Job Details

This position is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of Workday solutions and integrations, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and strategic technology vision. This role combines technical leadership with team management, driving innovation, and operational excellence across Workday platforms.

Enterprise Application Development Experience

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise application development

Workday Expertise

• 4+ years of hands-on Workday experience
• Direct support of core Workday modules including:
• HCM
• Payroll
• Time Tracking
• Absence
• Benefits
• Security
• Reporting

Workday Integrations

• Proven experience building end-to-end Workday integrations
• Hands-on expertise with:
• Workday Studio
• EIB
• Core Connectors
• Exposure to:
• Workday Extend
• Orchestration
• Workday Prism Analytics

Leadership & Team Management

• 3+ years of experience managing and leading teams
• Experience with direct reports

Stakeholder Communication

• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts and roadmaps to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong collaboration skills across business and technical teams

Program & Initiative Leadership

• Experience leading cross-functional Workday initiatives
• Ability to drive solutions from design through deployment

Prioritization & Escalation Management

• Strong skills in handling competing priorities
• Effective escalation management with business partners.

Job description:

This position is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of Workday solutions and integrations, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and strategic technology vision. This role combines technical leadership with team management, driving innovation, and operational excellence across Workday platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Develops, coaches, and leads Workday Engineering professionals for sustained excellence in individual and team performance.
• Staffs teams effectively and maintains high performing team members through effective interviewing and selection, establishment of individual and team goals and objectives, performance evaluation and development, formal and informal coaching and counseling, and mentoring developers as they grow within the organization.
• Promotes a positive culture of personal growth, identifies training needs, and designs employee development plans and career paths.
• Understands and communicates the organization's vision and connects it to team members' contributions.
• Guides and defines Workday engineering strategy, architecture, and development standards.
• Champions Workday architecture patterns, scalability, security, and performance best practices.
• Leads and mentors Workday engineers and architects, fostering technical growth and collaboration.
• Collaborates with product owners, business, and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust Workday solutions.
• Ensures compliance with security, data governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Partners with enterprise leaders to align Workday initiatives with organizational goals.
• Participates in roadmap planning and governance processes for Workday systems.
• Evaluates emerging Workday features and technologies for adoption.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.
• Ten+ years of experience in enterprise application development, with at least four years in Workday engineering or architecture is required.
• Proven leadership experience managing technical teams is required•.
• Experience in Workday HCM/Finance configuration, integration, and security is required.

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Demonstrated excellence in Servant Leadership, consistently empowering teams to achieve their highest potential.
• Recognized for fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment that drives measurable success.
• Inspires and motivates team members through vision, encouragement, and authentic engagement.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, adept at building trust and rapport across diverse groups.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, with a talent for translating complex technical concepts into clear, actionable business language.
• Committed to delivering outstanding customer service and exceeding stakeholder expectations.
• Proven ability to cultivate effective relationships and influence at all organizational levels, facilitating cross-functional collaboration and alignment.

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated expertise in modern software development methodologies, best practices, and lifecycle management.
• In-depth business acumen across Human Capital Management (HCM), Benefits, Payroll, Recruiting, Time Tracking, and Compensation domains.
• Hands-on experience implementing and optimizing Workday modules, including HCM, Time Tracking, Payroll, and Security, to support enterprise-scale operations.
• Proficiency with Workday integration and implementation tools such as Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Workday Studio, Workday Report Writer, and iLoad.
• Strong background in designing and consuming Web Services and APIs (WSDL, SOAP, REST, WS standards), including practical experience with RaaS, Workday Studio, and Orchestrate Builder.
• Familiarity with Workday Extend and with a proven ability to evaluate and adopt emerging platform capabilities.
• Experience with advanced reporting and analytics tools, including Workday Prism, Workday Reporting, and BIRT, is highly desirable.