Workday Skills Solutions and Taxonomy Lead

The Skills Solutions & Taxonomy Lead is responsible for designing implementing and governing the enterprise-wide skills framework. This includes developing a scalable taxonomy aligning jobs to evolving skill sets and establishing business rules for managing the skills inventory.

The role ensures operationalization of skills data across talent processes platforms and analytics to support workforce transformation and future-of-work initiatives.

You will lead mentor and inspire staff and peers to achieve best practices and consistently demonstrate our Guardian Values of We do the right thing We believe people count We courageously shape our future together and We go above and beyond for the people we serve.

You will:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive skills taxonomy aligned to business capabilities and job architecture.

• Define business rules for skills usage job alignment and inventory management.

• Maintain skills metadata (definitions categories proficiency levels).

• Partner with HR business leaders and technology teams to embed skills into workforce planning talent acquisition learning and performance processes.

• Lead the integration of skills data into core systems (e.g. Workday recruiting platforms learning systems).

• Design workflows for automated skills assessment mapping and updates.

• Establish protocols for job deconstruction and reconstruction based on evolving skill needs.

• Implement data governance frameworks for skills data quality consistency and lifecycle management.

• Define metadata standards proficiency levels and validation rules.

• Monitor taxonomy usage and ensure alignment across systems and teams.

• Version control and audit trails for taxonomy updates

• Work cross-functionally with HRTPs COEs IT analytics and external partners (e.g. Draup TechWolf HiredScore).

• Facilitate workshops and design sessions to align skills updates and use cases.

• Serve as SME for skills-related initiatives and transformation programs.

• Compliance & Privacy monitoring for adherence to legal & regulatory requirements internal data policies data capture for legal defensibility of workforce related decisions etc.

Day-to-Day Tools & Platforms Utilized:

• Core Human Capital Platform: Workday

• Skills Intelligence Tools: TechWolf Draup/Etter HiredScore

• Data & Analytics: Tableau Databricks Workday Worksheets & Discovery Boards

• Collaboration: Teams JIRA Smartsheets SharePoint Confluence

• Taxonomy Management: WD Worksheets Excel

• Data Management: Collibra

You have:

• Proven experience deploying skills in job and org design job architecture management technology with strong knowledge of Workday.

• Experience managing end-to-end product lifecycles for digital products process modeling and design supporting applications and platforms.

• Strong leadership vendor management and product delivery skills.

• Familiarity with enterprise architecture systems integration APIs and data governance.

• Bachelors degree or related demonstratable skills in Org Psychology Business Technology HR Technology or related field.

• Deep product management change management and data management skills.

• Proven ability to be flexible and adaptable in the face of changing circumstances.

• Ability to manage and iterate on multiple projects/products with varying deliverables simultaneously (Agility).

• Strong EQ with the ability to manage stakeholders at every level of the organization with different priorities and working styles.

• Ability to influence a working team to deliver solutions on time and within budget without direct managerial authority.

Location:

Hybrid role - 3 days in a Guardian office located in Hudson Yards NYC; Stamford CT; or Bethlehem PA. 2 days WFH travel to Guardian offices as determined by the People Leader.

Salary Range:

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education experience knowledge and abilities of the successful addition to salary this role may also be eligible for annual sales or other incentive compensation.

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As part of Guardians Purpose to inspire well-being we are committed to offering contemporary supportive flexible and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age race color creed religion sex affectional or sexual orientation national origin ancestry marital status disability military or veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

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Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.