Workday Adaptive Planning Architect - US - Remote

The Workday Adaptive Planning Architect at Worldwide Clinical Trials serves as the enterprise owner and strategic architect for the Adaptive Planning platform. This role involves:

• Owning the Adaptive product vision and roadmap
• Ensuring the platform supports scalable financial, operational, and workforce planning aligned with business strategy
• Partnering with Finance and HR leadership to translate planning requirements into secure, well-governed, and high-performing models, integrations, and reporting solutions
• Leading bi-annual release adoption, AI strategy, OfficeConnect governance, integrations, security, and overall architectural integrity

About the role

This role requires deep hands-on Adaptive expertise, strong FP&A and workforce planning knowledge, and the ability to lead platform strategy within a complex, enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Strong understanding of FP&A, financial planning, operational planning, and workforce management processes
• Able to build trusted partnerships with Finance and HR leadership
• Excellent communication skills, translating complex planning concepts into business-ready language
• Strategic mindset with strong architectural and systems-thinking capabilities
• High attention to detail with a strong focus on governance, data quality, and auditability
• Comfortable operating as a platform owner in a global, matrixed organization

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in FP&A systems, enterprise planning, or financial systems architecture
• Workday Pro Adaptive Planning Certification
• Deep hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Planning as an architect, lead administrator, or consultant
• Strong understanding of enterprise financial modeling, forecasting, scenario planning, and workforce planning
• Experience owning planning platforms, including roadmap definition, governance, and stakeholder alignment
• Proven experience designing and supporting integrations between planning, ERP, HCM, and payroll systems
• Experience enforcing standards for OfficeConnect and executive-level reporting
• Familiarity with Workday HCM strongly preferred
• Experience evaluating or implementing AI-enabled planning or forecasting capabilities preferred
• Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently and serve as the design authority for enterprise planning architecture
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related fields

Qualifications

To be considered for this role, candidates should possess:

• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy while working to strict, tight deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills to effectively manage employee queries and cross-departmental collaboration
• Demonstrated ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential employee information with discretion

Skills

• Ability to monitor, interpret, and implement complex international payroll legislation and tax compliance updates across multiple jurisdictions

Benefits

Join us at Worldwide Clinical Trials, where you’ll be part of a global team of over 3,500+ experts, bright thinkers, dreamers, and doers. We are committed to enabling professionals from all backgrounds and experiences to succeed and thrive.

Pay

We offer competitive compensation packages tailored to individual performance and qualifications.

Schedule

Our flexible schedule allows for a healthy work-life balance.

For more information on Worldwide Clinical Trials, visit www.Worldwide.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.