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Job#: 3025335 Job Description: Workday Functional Architect Engagement Overview This engagement supports key phases of our healthcare client’s Workday implementation program . The scope is limited to Planning and Readiness, Design, Foundation Tenant Build, and Unit Testing .
The objective is to provide senior functional solution architecture leadership and delivery governance to ensure high-quality system design, disciplined configuration, and structured testing across the in-scope phases. Services will emphasize future-state process design, functional architecture leadership, configuration governance, quality assurance, and testing oversight—aligned with healthcare operational workflows and regulatory requirements.
The engagement is expected to span approximately six (6) months , commencing April 2026 and concluding October 2026 , subject to project progress and client readiness.
Evaluation Criteria Responses will be evaluated using the following weighted criteria:
Evaluation AreaWeightApproach30%Qualifications and Education40%Price30% Total 100% In-Scope Phases
- Planning and Readiness
- Design
- Foundation Tenant Build
- Unit Testing
Out-of-Scope Phases (Unless otherwise agreed through formal change control)
- End-to-End Testing
- Deployment / Go-Live
- Post-production stabilization / hypercare
Scope of Work The Workday Functional Architect will provide senior functional leadership and solution architecture oversight across all in-scope phases.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead future-state business process design and functional solution architecture
- Define and govern configuration standards, design principles, and integration patterns
- Provide functional oversight of Design and Foundation Tenant Build activities delivered by the implementation vendor
- Oversee configuration quality, integrations, security design, and data conversion approach
- Lead functional design and configuration review checkpoints
- Support Unit Testing execution, including defect triage and prioritization of resolution
- Provide senior functional advisory services to healthcare client stakeholders and system integrators
Required Qualifications And Experience The Workday Functional Architect is accountable for providing senior functional leadership and architectural oversight across Workday HCM functional domains in support of a large-scale healthcare HCM transformation program. This includes Core HCM, Job Architecture, Compensation, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, Absence , and other in-scope functional areas.
The successful candidate must demonstrate proven experience leading the functional design and configuration of an enterprise-scale Workday SaaS HCM solution .
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related discipline
- Minimum ten (10) years of recent experience in complex HCM/ERP environments
- At least seven (7) years in a senior functional leadership role
- Equivalent combinations of education and progressive experience will be considered
Required Expertise:
- End-to-end Workday functional architecture across Core HCM and talent lifecycle domains
- Enterprise job architecture design, including job families, job profiles, compensation alignment, and governance models
- Recruiting, onboarding, performance, talent, and learning process design within Workday
- Functional security design aligned with role-based access and governance principles
- Business process framework configuration, including condition rules and approval flows
- Cross-functional impact assessment across HCM, payroll, finance, and reporting domains
- Organizational change impacts arising from functional configuration decisions
- Risk identification and mitigation related to functional design, policy alignment, and downstream operational impacts
Additional Expectations The Workday Functional Architect will establish functional design standards, ensure cross-workstream cohesion, and align configuration decisions with the approved HR Operating Model and enterprise governance framework. All design decisions must be scalable, sustainable, and supportive of long-term operational maturity and application sustainment.
Strong executive-level written and verbal communication skills are essential. The candidate must demonstrate sound judgment, facilitation capability, critical thinking, and effective collaboration across business, technical, and change domains throughout the engagement.
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Apex Systems is part of the Commercial Segment of ASGN Incorporated.
NYSE: ASGN
4400 Cox Road
Suite 200
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Apex Systems.
About Apex Systems
Apex Systems is a leading global technology services firm that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients’ digital visions. We provide a continuum of services, including strategy and enablement, innovation and productivity, and technology foundations to drive better results and bring more value to our clients. Apex transforms our customers with modern enterprise solutions tailored to the industries we serve. Apex has a presence in over 70 markets across North America, Europe, and India. Apex is a part of the commercial segment of ASGN Incorporated (NYSE: ASGN). To learn more, visit www.apexsystems.com.
Apex strives to provide our talent with the best possible experience, from start to finish. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Visit us today to join our team: www.apexsystems.com/careers.
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Job#: 3025335 Job Description: Workday Functional Architect Engagement Overview This engagement supports key phases of our healthcare client’s Workday implementation program . The scope is limited to Planning and Readiness, Design, Foundation Tenant Build, and Unit Testing .
The objective is to provide senior functional solution architecture leadership and delivery governance to ensure high-quality system design, disciplined configuration, and structured testing across the in-scope phases. Services will emphasize future-state process design, functional architecture leadership, configuration governance, quality assurance, and testing oversight—aligned with healthcare operational workflows and regulatory requirements.
The engagement is expected to span approximately six (6) months , commencing April 2026 and concluding October 2026 , subject to project progress and client readiness.
Evaluation Criteria Responses will be evaluated using the following weighted criteria:
Evaluation AreaWeightApproach30%Qualifications and Education40%Price30% Total 100% In-Scope Phases
- Planning and Readiness
- Design
- Foundation Tenant Build
- Unit Testing
Out-of-Scope Phases (Unless otherwise agreed through formal change control)
- End-to-End Testing
- Deployment / Go-Live
- Post-production stabilization / hypercare
Scope of Work The Workday Functional Architect will provide senior functional leadership and solution architecture oversight across all in-scope phases.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead future-state business process design and functional solution architecture
- Define and govern configuration standards, design principles, and integration patterns
- Provide functional oversight of Design and Foundation Tenant Build activities delivered by the implementation vendor
- Oversee configuration quality, integrations, security design, and data conversion approach
- Lead functional design and configuration review checkpoints
- Support Unit Testing execution, including defect triage and prioritization of resolution
- Provide senior functional advisory services to healthcare client stakeholders and system integrators
Required Qualifications And Experience The Workday Functional Architect is accountable for providing senior functional leadership and architectural oversight across Workday HCM functional domains in support of a large-scale healthcare HCM transformation program. This includes Core HCM, Job Architecture, Compensation, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, Absence , and other in-scope functional areas.
The successful candidate must demonstrate proven experience leading the functional design and configuration of an enterprise-scale Workday SaaS HCM solution .
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related discipline
- Minimum ten (10) years of recent experience in complex HCM/ERP environments
- At least seven (7) years in a senior functional leadership role
- Equivalent combinations of education and progressive experience will be considered
Required Expertise:
- End-to-end Workday functional architecture across Core HCM and talent lifecycle domains
- Enterprise job architecture design, including job families, job profiles, compensation alignment, and governance models
- Recruiting, onboarding, performance, talent, and learning process design within Workday
- Functional security design aligned with role-based access and governance principles
- Business process framework configuration, including condition rules and approval flows
- Cross-functional impact assessment across HCM, payroll, finance, and reporting domains
- Organizational change impacts arising from functional configuration decisions
- Risk identification and mitigation related to functional design, policy alignment, and downstream operational impacts
Additional Expectations The Workday Functional Architect will establish functional design standards, ensure cross-workstream cohesion, and align configuration decisions with the approved HR Operating Model and enterprise governance framework. All design decisions must be scalable, sustainable, and supportive of long-term operational maturity and application sustainment.
Strong executive-level written and verbal communication skills are essential. The candidate must demonstrate sound judgment, facilitation capability, critical thinking, and effective collaboration across business, technical, and change domains throughout the engagement.
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Apex Systems is part of the Commercial Segment of ASGN Incorporated.
NYSE: ASGN
4400 Cox Road
Suite 200
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Apex Systems.
About Apex Systems
Apex Systems is a leading global technology services firm that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients’ digital visions. We provide a continuum of services, including strategy and enablement, innovation and productivity, and technology foundations to drive better results and bring more value to our clients. Apex transforms our customers with modern enterprise solutions tailored to the industries we serve. Apex has a presence in over 70 markets across North America, Europe, and India. Apex is a part of the commercial segment of ASGN Incorporated (NYSE: ASGN). To learn more, visit www.apexsystems.com.
Apex strives to provide our talent with the best possible experience, from start to finish. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Visit us today to join our team: www.apexsystems.com/careers.