Senior Workday Architect HCM & Talent, Remote

Avalara, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Avalara is an AI-first Company seeking a senior technical leader to design scalable Workday solutions with a primary focus on Core HCM and Talent & Performance. You will translate complex needs into efficient, user-centric system solutions and lead end-to-end solution design and strategy.

You will partner with HR, Total Rewards, Payroll, and IT to deliver programs that use Workday capabilities to support evolving business and people strategies.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in HRIS, People Technology, or enterprise systems roles.
• 5+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in Workday Compensation, Talent, Performance, and Core HCM.
• Experience analyzing complex business problems and delivering scalable system solutions.
• Projects and influence team members.
• Experience with end-to-end HR processes, data structures, and system integrations.

Responsibilities

• Build Workday design for Total Rewards and HCM across Performance, Talent, and Core HCM.
• Translate complex business problems into scalable system solutions.
• Lead projects across HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT with measurable outcomes.
• Ensure system quality and reliability with testing and release readiness.
• Simplify and standardize configurations to improve efficiency and maintainability.
• Be a technical and functional leader, guiding partners to best practices.
• Influence People Technology roadmap with new Workday capabilities.

Skills

HRIS

Workday

Compensation

Talent

Performance

Core HCM

Enterprise systems

Data integrations

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

B.S. in Information Systems

B.S. in Engineering

Job description

Avalara is an AI-first Company seeking a senior technical leader to design scalable Workday solutions with a primary focus on Core HCM and Talent & Performance. You will translate complex needs into efficient, user-centric system solutions and lead end-to-end solution design and strategy.

You will partner with HR, Total Rewards, Payroll, and IT to deliver programs that use Workday capabilities to support evolving business and people strategies.