Principal Workday Technical Architect

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

About the role

Mastercard is seeking a highly experienced Principal Workday Technical Architect to define and drive the long-term architecture strategy for Workday and the broader People & Capability technology ecosystem. This role serves as a technical authority for Workday and the broader HR technology architecture, integrations, extensibility, security, data management, and platform modernization. The Principal Architect partners with business leaders, product, engineering, security, and governance teams to deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and future-ready solutions that support Mastercard's global workforce.

The successful candidate will combine deep Workday and broader HR technical expertise with enterprise architecture experience, bringing thought leadership, strategic vision, and hands-on architectural guidance across HCM, Recruiting, Talent, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Learning, and adjacent domains.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term architecture, standards, and roadmap for the Workday and related People & Capability technologies.
• Lead the design of scalable, secure, and resilient Workday solutions, integrations, and platform capabilities.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product teams, and engineering leaders to translate strategic priorities into technology solutions.
• Govern architecture decisions, ensure alignment with enterprise standards, and drive simplification of the technology landscape.
• Evaluate emerging Workday capabilities and innovation opportunities to improve employee experience, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance, influencing engineering teams on design best practices, solution trade-offs, and implementation strategies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, clearly communicating complex architectural topics in concise, business-oriented language to support informed decision-making.
• Produce and govern key architectural documentation, ensuring compliance with Mastercard’s engineering principles and security standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years of enterprise application architecture and engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Workday technical architecture experience in large, complex enterprises.
• Deep and proven expertise in implementing Workday integrations using Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, APIs, web services, and middleware platforms.
• Experience architecting and governing Workday Extend solutions to address complex business requirements while minimizing customization and technical debt.
• Expertise in Workday security architecture, governance, compliance, and audit controls.
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture, API design, modern data architectures, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale transformation and modernization programs.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence strategic decisions across technology and business organizations.
• Motivated by continuous learning and challenge, bringing curiosity, resilience, and energy to complex problem spaces and opportunities for impact.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Benefits

• Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance).
• Flexible spending account and health savings account.
• Paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave).
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time, and 5 personal days (pro-rated based on date of hire).
• 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays.
• 401k with a best-in-class company match.
• Deferred compensation for eligible roles.
• Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities.
• Eligibility for tuition reimbursement.

Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay

Purchase, New York: $175,000 - $297,000 USD

O'Fallon, Missouri: $152,000 - $258,000 USD