[Hiring] Lead, People Technology & Reporting @Sirius XM

Role Description

The Lead, People Technology & Reporting will lead the configuration, support, and optimization of Workday Compensation and core HCM processes, ensuring accurate, scalable execution of compensation programs and a seamless user experience. Translates Total Rewards strategy into effective system solutions and standardized processes. Drives data integrity, reporting, and operational efficiency across compensation and worker data, reducing risk and manual effort while enabling timely, informed decision-making. Strengthens People Technology & Reporting capabilities through improved controls, process standardization, and scalable delivery.

What you'll do:

• Own day-to-day configuration and support for Workday Compensation programs (annual merit, bonus, off-cycle changes), ensuring accuracy, scalability, and a strong end-user experience.
• Configure and maintain Compensation + HCM components that enable comp outcomes (plans, eligibility rules, guidelines, budgets, comp change templates, condition rules, validations, notifications, and approval routing).
• Partner with Total Rewards/Comp, HRBPs, Payroll, and Finance to translate comp policy and cycle requirements into Workday configuration and repeatable runbooks.
• Support HCM processes (job changes, promotions, transfers, location/grade changes, position management impacts, supervisory org alignment).
• Triage and resolve issues across Compensation and HCM: analyze, identify root cause, implement configuration fixes, and coordinate testing/deployments with proper change controls.
• Build and maintain reports and dashboards for comp and core worker data (cycle progress, budget utilization, comp audits, headcount/worker attribute validation, exception reporting).
• Support cycle readiness and release management (regression testing, change impact assessments, tenant configuration reviews, and end-user communications/training).
• Maintain documentation and controls (configuration specs, SOPs, knowledge articles, cycle runbooks) to ensure continuity, auditability, and data integrity.
• Drive process improvements to reduce manual effort and improve worker data quality that impacts compensation decisions and reporting.

Qualifications

• 5 years of related experience and a Bachelor’s degree; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting and improving Workday in a People Technology / HRIS environment, with a strong focus on Compensation.
• Functional knowledge of Workday Compensation (and/or Advanced Compensation): eligibility, guidelines, budgets, plan setup, comp change processes, and cycle execution.
• Solid Workday HCM fundamentals: worker/job/position concepts, supervisory orgs, business process configuration, validations/condition rules, and security impacts on comp visibility.
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder management skills; able to translate comp policy intent into practical, compliant system configuration.
• Proven troubleshooting ability across configuration, business processes, reporting, and security; strong testing discipline (test plans, evidence, validation).
• Experience building Workday reports/dashboards (standard + advanced) for compensation operations and worker data governance; strong Excel skills.
• Comfort operating within change management controls (ticketing, approvals, testing evidence, coordinated deployments).

Requirements

• Preferred: Workday Pro certification(s); experience partnering through compensation cycles; familiarity with downstream dependencies (payroll exports, finance reporting, integrations/EIB).

Benefits

• Base salary range: $96,000 to $130,000, depending on skills, qualifications, and experience.
• Eligibility for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives.

Company Description

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM’s platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts.