Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

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About the Team

In 2024, Workday launched an Enterprise Data and Analytics (ED&A) team with a mission to transform and optimize the way Workday creates and shares trusted data to drive actionable insights and data-led innovation across the enterprise. The team has introduced a new, cloud-based technical stack, a Data Product methodology anchored in the principles of DataOps, an Active Data Governance methodology to manage the quality and discovery of data, and a series of modern analytics tools that facilitate discovery, analysis, visualization, machine learning, and AI. The team’s goal is to lead high-value cross-functional data and analytics work and to support the broader Workday analytics community by establishing modern, common ways of working, facilitating training and communication, and creating secure data and analytics brokering capability across business units.
As part of ED&A and enabling this strategy, the Enterprise Data Operations and Governance team drives the creation of policies, procedures, and operating models that will improve the overall quality and reliability of data across Workday. This role is crucial in proactively monitoring and improving the health of our data ecosystem.

About the Role

The Metadata Specialist will be a key technical contributor to the implementation and maintenance of Workday’s metadata management strategy. This role will focus on the hands-on configuration, integration, and modeling of our metadata platform to ensure its technical health and integrity. The Metadata Specialist will play a vital role in shaping our data landscape by building a robust and reliable metadata foundation. This role serves as the primary subject matter expert for the metadata platform, ensuring it is optimized to support data governance initiatives and empower data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities are as follows:

Manage metadata platform configurations, including personas, policies, custom attributes, governance workflows, and automation.

Collaborate with the Technology team to establish new integrations and monitor existing metadata ingestion processes for health and accuracy.

Define and manage the enterprise metadata model, encompassing business, technical, and operational metadata.

Define and implement robust data lineage processes to track the origin, movement, and transformation of data.

Analyze the metadata catalog to maintain and report on key metrics such as catalog coverage, accuracy, and user engagement.

Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across multiple geographies and time zones to drive global consistency and alignment.

Serve as the primary subject matter expert (SME) for metadata platform capabilities, partnering with the Metadata Analyst to drive platform adoption and user training.

Support data governance initiatives by ensuring platform configurations and the metadata model align with data policies, standards, and procedures.

Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, define, and document business, technical, and operational metadata.

Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of metadata management processes and tools to recommend and implement technical improvements.

About You

The ideal candidate is a highly technical, detail-oriented data professional with a passion for building and maintaining robust metadata platforms. You have a proven track record of hands-on configuration and management of metadata tools and are adept at solving complex data integration and modeling challenges.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management, or a related field.

3+ years of experience in a technical data management role (e.g., Data Governance, Data Engineering, or platform administration).

1+ years of hands-on experience configuring and administering metadata management or data catalog platforms (e.g., Atlan, Collibra, Alation, Informatica).

Experience with metadata ingestion processes (e.g., API-based integrations, ETL/ELT).

Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python) for data manipulation and automation.

Strong understanding of metadata concepts, data modeling principles, and data governance frameworks.

Proficiency in SQL and data analysis.

Other Qualifications

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teams.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (Snowflake, dbt cloud, Fivetran, Atlan, Acceldata,GitHub Actions) and related data services.

Familiarity with data warehousing, and data integration concepts.

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!