Director, Human Resources Technology – Workday Architect

Opportunity

The Opportunity: As a rapidly growing biotech company, we are scaling our enterprise systems to support a dynamic workforce, evolving regulatory requirements, and complex financial operations. We are seeking a Workday Architect person to lead the design, development, and optimization of our Workday platform.

Required Skills, Experience and Education

• 10+ years of Workday experience, including leadership and architecture responsibilities.
• Proven experience designing scalable, secure enterprise HR systems in high-growth environments.
• Extensive experience building WorkDay systems strategy from scratch and lead to implementation and execution cross-functionally.
• Expertise across Workday modules (HCM, Learning, Talent, Advanced Compensation, and employee engagement platforms such as Peakon).
• Proven success leading enterprise HR technology teams and partnering with executive stakeholders across HR, Finance, IT, and Compliance.
• Strong experience with Workday integrations including Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, APIs.
• Strong understanding of Workday security architecture, governance, and enterprise data management practices.
• Experience operating in regulated environments such as biotech, life sciences, healthcare, or pharmaceutical organizations.

Preferred Skills

• Experience leading and scaling Workday platforms in a high-growth biotech, life sciences, or other regulated environment.
• Experience designing complex integrations between Workday and enterprise platforms such as ERP, identity management, payroll, and analytics systems.

Base Pay Salary Range

The base pay salary range for this full-time position for candidates working onsite at our headquarters in Redwood City, CA is $211,000 - $264,000 USD.