Workday Advanced Comp & Gem HCM Solutions Manager at IntelliPro Group Inc.
Palo Alto, CA
$86–$100/hrfrom the description
Jul 16, 2026
Palo Alto, CA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A six-month contract role centered on Workday Advanced Compensation, covering requirements gathering, functional design, UAT planning and execution, data auditing, and project documentation — with IT owning system configuration. The position also supports implementation of the Gem recruiting platform and broader Workday modules. Candidates should bring deep HRIS experience and hands-on familiarity with AI tools applied to testing, process automation, and documentation workflows.
Senior level · 8+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Bachelor's required · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer systems analysts). range 2–7
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $160,596 (middle half $124,008–$198,593). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This is a 6-month W2 contract engagement placed by staffing firm IntelliPro; the end client is not named.
Palo Alto, CA falls within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA CBSA (41940).
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily functional HRIS/HCM analysis (requirements gathering, UAT, functional design, data auditing) rather than hands-on software development, making 15-1211 Computer Systems Analysts the best fit, though the work sits close to HR operations (non-technology territory).
Gem (an ATS/recruiting platform) is listed as 'highly desired' with an explicit ATS substitute accepted, so it is marked preferred. The JD does note it is a key implementation responsibility, but the 'highly desired' language and offered substitute prevent it from being a hard gate.
AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) are called out as a hard requirement ('Hands-on familiarity… Must thrive…') in the requirements section; the specific named tools are captured separately as preferred since the requirement is on the capability broadly, not any single tool.
Excel and Google Sheets are presented as interchangeable ('and/or') for the data-auditing requirement; Excel is listed as primary with Google Sheets as an alternative.
The 8-10+ years figure is a range; the overall years minimum is set to 8 (the lower bound).
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Workday Performance Management, Workday Reporting.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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