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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