We are looking for a motivated problem solver and passionate collaborator to fill the role of Functional Architect on the Workforce Product Management team.  This individual is someone that gets excited about solving cross-product business problems, discovering how to leverage and enhance Workday technology, and working in partnership with our technical team. 

The functional architect supports the product team and our business in many critical areas.  To be successful in this role, you will:

• Build and leverage a deep understanding of products, tools, and frameworks to educate the team on available and planned technology capabilities.
• Serve as the representative for cross-team initiatives taking place outside of your owned functional domain, providing guidance and direction to impacted teams.
• Partner with other functional architects on strategic product initiatives and process improvements.
• Promote consistency in how the team designs and builds new functionality.
• Develop a broad understanding of the critical projects and initiatives in your functional area for the upcoming release, review proposed feature specifications, and provide guidance on architecture decisions.
• Ensure the scalability of designs, allowing for iterative solutions that meet both short and long term customer needs.
• Assist in scoping and sizing discussions for your functional area with a focus on cross-team impacts, strategic customer requirements, and critical deployments.
• Work with Inbound and Outbound PM’s to analyze customer input and usage data to make recommendations on design and prioritization.
• Organize and prioritize tools and framework enhancement requests for your functional area.
• Mentor and coach other Product Managers.

• 8+ years experience designing, building, and implementing enterprise cloud applications.
• Master of one or more Workday product areas.
• Strong functional and technical understanding of the Workday architecture, including Business Process Framework, Security, UI, Reporting, and Web Services.
• Proven track record of: defining business problems, researching user needs, prototyping and testing new solutions, collaborating with design and engineering teams, and participating in the Agile process.
• An inherently collaborative style that enables you to win the hearts and minds of your peers to successfully execute on a complex product roadmap, with execution often happening across teams.
• Excellent organizational, collaboration and communication skills; you are comfortable connecting with and delivering content to both developer and business executive audiences.
• Strong analytical skills, able to explore and research ambiguous problem spaces, leveraging data to create actionable, meaningful units of work.
• You know when to get hands-on, designing and building when appropriate.