Workday Solution Architect

Pixie Services; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Pixie Services seeks a Senior Workday Solution Architect with 12+ years in HRIS/HR Technology and 5+ years in Workday Solution Architecture to lead a strategic assessment of migrating from SAP SuccessFactors to Workday. You will define future-state architecture, assess migration feasibility, and develop a comprehensive transformation roadmap.

The role centers on evaluating current HR systems, ensuring governance, data migration, and integration across global Workday implementations, with

Qualifications

• 12+ years of HRIS / HR Technology experience.
• 5+ years in Workday Solution Architecture.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing SAP SuccessFactors landscape (Employee Central, Compensation, Performance, Succession, Learning, integrations).
• Conduct functional fit-gap analysis between SuccessFactors and Workday HCM.
• Design future-state Workday architecture and enterprise integration strategy.
• Evaluate third-party HR apps, payroll systems, and integration dependencies.
• Define data migration, governance, security, and compliance strategies.
• Develop migration feasibility assessments, costs, risks, and five-year TCO analysis.
• Create phased transformation roadmaps and present recommendations to executives.

Skills

HRIS / HR Technology

Workday Solution Architecture

Workday HCM

Talent

Compensation

Performance

Reporting

SAP SuccessFactors

Employee Central

Enterprise integration

HR data migration

GDPR compliance

Executive presentations

Tools

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

Middleware

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Workday Solution Architect with 12+ years of HRIS/HR Technology experience, including 5+ years in Workday Solution Architecture, to lead a strategic assessment of migrating from SAP SuccessFactors to Workday. The consultant will evaluate current HR systems, assess migration feasibility, define future-state architecture, and develop a comprehensive transformation roadmap.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess the existing SAP SuccessFactors landscape, including Employee Central, Compensation, Performance, Succession, Learning and integrations.
• Conduct functional fit-gap analysis between SuccessFactors and Workday HCM.
• Design future-state Workday architecture and enterprise integration strategy.
• Evaluate third-party HR applications, payroll systems, and integration dependencies.
• Define employee data migration, governance, security, and compliance strategies.
• Develop migration feasibility assessments, implementation costs, risks, and five-year TCO analysis.
• Create phased transformation roadmaps and present strategic recommendations to executive leadership.

Required Skills:

• 12+ years of HRIS / HR Technology experience, including 5+ years in Workday Solution Architecture.
• Strong expertise in Workday HCM, Talent, Compensation, Performance and Reporting.
• Hands-on knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors, particularly Employee Central and Talent modules.
• Experience with global Workday implementations and enterprise HR platform transformations.
• Strong enterprise integration architecture, middleware, REST/SOAP APIs and third-party integrations.
• Experience with HR data migration, security, GDPR and regulatory compliance.
• Proven experience in feasibility assessments, business case development, TCO analysis and executive presentations.

Preferred:

Workday certifications, SuccessFactors-to-Workday migration experience, and experience in regulated industries such as life sciences or pharmaceuticals.