Data Lead, BC Health Workday

In accordance with the Purpose, Vision, Values and Coast Salish Teachings, and strategic directions of PHSA, safety, including both patient and employee safety, is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA. As such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

The BC Health Workday Program is a provincial initiative with seven participating BC health organizations (FHA, IHA, ISLH, NHA, PHC, PHSA and VCHA). The program began in 2023 to implement a Human Capital Management System (HCMS) software solution as part of the BC Health Human Resources Strategy to transform HR services. Designed by Workday Canada, the new provincial platform will replace existing HR and payroll systems in the health organizations with a single, unified technical system that will standardize and modernize HR and payroll services. It is a significant transformation in BC and is vital to the sustainability of BC’s health system.

Reporting to the Manager, Integrations Architecture, the Data Lead is responsible for facilitating the end-to-end data migration process for Workday implementations for the BC Health Workday program, ensuring accurate, secure, and compliant data transformation and transfer from legacy systems. This includes leading the development of data mapping documentation, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and validate ETL processes, and ensuring alignment with project timelines and system requirements. The Data Lead facilitates workshops, guides data strategy, and supports post-implementation auditing and quality controls.

In addition, the Data Lead provides technical expertise and strategic guidance to cross-functional teams on data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) best practices to ensure alignment with Workday architecture and compliance with data and privacy standards, while contributing analysis and recommendations in governance and leadership meetings to support decision-making related to Workday configuration, data migration, and remediation.

Key Accountabilities

• Plans and leads data-focused workshops, interviews, and working sessions with HR functional area leads, Business Application, and data analytics and reporting teams to confirm, refine, and document data mapping needs, transformation logic, and expectations for data quality.
• Leads the development, validation, and documentation of data mappings by identifying source systems, data structures, and relationships; works with technical teams to define, test, and approve transformation logic needed to align legacy data with Workday requirements.
• Works closely with business units, data teams, and subject matter experts to gather, document, and validate business data requirements. Troubleshoots and provides recommendation to align between current-state data requirements and Workday system design and standards.
• Provides technical expertise and guidance to cross-functional teams of data architecture and integration leads, product owners, and developers on best practices for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities, ensuring all processes comply to security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
• Develops, maintains and manages the data migration plan to align all ETL activities with project timelines, testing phases, and tenant readiness to support data loads and final cutover in close collaboration and consultation with project and technical leaders.
• Participates in management and governance meetings to present analysis and recommendations on Workday configuration, data migration, and remediation, supporting and informing leadership decision-making.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with integration, reporting, security, and functional configuration teams to ensure data design and migration maintain end-to-end integrity, align with BC Health Workday structures, and comply with security, privacy, and reporting requirements.
• Supports the establishment of data quality controls and auditing processes to detect and resolve data issues during migration and post-implementation phases. Proposes changes to the business processes and suggests additional training material to avoid future data quality issues.
  
  

Qualifications

A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or relevant health care discipline, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in leading data architecture, management, analysis, and data migration workstreams for large scale enterprise software implementations.

• Workday implementation experience an asset.
• Excellent demonstrated analytical and technical skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong understanding of data migration methodologies, ETL processes, and data transformation techniques.
• Experience in data migration strategies, tools, and techniques to ensure seamless transfer of data from legacy systems to cloud-based solutions.
• Excellent proficiency with MS Office toolsets (Word, Excel, Visio, Project).
• Ability to analyze data using Structured Query Language (SQL), and/or other data analysis languages and tools.
• Excellent proficiency using project management, collaboration, and knowledge management tool to document, share and organize information.
• Demonstrated skills organizing work and people to meet project scope and objectives.
• Knowledge of data governance practices, business and technology issues related to management of enterprise information assets and approaches related to data protection.
• Utilizes initiative, vision, independent thinking and creative problem-solving abilities to implement project plans and realize project completion.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with a diverse range of internal and external partners.
• Applies conflict management skills and expertise to come to effective resolution of issues/disputes.
• Works independently and effectively under time pressure to meet deadlines, balance work priorities and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated expertise in change management within a complex, multi-team or multi-site implementation.
  
  

What We Bring

Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. That’s why we’re focused on your care too – offering health, wellness, development programs to support you – at work and at home.

• Join one of BC’s largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations – offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
• Access to professional development opportunities through our in-house training programs, including +2,000 courses, such as our San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training course, or Core Linx for Leadership roles.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
• Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
• PHSA is a remote work friendly employer, welcoming flexible work options to support our people (eligibility may vary, depending on position).
• Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.
  
  

Job Type: Temporary, Full-Time (1 year)

Wage: $90,770 - $124,808

The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate’s relevant education and experience and would be in alignment with the provincial compensation reference plan.

Location: 1775 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby BC V5C6E3 (Hybrid)

Hours of Work: 08:30 to 16:30, Mon - Fri

Requisition # HCMS_E06304

What We Do

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.

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PHSA is committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.

One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at indigenous.employment@phsa.ca.

Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples.

These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.

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