Senior Workday HCM Solutions Architect

Cambia Health Solutions; Idaho; On-site; USD 152,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Equity-based incentives

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Indeed is seeking a senior Workday HCM Solutions Architect to design and deliver scalable, secure Workday solutions across Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, and Performance. You will partner with HR, IT, and Engineering to translate complex business needs into architecture that drives measurable value.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Finance and People Systems, you will set architectural patterns, advance automation, and mentor teams on best practices, with a platform-first mindset and a bias

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree, and a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or a Master's degree with a minimum of 6 years of experience; or a PhD with 3 years experience
• Experience designing and implementing Workday HCM solutions
• Deep expertise across multiple Workday HCM domains with a proven track record delivering complex, enterprise-scale solutions
• Excellent understanding of Workday security frameworks
• Advanced experience with Workday reporting, analytics, data strategy, and automation design, including Workday Orchestrations and Business Process Framework
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable, sustainable architectures, with sound systems thinking and trade-off decisions
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams, communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, and mentor others

Responsibilities

• Partner with delivery leads to design end-to-end solutions for complex Workday HCM initiatives across multiple products (Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, Performance, Absence, Benefits, etc.), with a platform-first mindset that accounts for downstream impacts and cross-module dependencies
• Establish and enforce architectural patterns that prioritize simplicity, scalability, and extensibility
• Drive automation and end-user experience strategy by identifying and implementing opportunities to eliminate manual, repetitive, or error-prone processes using Workday AI, Orchestrations, and the business process framework
• Define and scale best practices for reusable, enterprise-grade automation and workflow design across functional areas
• Partner with reporting and analytics leads to architect robust reporting solutions (Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Prism) that enable actionable insights
• Evaluate and guide decisions on leveraging native Workday capabilities versus external tools, with a bias toward platform-native solutions
• Collaborate with Product, HR, IT, and Engineering teams to align priorities, influence decisions through clear articulation of trade-offs and risks, and mentor team members on solution design and architectural best practices

Skills

Workday HCM design

Workday security frameworks

Workday reporting & analytics

Orchestrations

Business Process Framework

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Workday Orchestrations

Workday Business Process Framework

Job description

Indeed is seeking a senior Workday HCM Solutions Architect to design and deliver scalable, secure Workday solutions across Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, and Performance. You will partner with HR, IT, and Engineering to translate complex business needs into architecture that drives measurable value.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Finance and People Systems, you will set architectural patterns, advance automation, and mentor teams on best practices, with a platform-first mindset and a bias