Workday Platform Design & Security Lead

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

World-class training program

Stock where applicable

Opportunity to make impact

Job summary

RBC in Toronto seeks a Workday Solutions Senior Manager to lead the platform's architecture, security, and integrations, guiding a team of configuration and data analysts. This role blends hands-on design with people leadership to ensure consistency and scalability as the platform evolves.

The position focuses on governance, cross‑module initiatives, and secure data practices, collaborating with IT, HR, and enterprise teams to deliver reliable Workday services.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Workday with expert technical experience.
• Experience with enterprise apps at global scope (e.g., ServiceNow, S/4HANA).
• Proven people management and cross-functional leadership.
• Deep Workday data model, security architecture and business process framework.
• Hands-on integration experience: Workday Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, API access.
• Experience managing tenant/release strategy across multiple modules.
• Strong data governance and security principles in regulated environments.
• Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable designs.

Responsibilities

• Own the Workday functional design standards: business process framework, security groups, data model, and integration landscape.
• Define and maintain design standards, patterns, and reusable frameworks for configuration and integration work.
• Review proposed configuration changes, tenant customizations, and new integrations for architectural fit and risk before build.
• Lead and support complex cross-module initiatives (new module rollouts, AI/agent data access patterns).
• Co-design and oversee integrations using Workday Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, and Workday APIs.
• Maintain dependency mapping across Workday and connected systems (ServiceNow, SAP, data platforms).
• Define and maintain the environment strategy and release management practices, including regression and impact assessment.
• Establish quality-control and peer-review practices for design and data deliverables.

Skills

Workday

People management

Integrations

Security architecture

Data governance

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Workday Studio

EIBs

Core Connectors

PECi

APIs / web services

Job description

RBC in Toronto seeks a Workday Solutions Senior Manager to lead the platform's architecture, security, and integrations, guiding a team of configuration and data analysts. This role blends hands-on design with people leadership to ensure consistency and scalability as the platform evolves.

The position focuses on governance, cross‑module initiatives, and secure data practices, collaborating with IT, HR, and enterprise teams to deliver reliable Workday services.