Lead Workday Architect: HR Tech & Integrations

MasterCard; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance

401k with company match

Paid leaves

Vacation time

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Principal Workday Technical Architect to define and drive the long-term architecture for Workday and the People & Capability tech ecosystem. You will serve as a technical authority for Workday, integrations, security, data, and platform modernization across HR domains.

You will partner with business, product, and engineering leaders to deliver scalable, secure solutions, while mentoring teams and governing architectural standards in line with Mastercard's security policies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise application architecture and engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Workday technical architecture experience in large, complex enterprises
• Deep Workday integrations expertise using Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, APIs, web services, and middleware platforms.
• Experience governing Workday Extend solutions to address complex requirements while minimizing customization and debt.
• Expertise in Workday security architecture, governance, compliance, and audit controls.
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture, API design, modern data architectures, and enterprise integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term architecture, standards, and roadmap for the Workday and related People & Capability technologies.
• Lead the design of scalable, secure, and resilient Workday solutions, integrations, and platform capabilities.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product teams, and engineering leaders to translate strategic priorities into technology solutions.
• Govern architecture decisions, ensure alignment with enterprise standards, and drive simplification of the technology landscape.
• Evaluate emerging Workday capabilities and innovation opportunities to improve employee experience, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance, influencing engineering teams on design best practices, solution trade-offs, and implementation strategies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, clearly communicating complex architectural topics in concise, business oriented language to support informed decision making.
• Produce and govern key architectural documentation, ensuring compliance with Mastercard's engineering principles and security standards.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Workday Studio

Core Connectors

EIB

APIs

Web services

Middleware platforms

Job description

Mastercard seeks a Principal Workday Technical Architect to define and drive the long-term architecture for Workday and the People & Capability tech ecosystem. You will serve as a technical authority for Workday, integrations, security, data, and platform modernization across HR domains.

You will partner with business, product, and engineering leaders to deliver scalable, secure solutions, while mentoring teams and governing architectural standards in line with Mastercard's security policies.