Workday Product Architect III – Solutions Center

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +13 more locations.

📋 Description

• Act as the design authority for intricate, cross-module Workday solutions, evaluating and approving designs prior to implementation.

• Establish and uphold the target-state Workday architecture encompassing HCM, Payroll, and Finance.

• Lead the architectural framework for high-risk and high-visibility projects, which include new module launches, business process redesigns, and organizational transformations.

• Set architectural standards, design patterns, and naming conventions across Workday configurations, integrations, and reporting.

• Define security models for complex reporting tasks.

• Anticipate the effects of Workday's semi-annual updates and propose strategies for adoption and sequencing.

• Oversee the Workday reporting architecture, which includes custom reports, calculated fields, composite and matrix reports, dashboards, and Prism Analytics data sources.

• Establish reporting standards for report design, data source selection, calculated field reuse, performance, and lifecycle management.

• Manage the Workday report inventory and phase out duplicate or outdated reports.

• Collaborate with Enterprise BI Architecture to create governed Workday data extracts for the enterprise data platform.

• Ensure that reporting security safeguards sensitive HR, compensation, and payroll information.

• Mentor report writers and analysts in report design, calculated fields, data sources, and security protocols.

• Conduct design and peer evaluations of reports, configurations, and integrations.

• Create training materials, reference documents, and reusable templates.

• Provide technical guidance on prioritization and methodologies without having direct supervisory authority.

• Advise the Workday Solution Center leadership regarding platform roadmap, technical debt, and investment priorities.

• Translate technical architecture into options and recommendations for senior HR, Finance, and IS leaders.

• Assess Workday product direction and emerging capabilities.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of Workday architecture, integration designs, reporting standards, and data lineage.

• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal education on an equivalent basis.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience with Workday.

• Extensive hands-on expertise in complex reporting alongside at least two of HCM, Payroll, or Finance.

• More than 5 years in a role as a Workday architect, lead configuration, or technical design specialist.

• At least 5 years of experience designing Workday reporting solutions, including custom reports, calculated fields, and dashboards.

• Proven experience in mentoring or overseeing the technical work of other analysts.

• In-depth knowledge of Workday architecture across at least two of HCM, Payroll, and Finance.

• Advanced skills in Workday reporting, covering custom report types, calculated fields, report data sources, composite and matrix reports, dashboards, and report performance optimization.

• Familiarity with Workday Prism Analytics, Workday Extend, and integration tools such as EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, and web services.

• Comprehensive understanding of Workday security models, which include domain and business process security, role-based access, and segregation of duties.

• Awareness of enterprise data concepts, including data governance, lineage, master data, and operational system data feeding into enterprise analytics.

• Capability to establish technical standards and lead design reviews.

• Ability to mentor and develop technical staff without direct supervisory authority.

• Skill to lead through influence within HR, Finance, IS, and BI teams.

• Proficiency in clearly presenting architectural options, risks, and trade-offs to senior leadership.

• Sound judgment in addressing ambiguous, high-impact issues with limited precedent.

• Preferred: Workday experience in a higher education or academic medical center setting.

• Preferred: Experience in integrating Workday data into an enterprise data warehouse.

• Preferred: Workday Pro certification in Reporting/Prism, plus Core HCM, Payroll, Financials, Integrations, or Extend.

• Ability to perceive and interpret speech or other communication; may occasionally need to distinguish colors and perceive relative distances between objects.

🏝️ Benefits

• Exceptional Healthcare Coverage, which includes Health, Vision, and Dental options.

• Flexible Spending options available.

• 403B Retirement Package.

• Competitive Vacation and Paid Holidays provided.

• Tuition Reimbursement program.

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP).

• Pet Insurance available.

• On-campus Fitness Facility with onsite classes.

• Additional discounted rates on various items, including select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, and Milwaukee recreation and entertainment.