Principal Workday Technical Architect

Mastercard; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 152,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a highly experienced Principal Workday Technical Architect to define and drive the long-term architecture strategy for Workday and the HR technology ecosystem. You will act as a technical authority across HCM, Recruiting, Talent, Payroll, and related domains, partnering with business leaders to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You will lead architectural design, governance, and modernization efforts, mentoring teams and ensuring alignment with Mastercard’s engineering

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise application architecture and engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands‑on Workday technical architecture in large enterprises.
• Deep Workday integrations experience with Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, APIs, web services, and middleware.
• Experience with Workday Extend to address complex business requirements with minimal customization.
• Expertise in Workday security architecture, governance, compliance, and audits.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term architecture and roadmap for Workday and related technologies.
• Lead design of scalable, secure Workday solutions, integrations, and platform capabilities.
• Translate strategic priorities into technology solutions with stakeholders.
• Govern architecture decisions and align with enterprise standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance to teams.
• Communicate complex topics to senior stakeholders for informed decisions.

Skills

Workday architecture

Integration design

Security governance

Cloud architecture

Executive communication

Mentoring

Enterprise architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

Workday Studio

Core Connectors

EIB

APIs

Web services

Middleware platforms

Job description

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Principal Workday Technical Architect

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview
Mastercard is seeking a highly experienced Principal Workday Technical Architect to define and drive the long-term architecture strategy for Workday and the broader People & Capability technology ecosystem.
This role serves as a technical authority for Workday and the broader HR technology architecture, integrations, extensibility, security, data management, and platform modernization. The Principal Architect partners with business leaders, product, engineering, security, and governance teams to deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and future-ready solutions that support Mastercard’s global workforce.

The successful candidate will combine deep Workday and broader HR technical expertise with enterprise architecture experience, bringing thought leadership, strategic vision, and hands‑on architectural guidance across HCM, Recruiting, Talent, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Learning, and adjacent domains.

Role

• 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.

All About You

• 10+ years of enterprise application architecture and engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands‑on Workday technical architecture experience in large, complex enterprises
• Deep and proven expertise in implementing Workday integrations using Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, APIs, web services, and middleware platforms.
• Experience architecting and governing Workday Extend solutions to address complex business requirements while minimizing customization and technical 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.
• Demonstrated success leading large‑scale transformation and modernization programs.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence strategic decisions across technology and business organizations.
• Motivated by continuous learning and challenge, bringing curiosity, resilience, and energy to complex problem spaces and opportunities for impact.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro‑rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best‑in‑class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on‑site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on‑site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges

Purchase, New York: $175,000 - $297,000 USD

O’Fallon, Missouri: $152,000 - $258,000 USD