Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.
Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
🌟 Senior Manager, Workday & Global HR Technology
Location: Preferred Bedford, MA - open to Remote (U.S.-based) with ability to travel to Bedford, MA Head Office
Reports to: CIO
Function: Corporate & Shared Services
Why This Role Matters
Join Novanta—a global innovator at the heart of medical and advanced industrial technology. You will drive strategic HCM transformation at the intersection of HR and IT, shaping systems that directly support both our people and business goals. Be a key player in elevating user experience, enhancing compliance, and embedding emerging tech like AI into Workday. As part of our team, you will influence systems that empower precision in medical robotics and industrial automation.
Your Responsibilities
- Take Ownership of a multi-year roadmap for Workday HCM, aligned with business strategy and IT architecture.
- Innovate & Optimize by leading configuration, feature roll-out, and system enhancements.
- Build Stakeholder Partnerships across HR, IT, and business leaders to elevate system usage, data integrity, and user experience.
- Ensure Compliance & Security while aligning with regulatory requirements and data policies.
- Drive Tech Integration, identifying opportunities for automation and generative AI within HCM workflows.
- Manage Relationships with vendors and internal teams to deliver timely, scalable solutions.
- Guide Change Management, supporting HR and IT during system upgrades and new feature implementations.
Your Profile
- Experience: 5–8 years of hands-on Workday or HCM platform leadership, plus demonstrated success in system transformation and feature deployment.
- Skills: Strong technical fluency, project leadership, and the ability to translate technical details for non-technical audiences.
- Certifications: Workday, Oracle HCM, or other HRIS platforms are highly valued.
- Influence: Proven ability to work collaboratively and drive impact across functions.
Benefits at Novanta
At Novanta, we invest in your well-being—professional and personal—with a robust benefits package for U.S. employees.
- The salary for this role will range from $151,030 to $241,670 annually based on full-time employment. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to location, relevant skills, training, experience, education, etc.
- Certain roles may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation and/or long-term incentives. Incentives could be discretionary or non-discretionary depending on the plan.
- Novanta supports all aspects of your life’s needs. This position provides a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits to make your quality of life better.
Why Novanta?
- Be part of a tight-knit, global team innovating in life-changing industries.
- Shape HCM solutions that power operational precision and employee experience.
- Grow with competitive benefits, professional development, and inclusive leadership.
Ready to Join?
Apply now and bring your HCM vision to life at Novanta—where your work supports precision in medicine, manufacturing, and beyond. Reach out to Rebecca Pelham to discuss further.
Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.
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What We Do
Novanta delivers innovations that matter for its medical and advanced industrial OEM customers. If you have a passion for solving complex technical problems that lead to breakthrough performance and that enhance people's lives, come join our growing team.
Here is a sample of the many exciting applications we serve:
• Innovations that ensure the safety of patients and efficient workflows in hospitals using our novel RFID technology
• Innovations in additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D metal printing, using our lightning fast lasers and laser beam steering sub-systems
• Innovations in minimally invasive surgery using our highly reliable insufflators, pumps and visualization systems
• Innovations in robotics and automation using our precision motors, encoders and drives for superior accuracy
• Innovations in smartphone production using our fast, accurate lasers and laser beam steering equipment along with our precision motion systems
The driving force behind our growth is the team of talented professionals who share our commitment to our values, and our passion for innovation and for our customers’ success.
Novanta has deep expertise in precision medicine and manufacturing, medical solutions, and robotics and automation:
Precision Medicine and Manufacturing:
• Continuous wave, ultrafast and CO2 lasers, along with laser beam steering components and sub-systems
Brands: ARGES, Cambridge Technology, Laser Quantum, Synrad
Medical Solutions:
Minimally Invasive Surgery:
• Insufflators, pumps and disposable tube sets; medical visualization systems, video processing and wireless imaging
Brands: NDS, Med X Change, Reach Technology, WOM
Detection & Analysis:
• RFID readers, machine vision solutions, barcode scanning, light and color measurement
Brands: JADAK
Robotics and Automation:
• Motors, encoders, servo drives, air bearing systems and integrated mechatronic solutions
Brands: ATI, Celera Motion (inc. Applimotion, Ingenia, MicroE, Zettlex, Westwind)
