Senior Workday HCM Architect: Strategy & Transformation

Prudential plc; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential plc in Singapore seeks a Workday HCM Solution Architect to lead the architecture, design, and optimisation of Workday HCM across Prudential Group and local business units. You will partner with the HR Solution Excellence Lead, HR Process Owners, Workday Functional Leads, and Group Technology to translate requirements into robust, scalable Workday solutions.

The ideal candidate brings deep Workday HCM expertise, cross-country delivery leadership, and a track record of HR technology

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the implementation, configuration, and optimisation of Workday HCM Solutions stack, ensuring alignment with business objectives and driving adoption of leading Workday innovations and practices.
• Workday HCM solution portfolio/ program management Consolidate and shape demand across COEs, LBUs, and HR stakeholders into a coherent portfolio for multi-year HR technology roadmap aligned to business strategy and transformation priorities.
• Oversee deployment of HR technology programs/ projects from concept through deployment, testing to stabilisation, ensuring alignment with HR transformation priorities and enterprise strategy.
• Solution Design & Value Realisation Establish and enforce design principles, architecture standards, and solution guardrails across all Workday initiatives. Provide oversight on Workday solution conceptualization to ensure scalability, standardization, and alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Stakeholder & Ecosystem Management Align stakeholders across HR Leadership, COEs, LBUs, and Group Tech on priorities, timelines, and delivery expectations. Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders to address competing demands.
• Subject Matter Expert across relevant Workday HCM modules with ability to engage in solution design at depth, while not operating as a primary configurator, enabling the team to execute HR Process re-design and transformation.
• Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Drive standardization of delivery methodologies, tools, and reporting. Embed lessons learned into future planning and execution cycles, and implement improvement
• Advise the HRIS team on delivering high‑quality solution deliverables, including design specifications, process flows, mapping documents, test scenarios, and change records to support delivery, audit, and ongoing maintenance.
• Support solution testing and enablement initiatives by ensuring solutions are validated through appropriate unit, system, integration, and user acceptance testing. Enable stakeholder adoption through training, knowledge transfer, and solution walkthroughs for relevant business and functional teams.
• Stay current with Workday releases, product enhancements, and industry best practices, and proactively recommend opportunities to improve user experience, process efficiency, and platform value.
• Build functional and architectural capability within the HR Technology team and partners Mentor team members and promote a culture of Collaboration and Continuous learning, innovation, and delivery excellence across the HR Enablement team.
• Stay abreast of Industry trends and advancements through Workday releases, features, and best practices, and recommending enhancements aligned to the organization needs

Job description

Prudential plc in Singapore seeks a Workday HCM Solution Architect to lead the architecture, design, and optimisation of Workday HCM across Prudential Group and local business units. You will partner with the HR Solution Excellence Lead, HR Process Owners, Workday Functional Leads, and Group Technology to translate requirements into robust, scalable Workday solutions.

The ideal candidate brings deep Workday HCM expertise, cross-country delivery leadership, and a track record of HR technology