Sr. Business Analyst, HR Technology at Western Digital – San Jose | Jobyssey

Are you passionate about leveraging technology to create meaningful impact in the HR space? At WD, we’re searching for a dynamic and experienced Sr. Business Analyst who thrives at the intersection of HR innovation and technology solutions. In this pivotal role, you’ll have a direct hand in shaping the future of our global HR services by translating complex business needs into powerful technical solutions. You will also take the lead in optimizing our Workday HCM platform to ensure it delivers both value and impact.

As a strategic partner, you’ll work independently across functions, blending deep technical expertise with sharp HR and business acumen. Your insights and recommendations will enable HR teams to be more effective, efficient, and empowered, making a real difference for our employees worldwide. If you’re ready to take ownership of high-impact projects, champion process improvements, and contribute to a culture of continuous growth, we want to hear from you!

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Partner with HR and cross-functional stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements, translating business needs into scalable functional designs and technical solutions for Workday and HR technology initiatives.

Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday HCM Core modules, including business processes, condition rules, validations, notifications, approvals, security, organizations, staffing, job profiles, positions, and advanced compensation.

Advise stakeholders on Workday best practices while driving process improvements, automation opportunities, and continuous optimization aligned with compliance standards.

Lead HR system projects from requirements gathering to deployment, working with cross-functional teams for successful delivery.

Develop change management plans, create training resources, and facilitate user adoption of new HR technologies.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, HR, Business Administration, or related field

Relevant experience as a Business Analyst, HRIS Analyst, or similar role supporting and configuring Workday HCM Core.

Hands-on experience configuring Workday HCM, including business process framework, security, and core modules.

Strong understanding of HCM core modules such Adv Compensation, Performance and Development, Succession Planning, Absence Management, Benefits and Journeys.

Extensive experience configuring and optimizing Workday modules, building reports, and managing integrations

Strong understanding of HR systems architecture, integration concepts, data analytics, and cloud security principles.

Proven track record delivering complex HR system projects in matrixed environments

Proven success leading HR technology projects through requirements gathering, process improvement, testing, and cross-functional collaboration in global environments while balancing compliance and regional business needs.

Experience with testing, documentation, and system support.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

WD is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

WD thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

WD is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 10/30/26, although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

#LI-BR1

Compensation & Benefits Details

An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to WD's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that WD and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests, please report it immediately to WD Ethics Helpline or email [email protected].

Explore more jobs