Principal Functional Architect

Workday; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 162,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS provider in Vancouver is looking for a Functional Architect to design and support cloud applications powered by AI. In this role, you will mentor Product Managers, review design solutions, and collaborate across teams. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in enterprise applications and possess strong analytical and communication skills. This position offers competitive salary and potential bonuses.

Qualifications

• 8+ years validated experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise cloud applications.
• Proven track record of defining business problems and collaborating with design and engineering teams.
• Mastery of one or more Workday product areas.

Responsibilities

• Support the product team in critical areas and educate on AI-powered cloud products.
• Mentor and coach Product Managers.
• Review product opportunities and solution designs for recommendations.

Skills

Cloud application design

Enterprise-scale product design

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Job description

About the Role

The functional architect supports the product team and our business in many critical areas. To be successful in this role, you will :

Build and demonstrate an understanding of cloud products powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and educate and guide the team on strategic implementation.

Serve as the representative for cross‑team initiatives taking place outside of your functional domain, providing connections, expertise and direction to teams.

Partner with other functional architects on strategic product initiatives.

Promote consistency in how the team designs and builds new functionality.

Develop a broad understanding of critical projects and initiatives in your functional area for the upcoming release, review proposed feature specifications, and provide guidance on architecture decisions.

Review product opportunities and solution designs to provide recommendations on how to progress the investment.

Identify touchpoints across product areas and features, enabling greater alignment, collaboration and scale.

Create and ensure the scalability of designs, allowing for iterative solutions that meet both short and long‑term customer needs.

Assist in scoping and sizing discussions with a focus on cross‑team impacts, strategic customer requirements, and critical deployments.

Work with Inbound and Outbound Product Managers (PMs) to analyze customer feedback and usage data to make recommendations on design and prioritization.

Mentor and coach Product Managers.

About You

Basic Qualifications

8+ years validated experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise cloud applications.

Other Qualifications

Experience in revenue accounting.

Proven experience as a system designer of enterprise‑scale, AI‑powered products.

Proven track record of defining business problems, researching user needs, prototyping and testing new solutions, collaborating with design and engineering teams, and participating in the Agile process.

An inherently collaborative style that enables you to win the hearts and minds of your peers to successfully complete a complex product roadmap with execution often happening across teams.

Excellent organizational, collaboration and communication skills; you are comfortable connecting with and delivering content to both developer and business executive audiences.

Strong analytical skills, able to explore and research ambiguous problem spaces, adept at exploiting data to build actionable, meaningful units of work.

You know when to and are able to get hands‑on, crafting and building when appropriate.

You’re self‑directed and proactively identify needs and where you can make valuable contributions.

Mastery of one or more Workday product areas.

Strong functional and technical understanding of the Workday architecture, including Business Process Framework, Security, UI, Reporting, and Web Services.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role‑specific commission / bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please .

Primary Location : CAN.BC.VancouverPrimary CAN Base Pay Range : $162,700 - $244,100 CADAdditional CAN Location(s) Base Pay Range : $162,700 - $244,100 CAD