UST - Functional Solution Architect - Workday

Functional Solution Architect - Workday

Role snapshot:

Experience: 16+ years overall, with broad hands-on experience across multiple Workday HCM-suite modules.

Certification: Current Workday certification in HCM is mandatory; certifications in two or more of Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Talent, Payroll, or Benefits are a strong plus.

Must-have skills:

• Demonstrated ownership of functional architecture across multiple modules on at least two full-cycle Workday deployments.
• Ability to design a consistent business process framework and security model across HCM, Compensation, Absence, Talent rather than module-by-module.
• Strong workshop facilitation skills at client HR/business-leadership level.
• Experience reviewing and validating configuration decisions made by functional consultants for cross-module consistency.

Key responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end functional architecture and design for assigned engagements.
• Facilitate executive-level workshops to shape the target-state functional design.
• Set functional design standards and reusable patterns for the Bangalore functional team.
• Review and validate configuration built by Functional Consultants for consistency across modules.
• Partner with the Technical Solution Architect to ensure functional design is technically feasible.
• Support pre-sales solutioning on functional scope and effort estimation.

Good to have:

• Experience with Workday Talent & Performance or Payroll, prior people-management experience, industry vertical depth relevant to our top accounts.