The Aspen Group (TAG) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S. and has supported over 20,000 healthcare professionals and team members with close to 1,500 health and wellness offices across 48 states in four distinct categories: dental care, urgent care, medical aesthetics, and animal health. Working in partnership with independent practice owners and clinicians, the team is united by a single purpose: to prove that healthcare can be better and smarter for everyone. TAG provides a comprehensive suite of centralized business support services that power the impact of five consumer-facing businesses: Aspen Dental, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, WellNow Urgent Care, Chapter Aesthetic Studio, and Lovet. Each brand has access to a deep community of experts, tools and resources to grow their practices, and an unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality consumer healthcare experiences at scale.
Job Description:
The Senior Workday HCM Specialist – Recruiting & Talent serves as the primary owner, architect, and strategist for all Workday Recruiting configuration, optimization, and governance. This expert-level role drives end-to-end design, builds scalable solutions, and ensures the Recruiting ecosystem performs with precision and efficiency across the enterprise.
In addition to leading Recruiting configuration, this position provides functional support for key Talent modules, ensuring a connected talent lifecycle spanning attraction, hiring, development, and retention. The role partners closely with Talent Acquisition, HR, IT, and business stakeholders to convert business requirements into sophisticated Workday solutions that elevate hiring performance, data quality, and user experience.
This individual is expected to operate as a Workday SME—anticipating business needs, driving system innovation, and serving as the authoritative escalation point for complex Recruiting and Talent functionality. The role requires exceptional analytical depth, Workday knowledge, and the ability to translate operational challenges into strategic technology improvements.
Essential Responsibilities:
Workday Recruiting Ownership
Serve as the primary system owner and configuration authority for all Workday Recruiting functionality, including job requisition design, job posting management, hiring business processes, offer workflows, interview steps, candidate stages, and recruiting security.
Lead the architecture, build, testing, and deployment of all Recruiting enhancements, ensuring system stability, data integrity, and a seamless experience for recruiters, managers, and candidates.
Own ongoing optimization efforts, identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce manual touchpoints, and strengthen compliance across the hiring lifecycle.
Manage complex Recruiting security roles, ensuring the right access for TA partners, hiring managers, and HR stakeholders.
Partner with TA leadership to develop scalable hiring processes that support operational excellence, high-volume recruiting, and long-term workforce growth.
Talent & Performance Support
Support configuration and enhancements across Workday Talent, including Talent Reviews, Succession, Talent Profiles, and Performance Enablement.
Ensure alignment between Recruiting and downstream Talent processes to create a connected, modernized talent ecosystem.
Recommend and deploy enhancements that improve the visibility and quality of talent data.
Workday HCM Leadership & Collaboration
Partner with HR, TA, IT, and COE leaders to gather business requirements, guide design decisions, and implement system functionality aligned to best practices.
Serve as the senior escalation point for Recruiting and Talent system issues, providing advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
Support Workday updates, regression testing, feature adoption, and release planning.
Create and maintain documentation, training materials, and process guides to…