Workday Technical Lead

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What You'll Do: CRITEO is looking for a Workday Technical Lead to join our People Tools Tribe within our amazing Internal IT Team!
The ITT is in charge to provide IT solutions and services to our 3500 employees worldwide and to support the strategic evolution of Criteo offering smart and innovative solutions while ensuring cost efficiency, privacy, security and compliance.
The Workday Technical Lead plays a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, high-performance, and maintainable Workday solutions. The lead is responsible for aligning technical delivery with established standards, managing technical debt, and fully leveraging the capabilities of the Workday platform to drive efficiency and business transformation.
In addition to providing strategic technical direction, the Workday Technical Lead will guide and mentor delivery teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards, while also collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the Workday technical strategy, architecture, and solution design across HCM, and/or integrations.

Partner with Product Owners and Business Analysts to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

Develop and maintain Workday configurations, integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, Studio), and custom reports (Advanced, Matrix, Composite).

Ensure adherence to performance, security, compliance, and governance best practices within the Workday environment.

Oversee CI/CD pipelines and Workday-specific deployment tools (e.g., Workday's Enterprise Interface Builder, PECI/Inbound integrations).

Act as a technical escalation point, providing hands-on support to developers and integration consultants when needed.

Conduct code and configuration reviews, define technical standards, and drive continuous improvement across teams.

Collaborate with offshore teams and system integrators, ensuring seamless coordination across time zones and delivery units.

Align Workday solutions with Enterprise Architecture, Security, and IT Governance standards.

Contribute to cross-functional IT transformation initiatives, bringing Workday best practices and innovations to the table.

Be an active member of the Technical Leadership community, fostering synergies with other technology streams.

Stay current with Workday product releases and recommend the adoption of relevant new features and technologies.

Champion innovation and continuous improvement based on emerging trends in HR technologies.

Who You Are: At least 8+ years of Workday experience, including at least 3 years in a technical leadership role.

Proven expertise in Workday HCM, and/or Integrations, including EIB, Core Connectors, Absence, Compensation, XSLT, Workday Extend, and Report Writer.

Deep understanding of Workday architecture, integrations, security, data model, and performance optimization techniques.

Experience with deployment pipelines, change management tools.

Experience in Greenfield Workday implementations and/or migration from legacy systems to Workday.

Ability to effectively manage and collaborate with offshore delivery teams.

Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken.

Nice to have :
Workday HCM/Financials Certified

Workday Integration Certified

Knowledge of Workday Studio

Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and Agile delivery methodologies.

Certifications or experience with DevOps for Workday or third-party integration tools.

Knowledge of Workday Extend for custom application development is a strong plus.

Criteo could be your next successful story:
You are an innovative thinker & problem-solver, with a genuine interest in technology

You are a strong believer that innovation & technologies impact company efficiencies

Partnering with others & build together are your daily drugs to serve the organization

And last but not least, you wake up every morning thinking how you will have fun at work

Then you will be craving for impacting as our IT Workday Tech Lead, serving ambitions of our CRM platform, working with talented people (facilitating and collaborating)
We acknowledge that many candidates may not meet every single role requirement listed above. If your experience looks a little different from our requirements but you believe that you can still bring value to the role, we'd love to see your application!​
Who We Are: Criteo is the global commerce media company that enables marketers and media owners to deliver richer consumer experiences and drive better commerce outcomes through its industry leading Commerce Media Platform.
At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices around the world or from home, our incredible team of 3,600 Criteos collaborates to develop an open and inclusive environment. We seek to ensure that all of our workers are treated equally, and we do not tolerate discrimination based on race, gender identity, gender, sexual orientation, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, political opinion, pregnancy, migrant status, ethnicity, marital or family status, or other protected characteristics at all stages of the employment lifecycle including how we attract and recruit, through promotions, pay decisions, benefits, career progression and development. We aim to ensure employment decisions and actions are based solely on business-related considerations and not on protected characteristics. As outlined in our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, we strictly forbid any kind of discrimination, harassment, mistreatment or bullying towards colleagues, clients, suppliers, stakeholders, shareholders, or any visitors of Criteo. All of this supports us in our mission to power the world's marketers with trusted and impactful advertising encouraging discovery, innovation and choice in an open internet.
Why Join Us: At Criteo, we take pride in being a caring culture and are committed to providing our employees with valuable benefits that support their physical, emotional and financial wellbeing, their interests and the important life events. We aim to create a place where people can grow and learn from each other while having a meaningful impact. We want to set you up for success in your job, and an important part of that includes comprehensive perks & benefits. Benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo. When determining compensation, we carefully consider a wide range of job-related factors, including experience, knowledge, skills, education, and location. These factors can cause your compensation to vary.