Senior Workday Analyst
About the role
Role Description
The People Technology team at Dropbox is transforming how employees experience work through scalable, innovative, and human-centered technology solutions. We are seeking a Senior Workday Analyst to help modernize and optimize our People Technology ecosystem by solving complex challenges, improving workflows, and delivering impactful employee experiences across the full employee lifecycle.
This is a highly visible role that partners cross-functionally with People Operations, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, L&OD, Talent Acquisition, IT, and business leaders to design and deliver scalable Workday solutions that improve operational efficiency, strengthen decision-making, and elevate the employee experience.
The ideal candidate brings deep Workday expertise, strong technical and analytical skills, and a product-minded approach to problem solving. They are naturally curious, challenge legacy processes, and continuously seek opportunities to simplify workflows, modernize systems, and create scalable solutions that balance business needs, compliance, and user experience.
In this role, you will help shape People Technology strategy, lead modernization initiatives, optimize Workday capabilities, and influence the long-term evolution of Dropbox's People systems. This is an opportunity to make both immediate and lasting impact in a fast-paced environment where innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement are highly valued.
Responsibilities
- Lead advanced configuration, optimization, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance across Workday Core HCM and multiple functional areas including Talent & Performance, Compensation, Benefits, Reporting, Security, Learning, and Talent Optimization.
- Serve as a techno-functional SME designing scalable, compliant, and employee-centric Workday solutions that improve operational efficiency and user experience.
- Architect and maintain Workday security frameworks, governance models, and SOX-compliant controls in partnership with IT, Security, and Compliance teams.
- Design and maintain complex business processes, calculated fields, reports, dashboards, hubs, analytics solutions, matrix/composite reports, and EIBs to support data-driven decision making and operational visibility.
- Enhance talent optimization capabilities through Workday Skills Cloud, Career Hub, and Talent & Performance functionality to support internal mobility, skills visibility, and employee growth.