Senior Solution Architect

HCLTech; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in Dallas, TX is seeking an experienced Workday Transformation & Program Lead to provide end-to-end leadership across critical Workday initiatives. You will bridge HR, IT, Security/Identity and implementation partners, driving program plans, dependencies, risks and delivery outcomes through global deployments, stabilization and transition with an executive presence.

Responsibilities include governance across Workday transformations, coordinating deployments and data

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise HR technology/transformation experience.
• Strong Workday HCM, integrations, data and reporting knowledge.
• Proven leadership of large, multi-workstream Workday implementations.
• Experience with global deployments and executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Own governance across Workday transformation initiatives.
• Drive integrated program plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Coordinate implementation, integrations, testing, deployment, stabilization and hypercare.
• Establish accountability across internal teams and partners.
• Provide concise executive reporting and decision support.
• Drive data mapping decisions and ensure scalable solutions.
• Ensure standardized global Workday processes while complying with country requirements.

Skills

Workday

Program leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Global deployments

HR technology

Tools

Workday Integrations

Entra ID

Active Directory

Job description

Requisition ID189814-Posted11/09/2026

Location: Dallas, TX preferred Role Type: Senior Program / Transformation Leadership Primary Platform: Workday

Role Purpose We are looking for an experienced Workday Transformation & Program Lead to provide end-to-end leadership across critical Workday initiatives. The role will serve as the senior bridge between HR, IT, Security/Identity, business stakeholders and implementation partners, ensuring program continuity while driving decisions, dependencies, risks and delivery outcomes. This is not simply a Workday functional or Project Manager position. We need a leader who can take end-to-end ownership, bring strong Workday expertise, influence senior stakeholders and successfully drive complex global programs through implementation, stabilization and transition.

Key Responsibilities

• Own overall governance across Workday transformation initiatives.


• Drive integrated program plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.


• Coordinate implementation, integrations, testing, deployment, stabilization and hypercare.


• Establish clear accountability across internal teams and implementation partners.


• Provide concise executive reporting and proactively elevate decisions impacting critical milestones.


• Provide leadership oversight for Workday integrations and downstream application dependencies.


• Coordinate requirements across HR, IAM, Active Directory/Entra, payroll, timekeeping and other enterprise platforms.


• Drive data and attribute mapping decisions.


• Ensure business requirements are translated effectively into scalable technical solutions.


• Drive standardized global Workday processes while accommodating valid country and regulatory requirements.


• Facilitate decisions across HR, IT, Security and regional stakeholders.


• Challenge unnecessary customization and regional variations.


• Establish scalable and sustainable future-state processes.


• Govern functional, integration and business validation activities.


• Coordinate Workday reporting requirements and remediation.


• Drive stakeholder review and sign-off.


• Ensure appropriate deployment, cutover and hypercare readiness.


• Oversee transition into steady-state support.


• Serve as a senior point of accountability for Workday program execution.


• Manage relationships across business leadership, HR, technology teams and implementation partners.


• Translate technical challenges into clear business impact, options and recommendations.


• Drive timely decisions and issue resolution across organizational boundaries.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of enterprise HR technology/transformation experience, with significant Workday program leadership experience.


• Strong understanding of Workday HCM, integrations, data and reporting.


• Proven experience leading large, multi-workstream Workday implementations or transformation programs.


• Understanding of integrations between Workday and enterprise technologies such as Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, payroll and timekeeping platforms.


• Experience managing global deployments involving multiple countries and stakeholder groups.


• Strong program governance, risk management and executive communication skills.


• Ability to work effectively across business, HR, technology and partner organizations.


• Strong executive presence with the ability to drive decisions in complex or high-pressure environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday certification and/or substantial Workday implementation leadership experience.


• Experience with Workday integration and identity lifecycle management.


• Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory.


• Exposure to UKG/Kronos and ServiceNow ecosystem integrations.


• Experience operating withi