General Motors

Senior HR Technology Analyst - Hourly Compensation

General Motors • $105K — $140K *
Mountain View, CA 94040In-Person
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Qualifications

  • 3+ years of Workday configuration experience with an emphasis on Compensation for hourly and unionized workers.
  • Deep understanding of hourly compensation including wage scales, step progression, premiums, and allowances.
  • Proficient in Workday compensation components like packages, grades, and eligibility rules.
  • Experienced in creating custom reports and calculated fields relating to compensation in Workday.
  • Skilled in using Workday EIBs for safe mass data management.
  • Ability to translate complex policies into testable configurations and articulate them to stakeholders.
  • Experience working across multiple regions with diverse regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead global hourly compensation configuration in Workday, covering compensation packages and eligibility rules.
  • Maintain complex configurations such as base wage structures and allowances for different countries.
  • Interpret CBAs and local legislation into effective Workday configurations.
  • Design and manage rules for compensation eligibility based on various factors like job profiles and union agreements.
  • Support projects for enhancing hourly compensation setup, from discovery to deployment.
  • Collaborate with Payroll and Integration teams to ensure alignment with pay processes.
  • Troubleshoot and rectify production issues related to hourly compensation, ensuring data accuracy and compliance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefit programs, including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts available.
  • Retirement savings plans with employer contributions.
  • Generous paid vacation and holiday policies.
  • Tuition assistance for further education.
  • Employee assistance programs offering support and resources.
  • Discounts on GM vehicles and various other employee perks.
Full Job Description
Job Description
The Role

The HR Solutions Enablement team builds effective, scalable, cohesive HR solutions that minimize redundancy and deliver seamless data and insights for a better end-user experience.

You will be part of a team responsible for implementing HR technology solutions in Workday, and integrated third-party systems, that drive our operations forward and remove friction. This team also provides tier-2 support for our business-facing end users.

As the Sr HR Technology Analyst for Hourly Compensation, you will be an experienced individual contributor within the HR Technology / Workday team, responsible for designing, configuring, and maintaining complex hourly compensation setup in Workday across multiple countries and collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). This role combines consultative problem-solving, rigorous end-to-end execution, and pragmatic, influence-based leadership to deliver high-impact HR implementations

Success in this role requires strong collaboration and influence skills. You will partner with teams across the business to understand their challenges and implement optimal technology solutions that address those needs-for example, translating hourly wage structures, step progression rules, premiums, and allowances into robust, scalable Workday solutions that are accurate, compliant, and auditable.

The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience with Workday Compensation setup and configuration, plus working knowledge of other Workday modules. You should be eager to learn and apply new technologies, including emerging AI-powered tools, and bring a passion for innovative thinking and solution design. In short, we're looking for a Workday expert who is also a builder and innovator, ready to elevate our HR technology suite to the next level of effectiveness and user experience.

Flexibility is key, as this role may occasionally require working outside standard hours to support global stakeholders and projects.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead end-to-end Workday configuration for global hourly compensation, including compensation packages, grades, grade profiles, steps, eligibility rules, and plan assignments.
  • Configure and maintain complex hourly components such as:
    • Base wage structures and wage scales
    • Automatic step progression schedules (anniversary, hours worked, other rules)
    • Local allowances (e.g., COLA, hazard, seniority, tool, transportation, housing)
    • 13th/14th month or similar country-specific components where applicable
  • Translate CBAs, country legislation, and compensation policies into clear, sustainable Workday configuration.
  • Design and maintain compensation eligibility rules using job profile, location, union/collective agreement, employee type, and other attributes.
  • Lead or support projects to standardize and expand hourly compensation configuration, including discovery, design workshops, configuration, testing, and deployment.
  • Collaborate with Payroll and Integration teams so that Workday configuration aligns with pay calculations processes.
  • Partner with Reporting and Analytics teams to ensure hourly compensation data supports downstream reporting, compliance, and benchmarking.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to hourly compensation (e.g., eligibility errors, incorrect rates, step progression defects, missing allowances).
  • Execute and coordinate unit, integration, and regression testing for compensation changes; develop repeatable test scenarios and expected-result decks.


Core Capabilities
  • Configuration and solution design: Independently turns complex hourly compensation problems into scalable Workday designs that balance standardization, usability, and compliance.
  • Stakeholder and consulting skills: Builds trust with HR, Compensation, Payroll, and Technology stakeholders; clarifies requirements; and influences decisions with clear options and recommendations.
  • Execution discipline: Plans and delivers configuration work from design through testing, deployment, and hyper care with strong ownership and follow-through.
  • Quality, governance, and controls: Maintains high standards for documentation, testing, and change control; designs solutions that are auditable and sustainable.
  • Continuous improvement and analysis: Uses data and root-cause analysis to diagnose issues and identifies opportunities for process improvement and automation.


Required Qualifications
  • You have 3+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience with a heavy focus on Compensation, including work with hourly and unionized populations.
  • You know hourly compensation inside out - wage scales, step progression, premiums, allowances - and how to model them cleanly in Workday.
  • You're fluent in Workday Comp building blocks: compensation packages, grades, grade profiles, steps, eligibility rules, and how they hang together.
  • You've built or supported Workday custom reports and calculated fields tied to compensation.
  • You're comfortable using Workday EIBs and mass-update patterns to safely move data at scale.
  • You can turn dense policy and contract language into clear, testable configuration, and explain the logic to others.
  • You have experience working across multiple countries or regions, navigating different regulatory and contractual environments.
  • You bring strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail and data quality in everything you configure or migrate.
  • You manage your work independently in a structured, change-managed environment and consistently deliver on your commitments.
  • You communicate clearly - in writing and in meetings - with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.


What Will Give You An Edge
  • You hold Workday Pro, Workday Compensation certification, or comparable advanced Workday training.
  • You've supported large hourly or manufacturing populations and understand the realities of plant and operations environments.
  • You've translated union/collective agreements into Workday design for pay, step progression, and premiums.
  • You've worked across additional Workday domains (for example, Core HCM, Absence, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent or Advanced Compensation) to design end-to-end HR solutions.
  • You understand Workday security fundamentals (domain and business process security, role-based access, audit/controls) and factor them into your designs.
  • You've led or co-led multi-country Workday initiatives or optimizations for compensation and are comfortable owning pieces of a global roadmap.
  • You've experimented with or implemented AI-powered tools and agents (for example, copilots, chatbots, or automation frameworks) to improve configuration, testing, documentation, or tier-2 support workflows.


Compensation:

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws.

The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
  • The salary range for this role is $105,000-$140,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
  • Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
  • Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more


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GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your manager}.This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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