What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Workday HCM Applications position at Silgan Containers Mfg Corp?
Workday HCM Director
As the Workday HCM Director for Silgan’s Business Technology Shared Services Team, you will own the enterprise Workday strategy, architecture, governance, and long-term roadmap across a multi-division, publicly traded manufacturing organization operating under a single tenant.
This role is ideal for a senior Workday visionary who thinks like an enterprise architect, operates comfortably at the executive level, and wants to own and mature a critical enterprise platform within a growing organization with multiple divisions that operate separately. Key to this role will be bringing the divisions together where possible for a harmonized operating model.
What We Offer:
- Executive level visibility
- Competitive base salary aligned to enterprise market benchmarks
- Annual performance bonus
- 401k retirement savings plan with employer match
- 4 weeks of paid time off
- 10 paid holidays
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development
- Wellness and supplemental benefit programs
What You Will Do:
- Define and execute the enterprise Workday HCM strategy across multiple divisions operating under a shared services model
- Serve as the executive owner of the Workday tenant, ensuring scalability, performance, and long-term architectural integrity
- Drive governance across divisions to balance enterprise standardization with business unit flexibility
- Oversee advanced Workday integrations including Studio, EIB, Web Services, APIs, and Cloud Connect
- Drive enterprise data architecture strategy across HR, payroll, time systems, and finance integrations
- Establish and mature internal technical capability to reduce third-party dependency
- Own Workday security architecture, role-based access design, and audit compliance readiness
- Direct large-scale transformation initiatives including acquisitions, tenant consolidations, and module expansions
- Partner with executives to align Workday capabilities with organizational growth objectives
- Provide board-ready executive reporting on platform health, risk exposure, adoption metrics, and roadmap execution
- Mentor and build a high-performing enterprise Workday team as the function scales
What You Need To Have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical discipline
- 10 or more years of progressive enterprise IT leadership experience
- 7 or more years of advanced Workday HCM leadership in large multi-entity or multi-division environments
- Demonstrated experience owning enterprise Workday architecture within complex organizations
- Deep technical expertise in Workday Studio, EIB, integrations architecture, APIs, Web Services, Calculated Fields, Report Writer, and Workday security configuration
- Proven success through acquisitions, large-scale deployments, or enterprise transformations
- Experience operating within publicly traded, regulated, or highly governed environments
- Ability to communicate complex architectural decisions to executive stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience as a Workday Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect, or VP of HR Systems
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or highly distributed global enterprises
- Demonstrated ability to build and scale shared services governance models
- Experience executing Workday strategy within organizations exceeding 5,000 employees