Strategic HR AI & Workday Architect Lead

International Business Machines Corporation; Hursley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking an HR AI & Workday Solution Architect focused on HR Transformation to join the Global HR and Talent Transformation CoC. You will partner with CHROs and HR leaders to design AI-first HR operating models and deliver Workday-enabled solutions that improve productivity and employee experience.

This role bridges HRTT and HR Technology, providing technical leadership, architecture guidance, and hands-on Workday integration expertise across client

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ hands-on Workday experience across strategic advisory, design, configuration, deployment.
• Experience with SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM or ServiceNow.
• Proven ability to engage senior HR and IT stakeholders.
• Experience in HR transformation and applying AI in HR.
• Knowledge of AI architecture patterns (agentic tooling, RAG, orchestration).

Responsibilities

• Hold informed conversations with CHROs and HR leaders about priorities and HR technology landscape.
• Diagnose HR process pain points and translate strategic goals into a prioritised roadmap with options and business case.
• Advise on Workday configuration, integration, data security, governance and change management.
• Design AI-enabled and Workday architectures addressing HR processes and operating challenges.
• Lead discovery workshops to identify AI opportunities, ROI assessment and future-state design.

Skills

Workday architecture

HR transformation

Executive stakeholder engagement

AI in HR

Tools

Workday

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

IBM Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking an HR AI & Workday Solution Architect focused on HR Transformation to join the Global HR and Talent Transformation CoC. You will partner with CHROs and HR leaders to design AI-first HR operating models and deliver Workday-enabled solutions that improve productivity and employee experience.

This role bridges HRTT and HR Technology, providing technical leadership, architecture guidance, and hands-on Workday integration expertise across client