Senior Workday Architect

Job Title: Senior Workday Architect IV

Location: San Jose, CA

Job Type: Contract to Hire

Job Description:

Duties:

We are seeking candidates who are highly analytical, possess strong problem-solving abilities, and have excellent communication skills. Previous experience with Workday and a track record of successful HR technology projects are highly valued. This role offers opportunities to lead innovative projects and further develop your professional skills in a collaborative environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with HR business team and other Workday IT expert on system design decisions, user experience, complex issue resolution, and process design.
• Solution Design: Lead the design and implementation of Workday solutions to meet business needs, acting as a subject matter expert for various Workday modules. Conceptualize designs and end-to-end processes, providing expert guidance on best practices and system optimization.
• Technical Guidance: Provide technical leadership, drive Workday process enhancements, troubleshoot complex issues, and ensure the architecture addresses all stakeholder concerns and enterprise-wide goals.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date on Workday releases and trends, identifying opportunities to improve the process of delivering solutions.

Skills Required

• Bachelor Degree in IT, Computer Science and/or equivalent.
• Business acumen: A strong understanding of HR business processes and how technology can be leveraged to improve them.
• Communication and collaboration: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Deep Workday expertise: .In-depth knowledge of Workday modules, such as Core HCM, Security, Advanced Compensation, Benefits, Talent, and Payroll - If they do not have compensation but they have Talent. If they have at least 3 in depth knowledge.
• Technical proficiency:Strong ability to translate business needs into technical solutions, including a strong understanding of Workday architecture, system logic and configuration.
• Problem-solving skills: Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and functional issues

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of recent experience working on Workday for a global professional services environment, specifically in support of HR functions.
• Excel in translation technical solution that is meaningful to HR and leadership.
• Experience in project delivery framework practices, including agile, iterative and waterfall project delivery methodologies.
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subsets will be an added advantage
• Good exposure of senior stakeholder management skills.

Education:

Workday certified professional - preferred