Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

The Workday Business Applications team mission is to champion business and customer success across People and Finance technology. Our objective is to understand the unique needs of our users and deliver innovative solutions to drive a delightful user experience and impactful business outcomes both at Workday and for our customers. How do we create these delightful experiences? Our core team principal is to cultivate empowered, autonomous, diverse teams with freedom and support to experiment, celebrate learning and drive groundbreaking innovation leading to a brighter Workday for All!

About the Role

The IT Enterprise Architect will lead the development and implementation of innovative technology solutions within our Business Applications team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of human resources, finance, and legal business domains and a proven track record of designing and delivering complex enterprise architecture solutions. Experience with the HCM and Finance technology landscape is a critical requirement for this position.
 

Responsibilities:

• Architecture Leadership: Define and maintain the overall enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap for HR, finance, and legal technology, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technology trends.

• Project Engagement:  Define and communicate the overall target architecture for large, complex initiatives. Provide architectural guidance and support to project teams, ensuring they adhere to architectural standards and align to the strategic roadmap.  

• Domain Architecture: Develop and maintain the domain’s comprehensive architecture ensuring that it is robust, composable, scalable, and secure. This includes defining the architecture landscape, logical architecture and design patterns for usage and consumption by various personas, as well as ensuring the security of the data and the platform.

• Cost Optimization: Drive reuse of existing system investments and rationalize existing applications to eliminate redundancies.  

• Collaboration: Partner closely with business customers, IT, Security teams, and external vendors to understand requirements, gather feedback, and develop optimal architecture solutions.  

• Governance: Ensure that Business and IT initiatives are aligning to established architecture principles, standards and marching towards achieving target state without accumulating technical debt. Review and approve all new architectures prior to bringing to the Architecture Review Board

• Technology Evaluation: Evaluate emerging technologies and industry best practices to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation within the enterprise architecture.

• Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation, including diagrams, standards, patterns, guidelines, and policies.

• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to solution architects and technical teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

• Architecture Repository Management: Ensure that the architecture repository is a true reflection of the current Business capabilities, Business processes and the supporting applications.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, with a focus on HR, finance, and legal domains.  

• Demonstrated experience architecting and integrating with Workday HCM and Workday Finance solutions. 

• Strong understanding of various technologies, including cloud computing, data management, security, and integration platforms.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business terms.

• Certifications: TOGAF or other enterprise architecture certifications are a plus.

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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