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Business Systems, HRIS

San Francisco, California

About Us:

We're on a mission to make it possible for every person, team, and company to be able to tailor their software to solve any problem and take on any challenge. Computers may be our most powerful tools, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use on them every day. At Notion, we want to change this with focus, design, and craft.

We've been working on this together since 2016, and have customers like Pixar, Mitsubishi, Figma, Plaid, Match Group, and thousands more on this journey with us. Today, we're growing fast and excited for new teammates to join us who are the best at what they do. We're passionate about building a company as diverse and creative as the millions of people Notion reaches worldwide.

Notion is an in person company, and currently requires its employees to come to the office for two Anchor Days (Mondays & Thursdays) and requests that employees spend the majority of their week in the office (including a third day).

About The Role:

Notion seeks an experienced and passionate individual to join the G&A Systems as the founding HRIS team member. As the lead for our Workday implementation, you'll play a crucial role in transforming our HR systems, elevating the HRIS user experience for all Notion employees, and establishing foundations for global growth. The ideal candidate possesses a deep understanding of HR processes and extensive Workday HCM expertise. This role offers a unique opportunity to make an immediate, meaningful, and lasting impact on our fast-growing company.

What You'll Achieve:

  • Partner closely with People and Payroll teams to implement, design, and configure Workday HCM and Payroll. This includes setting up Core HCM, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Benefits, Payroll and Security modules — turning our HR ecosystem into an efficient, powerful platform.
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to orchestrate the seamless implementation and widespread adoption of Workday and other cutting-edge HR systems, revolutionizing our organizational efficiency
  • Provide architectural guidance throughout the implementation process, assisting technical resources in the configuration of Workday and other HR systems, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards
  • Configure and customize Workday modules to meet specific business needs, ensuring high-quality solutions
  • Contribute to the development of comprehensive People Technology roadmap recommendations
  • Create and maintain end-user and training documentation, and conduct training sessions for stakeholders and end-users
  • Take ownership of People system issues by promptly triaging and resolving them

Skills You'll Need to Bring:

  • 8+ years of related HRIS experience with 3+ years of configuration and design experience in Workday HCM and 2 or more modules; Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll, or Reporting
  • Experience leading multiple end-to-end system implementations including project management, communication, change management, requirement, design, configuration, testing, cutover, deployment, hypercare and post production support
  • Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for Workday HCM modules and support integrations with internal and external systems (such as Rippling, Greenhouse, Lattice, etc.)
  • Hands on knowledge supporting Workday configuration including (but not limited to) – business processes, notifications, condition rules, custom reports, EIBs, Security, etc.
  • You’re excited to work on complex systems and wear your analytical and problem-solving hat for data analysis, technical configuration and build, and troubleshooting skills
  • You value bias for action: and are willing to prioritize and act on high-priority tasks, juggle multiple projects and tasks at one time
  • You’re excited to grasp new concepts, see the big picture across the tech stack and connect the dots quickly, and eager to learn new tools and processes

Nice to Haves:

  • Workday certification(s) are a huge plus
  • Can code and experience in software development methodologies

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base salary range for this role is $160,000-$195,000.

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