Workday Adaptive Planning Lead

Workday Adaptive Lead, People Technology

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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

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This role will be responsible for ensuring the development and maintenance of integrations between Workday and other systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Modelling, Security & Governance: Design and enhance Adaptive Planning models (sheets, dimensions, attributes, versions, assumptions) to support top‑down and bottom‑up workforce planning, scenario analysis, and budget/forecast cycles. Implement robust security, including role‑based permissions, level and version access, and security groups; ensure compliance with enterprise standards. Establish governance and change control for model updates, assumptions, and integration schedules, aligning with enterprise SDLC and release processes.
• Integration & Data Management: Develop and maintain integrations between Workday HCM/Financials and Adaptive Planning, ensuring timely, accurate data flows for headcount, compensation, organizational dimensions, and planning versions.  Coordinate cross‑system interfaces (e.g., payroll, benefits, time & attendance) that influence planning assumptions; ensure upstream/downstream data quality and reconciliation. Maintain comprehensive documentation (process flows, technical specs, mapping, runbooks) for Adaptive Planning integrations and models.
• Testing, Release & Stakeholder Enablement: Own testing and deployment (unit, system, UAT, regression) for integrations and Adaptive Planning changes; coordinate with business and technical stakeholders to ensure thorough, traceable testing. Provide stakeholder training and enablement, including model walkthroughs, report usage, and versioning practices; support adoption via clear guidance and job aids.Monitor and optimize performance, usage, and data latency; drive continuous improvement in calculation logic, model structure, and integration throughput.
• Platform Currency & Innovation: Stay current on Workday releases (Adaptive Planning features, security, integration enhancements) and lead evaluation/implementation of relevant new capabilities. Champion best practices in planning, analytics, and automation; partner with HR/Finance IT to pilot innovations that reduce cycle time and improve forecast accuracy.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Finance Technology, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in HR or Finance technology with a strong focus on Workday Adaptive Planning (including modelling, security, reporting) and Workday integrations.
• Hands-on expertise in Adaptive Planning model design (sheets, dimensions, versions, assumptions) and Security configuration for Adaptive Planning (roles, level/version access).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose complex integration and modelling issues and drive root-cause resolution.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of translating technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Project management proficiency, with proven ability to manage multiple initiatives concurrently and deliver within timelines.
• Knowledge of emerging Workday features (Adaptive Planning, Prism Analytics, Extend) and ability to evaluate and implement new functionality.
• Leadership & Behavioral Competencies.
• Process & knowledge improvement: Leads analysis of current states; recommends pragmatic solutions and executes complex changes to completion.
• Foresight & change leadership: Stays current on emerging trends; identifies future state (org/tech/cultural) and builds transition plans aligned to enterprise vision.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• Workday Prism Analytics (data prep/pipelining to enrich planning datasets).
• Workday Extend (lightweight apps/workflows to complement planning processes).
• Advanced reporting (Discovery Boards, Office Connect) and performance tuning for planning models.
• BIRT reporting and data archival/migration from legacy systems (for completeness of planning history).

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

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Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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R1598019 : Workday Adaptive Lead, People Technology

Experience Level

Senior Level