Workday System Architect

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Workday System Architect based in the United States.

This is a senior architecture role focused on shaping, optimizing, and supporting complex Workday and enterprise technology <environments.You> will translate business, clinical, and administrative needs into scalable system architectures and practical technology solutions.The role combines strategic consulting, technical leadership, systems design, and continuous improvement across a complex <organization.You> will work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, developers, vendors, and leadership to align systems with organizational priorities.The position offers significant influence over architecture standards, enterprise initiatives, integrations, and technology <roadmaps.You> will also provide expert guidance, mentor technical and business partners, and help resolve highly complex system challenges.This is an opportunity to make a broad operational impact while working at the intersection of enterprise architecture, Workday, and healthcare technology.

Accountabilities

Architecture Strategy: Design, develop, implement, support, and optimize architecture strategies that align technology capabilities with business, clinical, and administrative needs.

Enterprise Solutions: Provide strategic consultation on business processes, system capabilities, technology options, and enterprise solutions, contributing to strategy development, opportunity identification, and business innovation initiatives.

System Design: Specify and design large or complex systems, solutions, and processes while selecting appropriate architecture standards, methods, technologies, and tools.

Technical Integration: Develop architecture models, component requirements, and detailed implementation specifications while advising teams on system development, integration, workflows, and technical processes.

Business and User Requirements: Work with stakeholders to understand user needs, operating environments, technical constraints, and organizational requirements, translating them into effective and sustainable solutions.

Process Improvement: Lead improvement initiatives, refine methodologies, and ensure technology and process changes deliver measurable business benefits.

Change Management: Oversee enterprise change management activities, assess the impact of proposed changes across affected teams, and provide guidance to ensure established processes and standards are followed.

Complex Problem Solving: Lead the resolution of complex architecture and business challenges and serve as a technical leader for high-impact enterprise initiatives.

Technical Leadership: Maintain deep expertise across relevant technologies and provide expert advice, mentoring, and training to developers, peers, management, and business partners.

Architecture Governance: Reinforce technology principles, policies, procedures, and standards while evaluating major design decisions and ensuring solutions balance functionality, service quality, performance, integration, and operational requirements.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management: Build and manage effective relationships with vendors, professional peers, business stakeholders, and technical teams, including navigating complex or challenging situations.

Operational Support: Apply preventative techniques to reduce recurring issues, support implementations and training when needed, participate in on-call responsibilities, and travel to affiliated sites when required.

Requirements

Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, computer science, business, informatics, or a related field with at least 8 years of experience in system analysis involving business, clinical, or administrative applications; alternatively, a high school diploma or equivalent with at least 12 years of relevant experience.

Workday Expertise: 5–7 years of hands-on Workday experience, with strong understanding of enterprise systems and architecture.

Healthcare Experience: Experience working within a healthcare environment is preferred, particularly where complex clinical, administrative, and business systems intersect.

Technical Architecture: Experience with data integration, application roadmaps, technical architecture, workflow architecture, or comparable enterprise technology disciplines is highly valued.

Systems Thinking: Ability to understand highly complex system designs holistically and assess architecture, environmental strategy, dependencies, and performance in dynamic or high-pressure situations.

Strategic Problem Solving: Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to evaluate complex technical options, identify risks, and develop practical solutions.

Communication: Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Leadership: Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority, mentor others, facilitate collaboration, and lead multidisciplinary teams through complex initiatives.

Adaptability: Comfortable managing changing priorities, ambiguous situations, challenging relationships, and high-impact projects while maintaining quality and accountability.

Governance and Compliance: Ability to apply enterprise technology policies, architecture standards, change-management procedures, and organizational requirements consistently.

Certifications: Additional role-related certification may be required and must be completed within the specified timeframe following formal training.

Benefits

Compensation: Competitive compensation aligned with the scope and seniority of the role.

Work Arrangement: Full-time remote position within the United States.

Schedule: 40 hours per week in an exempt position.

Professional Development: Opportunities to expand technical expertise, participate in training, and contribute to enterprise-wide technology initiatives.

Leadership Exposure: High visibility and collaboration with business leaders, technology teams, developers, management, and other stakeholders.

Impact: Opportunity to influence enterprise architecture, system modernization, process improvement, and technology strategy within a complex healthcare environment.

Additional Support: Travel to affiliated sites may be required for implementations, training, or technical support, along with on-call responsibilities according to departmental policy.