Sr Solutions Architect

Sr Solutions Architect (Workday HCM, Time Tracking and Absence)

Location: Peachtree Corners, GA

Duration: 6 months

Work Model: Set Schedule – 3 days

Travel: 10%

Primary Function of Position: Client is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect with deep expertise in Workday to support, enhance, and scale our global HR systems. This role focuses on designing and delivering effective, user-centered solutions in Workday As a trusted partner to stakeholders across HR, IT, and the business, you'll drive improvements in workflows, employee data management, reporting, and system automation. You will serve as a key contributor to Workday roadmap initiatives, guiding both strategic projects and day-to-day system operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to HR, Payroll, IT and business leaders, lead the end-to-end solution architecture for Workday HCM, Time Tracking, and Absence modules

• Design cross-module integrations and ensure alignment between HCM, Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, and downstream systems

• Assess current systems and utilization; identify and recommend improvements such as training, customization, and enhancements to maximize value and efficiency of the people reporting.

• Build and execute detailed implementation plans including discovery, design, QA/test, deploy and support leveraging agile methodologies. Develop detailed test plans, test scripts, and execute testing to deliver a thorough, bug free reporting solution.

• Ensure product in development matches the specified requirements by being the key point of liaison for all involved teams.

• Manage Workday releases and upgrades by performing thorough testing and validating reporting functionality.

• Responsible for identifying risks during product development as well as developing mitigation efforts to address data quality, as needed.

• Partner with IT to ensure system and data compliance with data security and privacy requirements.

• Provide on-going feedback to teams and peers across organizations and teams in order to help drive product adoption.

• Support technical troubleshooting and issues with vendors and technology partners.

• Collaborate with our internal employee support teams and project management teams on process documentation, communication and training.

• Partner with Finance and IT to provide documentation for internal and SOX control

Skills, Experience, Education & Training:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 12 years of experience with proven results in developing business requirements, deploying applicable technologies and business process re-engineering

• Minimum 10 years hands-on Workday configuration experience, including business processes, condition rules, custom fields, and security.

• Minimum 4 years developing and coaching technical or operational teams. May be required to supervise other analysts.

• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization including senior leadership.

• Proven track record in managing at least one full-cycle Workday Time Tracking and Absence implementation for global company

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Business, or related technical fields, or relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with other technology such as AI for HR, content/knowledge and case management

• Experience with process development in the HR technology space or custom application development

• Solid experience in Scrum or similar Agile development methodology

• Comfortable operating in fast-changing environments and creating clarity out of ambiguity

• Management consulting experience

• Recent HR technology full life cycle implementation

• Process orientation and project management skills, experience with multiple project methodologies including Agile / iterative development

• Workday Certification and/or Lean Six Sigma certification

• Custom reports & calculated fields

• Ability to influence without positional power

• Experience with Product Development in the HR Technology space or custom application development.

• Familiarity with US and Global data privacy laws, GDPR and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

• Strong customer orientation and superb communication skills, with ability to communicate clearly with both technical and functional audiences. Strong personal and technical social skills.

• Experience with global / international company with employee populations across Americas, Europe, and Asia