus • Background check required as a condition of employment

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonus • Equity • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits • Location flexible work approach: nearest office, home, or hybrid of both, subject to location restrictions and role requirements • Competitive compensation • Collaborative workplace • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities