Senior Workday HCM Solution Architect

American Electric Power Co.; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 116,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary

Annual bonus

401K match

AEP Pension

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

American Electric Power (AEP) seeks a senior Workday HCM expert to lead configuration and solution design across core HCM, compensation, recruiting, time tracking, payroll, learning and reporting. You will partner with HR stakeholders to translate needs into scalable Workday configurations while guiding HRIS strategy and release planning.

Reporting to the HR Information Systems Manager, you will mentor team members, ensure data security and compliance, and drive continuous improvement across the

Qualifications

• Seven years of progressively responsible HRIS, Workday or HR technology experience.
• At least five years of hands‑on Workday HCM configuration and application support experience.
• Experience must include leading complex solution design and partnering directly with HR or business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior functional and configuration lead for Workday HCM, providing hands‑on expertise across several Workday modules, such as Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Recruiting, Time Tracking, Payroll, Learning, Talent, Workday Help and reporting.
• Partner with HR process owners, subject matter experts, employees, managers and other stakeholders to understand the business problem, user experience and desired outcome before recommending a solution.
• Facilitate collaborative design discussions that explain available options, trade‑offs, risks and downstream impacts so the business and HRIS team share ownership of the selected solution.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Workday configurations, including business processes, condition rules, validations, notifications, security considerations, calculated fields, reports and related functional setup.
• Challenge requirements constructively when a process change, simplification or use of delivered Workday functionality would create a more sustainable result.
• Negotiate scope and design decisions when requests conflict with platform standards, control requirements, user experience, supportability or enterprise priorities.
• Put the user at the center of configuration decisions by understanding how employees, managers, HR professionals and administrators will experience and use the solution.
• Lead complex solution design, configuration, prototyping, testing, deployment and post‑production evaluation for enhancements, releases and projects.
• Assess the end‑to‑end impact of proposed changes across HR processes, security, integrations, reporting, payroll, finance, data, controls and downstream systems.
• Provide senior‑level troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis for complex production issues, developing solutions that address the underlying cause rather than only the immediate symptom.
• Lead Workday release review and feature evaluation, recommend adoption decisions, coordinate impact assessments and support testing and implementation planning.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on Workday capabilities and recommend opportunities to simplify processes, improve the employee and manager experience, strengthen controls and increase automation.
• Develop and maintain reports, calculated fields and operational analytics needed to support functional areas and validate system performance.
• Create and maintain design documentation, configuration standards, decision records, testing evidence and support materials that improve sustainability and knowledge continuity.
• Partner closely with the HR Information Systems Manager to organize work, guide the team, review designs, resolve escalated issues and maintain consistent solution standards.
• Mentor and coach less‑experienced HRIS team members through design reviews, paired configuration, troubleshooting and knowledge sharing; provide functional leadership without direct people‑management responsibility.
• Continuously expand expertise by studying Workday releases, product documentation, community content, training and emerging practices, then applying and sharing relevant learning across the team.
• Protect HR data and ensure configurations comply with applicable privacy, security, records‑management, audit and company requirements.

Skills

Workday HCM

Core HCM

Compensation

Advanced Compensation

Recruiting

Time Tracking

Payroll

Learning

Talent

Workday Help

Reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, information systems, computer science or a related field

Tools

Core HCM

Compensation

Advanced Compensation

Recruiting

Time Tracking

Payroll

Learning

Talent

Workday Help

Reporting

Job description

American Electric Power (AEP) seeks a senior Workday HCM expert to lead configuration and solution design across core HCM, compensation, recruiting, time tracking, payroll, learning and reporting. You will partner with HR stakeholders to translate needs into scalable Workday configurations while guiding HRIS strategy and release planning.

Reporting to the HR Information Systems Manager, you will mentor team members, ensure data security and compliance, and drive continuous improvement across the