Senior Workday Solution Architect - Barcelona Location:

Barcelona, Spain Role:

Senior Workday Solution Architect

We are supporting a general organisation looking for a

Senior Workday Solution Architect

to shape the future of its end-to-end

People & Culture digital ecosystem . This is a senior architecture role sitting between business and technology, responsible for defining the

target technical vision, architecture and implementation strategy

across

Hire to Retire and Time to Pay .

You will work across Workday and the wider P&C; landscape, covering areas including

Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Onboarding, Compensation, HCM, Benefits, Learning, Payroll, Recognition, Rewards, Performance and Time Tracking .

Key Responsibilities

Define and maintain the P&C;

architecture blueprint and roadmap .

Govern end-to-end system design, integrations and data flows.

Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Evaluate platforms, middleware, APIs, integration patterns and vendors.

Guide delivery teams and validate designs throughout implementation.





Establish standards for

data privacy, security, RBAC and compliance .

Assess Workday releases, AI/ML capabilities and automation opportunities.

Manage architectural risks, technical debt and continuous improvement.

Communicate architecture decisions to senior P&C;, Payroll and IT stakeholders.

Requirements

Extensive

Workday Solution Architecture

experience.

Strong end-to-end

Hire to Retire and Time to Pay

experience.

Excellent understanding of Workday integrations and third-party ecosystems.

Experience across wider P&C; applications and regional payroll platforms.

Strong knowledge of APIs, middleware and enterprise integration patterns.

Understanding of security, privacy, RBAC and data governance.

Strong strategic thinking, business acumen and stakeholder management.

Desirable:

Workday certifications, multinational deployments, enterprise middleware experience and AI/ML or automation exposure.

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