Sr. HRIS Specialist

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs. We are dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, psychiatric, endocrine and immunological disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For more than three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit  neurocrine.com , and follow the company on  LinkedIn ,  X , Facebook and YouTube . ( *in collaboration with AbbVie ) About the Role: Responsible for the design, configuration, administration, and optimization of Workday solutions that support enterprise headcount planning and workforce analytics, with primary ownership of Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Prism Analytics, Workday reporting, and Discovery Boards. Partners with Human Resources, Finance/FP&A, Information Technology, and business stakeholders to translate planning and analytics needs into scalable models, data pipelines, reports, dashboards, and self-service insights. Ensures data integrity, security, reconciliation, documentation, and adoption across workforce planning and reporting processes. _ Your Contributions (include, but are not limited to): Adaptive Planning - Headcount and Workforce Planning Designs, configures, administers, and optimizes workforce and headcount planning models in Workday Adaptive Planning, including sheets, levels, dimensions, assumptions, formulas, versions, scenarios, workflows, and user access. Partners with HR, Finance/FP&A, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and HR Business Partners to support annual planning, rolling forecasts, scenario modeling, position reconciliation, and plan-to-actual analysis. Workday Prism Analytics and Data Management Designs, builds, schedules, monitors, and troubleshoots Workday Prism Analytics ingestion and transformation pipelines, datasets, and published data sources that combine Workday and external workforce, financial, and operational data. Performs data validation, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis to ensure completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and consistency across source systems and downstream analytics. Maintains data definitions, lineage, technical documentation, refresh schedules, security, and controls for Prism datasets and related analytics assets. Partners with HRIS, IT, Finance, and vendors to gather requirements, design scalable solutions, test releases and enhancements, and resolve data, security, or performance issues. Workday Reporting and Discovery Boards Develops and maintains calculated fields, advanced, matrix, and composite reports, dashboards, and Discovery Boards that deliver actionable workforce and headcount insights. Translates business questions into appropriate data sources, measures, KPIs, prompts, filters, drill paths, visualizations, and distribution methods, with attention to usability and performance. Enables secure self-service analytics through role-based access, report cataloging, governance standards, user documentation, training, and ongoing support. Analytics, Governance, and Stakeholder Partnership Defines and maintains workforce metrics and data standards and reconciles planned and actual headcount, position, and labor cost measures with HR and Finance stakeholders. Analyzes workforce trends, identifies data quality or