Senior Workday Platform Architect

What You'll Do

• Serve as Via's senior Workday platform expert, with ownership across configuration, security, business processes, reporting, integrations, data quality, and system administration.
• Help define and implement a scalable Workday architecture and operating model, including governance, documentation, change management, testing standards, and release processes.
• Evaluate current Workday configurations and processes, identify gaps or technical debt, and recommend improvements based on experience with mature enterprise environments.
• Lead the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of solutions across multiple Workday modules, such as Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Performance, Talent, and Payroll.
• Ensure that Workday business processes are efficient, consistent, compliant, and able to support Via's continued growth and organizational complexity.
• Design, build, and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, and analytics that enable reliable, data-driven decision-making.
• Oversee Workday integrations with payroll, benefits, identity management, finance, recruiting, and other enterprise systems, partnering with internal teams and external vendors to ensure accuracy, reliability, and security.
• Establish strong security and access-management practices, including role-based access, segregation of duties, periodic reviews, and audit readiness.
• Lead Workday release planning by evaluating new functionality, assessing business impact, coordinating testing, documenting changes, and communicating recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain data integrity through proactive monitoring, recurring audits, reconciliation processes, and root-cause analysis of system or integration issues.
• Provide clear guidance and hands-on support to People team members, managers, employees, and business leaders.
• Create and maintain documentation for configurations, business processes, integrations, reports, controls, and user procedures.
• Build strong relationships with Workday, implementation partners, and other vendors while ensuring that Via retains clear internal ownership of its platform.
• Stay current on Workday capabilities, product releases, and industry practices, and help Via determine which improvements will deliver meaningful business value.

Who You Are

• You have at least 7 years of hands-on Workday experience, including significant responsibility for administering or designing Workday within a large, complex, or global organization.
• You have deep experience with Core HCM and meaningful hands-on exposure across several additional Workday modules, such as Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Performance, Talent, or Payroll.
• You understand how decisions in one Workday module can affect business processes, security, reporting, integrations, and downstream systems across the broader platform.
• You have experience improving an established Workday environment-not only maintaining it-and can bring practical examples of governance, architecture, process, or configuration improvements you have led.
• You have strong knowledge of Workday security, business-process configuration, reporting, calculated fields, data management, and integration concepts.
• You understand HR operations, payroll processes, compliance requirements, and the controls needed to support accurate and sensitive employee data.
• You can balance immediate business needs with long-term platform health, avoiding unnecessary customization and designing solutions that remain scalable and maintainable.
• You are comfortable advising senior stakeholders, challenging assumptions constructively, and translating complex technical topics into clear recommendations.
• You are highly detail-oriented, organized, and process-driven, with strong judgment and a clear sense of ownership.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, can manage competing priorities, and remain thoughtful and methodical when addressing complex issues.

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience supporting Workday across multiple countries, legal entities, employee populations, or business units.
• Experience helping an organization mature its Workday governance, architecture, documentation, security, or release-management practices.
• Advanced Workday reporting and analytics experience.
• Experience with Workday integration technologies such as EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, APIs, or Workday Extend.
• Workday certifications across multiple functional or technical areas.
• Experience with major Workday implementations, module expansions, acquisitions, reorganizations, or large-scale transformation initiatives.

Compensation and Benefits

• Final salary will be determined based on the candidate's experience, knowledge, and skills. The salary range does not include equity or variable compensation, where applicable.
• Salary range: $140,000-$160,000.
• Comprehensive health coverage, with low-cost dental and vision plans
• A 401(k) with a generous company match and vesting
• Fully paid parental leave for new parents, with extended leave options
• Additional benefits (mental health, pet insurance, and other wellness perks)
• 20 days of paid time off (PTO) annually

• Via was founded on the guiding principle that we go further when we go together.
• We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
• If you're excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in this description, we encourage you to apply.
• You may be the right candidate for this or another role.
• All backgrounds, identities, and voices are welcomed and celebrated at Via.

Ready to join the ride?

Via is an equal opportunity employer.