Consultant, Information Technology

About the job

This is where  your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Your Role at Baxter: Lead the design, configuration, optimization, and delivery of Workday solutions across Baxter's global People Technology platform, with primary responsibility for Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Scheduling, and Advanced Compensation. Partner with HR, IT, business stakeholders, and vendors to deliver scalable, compliant solutions that improve employee experience, operational efficiency, and workforce management.

What You'll Be Doing:

- Workday Configuration & Solution Delivery

- Lead the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of Workday solutions across the assigned functional portfolio.

- Serve as the functional lead for Workday enhancements, projects, and bi-annual Workday releases.

- Design scalable and sustainable solutions utilizing native Workday capabilities and enterprise standards.

- Drive process simplification, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives across HR technology processes.

- Collaborate with Integration Consultants and technical teams to ensure alignment between configuration and integration solutions throughout the Workday ecosystem.

- Partner with HR Product Owners, HR leadership, and business stakeholders to define product priorities, roadmaps, and strategic initiatives.

- Translate business requirements into effective Workday configurations and business process solutions.

- Facilitate solution design workshops and provide guidance on solution options, risks, dependencies, and downstream impacts.

- Identify and implement opportunities to improve workforce processes, compliance, operational efficiency, and employee experience.

- Serve as a functional subject matter expert (SME) and provide configuration governance to implementation partners and vendors.

- Lead solution reviews, release assessments, testing activities, and deployment readiness evaluations.

- Establish and maintain configuration standards, documentation, governance processes, and best practices.

- Ensure all solutions comply with security, privacy, SOX, audit, and data governance requirements.

What You'll Bring:

- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Systems, Human Resources, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.

- 8+ years of experience supporting HR technology, HRIS, or enterprise applications, including 5+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience within complex enterprise environments.

- Proven success leading Workday implementations, enhancements, releases, and governance activities in global enterprise environments.

- Advanced configuration expertise in Workday Core HCM (Human Capital Management), Time Tracking, Absence, Scheduling, and Advanced Compensation, with strong knowledge of Workday Business Processes, Security Framework, Reporting, Calculated Fields, and Data Model.

- Experience designing scalable Workday solutions, optimizing business processes, and partnering with integration and technical teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

- Experience with additional Workday modules such as Recruiting, Talent, Performance, Succession, Benefits, or U.S. Payroll.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, consulting, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and present complex concepts clearly.

- Experience partnering with HR leaders, Product Owners, business stakeholders, vendors, and implementation partners to deliver strategic outcomes.

- Knowledge of Workday release management, testing methodologies, security, privacy, audit, SOX, and data governance requirements.

- Workday HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Scheduling, or Advanced Compensation Certification preferred.

- Experience operating within SOX(Sarbanes-Oxley) regulated environments preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

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