Job description

We are looking for an experienced Workday Solution Architect to provide overall guidance and oversight for Workday projects and changes. This person will review business requirements, assess the impact of requested changes, recommend the best solution approach, and ensure Workday changes are designed and implemented correctly. The role will work closely with HR business teams, IT, technical teams, security teams, and implementation partners. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Review business requirements for Workday projects and enhancements. • Understand the impact of new requests across Workday and related systems. • Recommend best practices and implementation approach. • Guide the business on how to use Workday effectively. • Oversee Workday configuration, security, reporting, integrations, and business process changes. • Work with technical and integration teams on data flows, APIs, and system connections. • Partner with security teams to make sure roles and access are properly designed. • Support project teams during design, testing, deployment, and production support. • Identify risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities. • Help ensure Workday solutions are scalable, secure, and easy to support. • Provide governance and oversight for Workday updates and releases. REQUIRED: • 5+ years experience with Workday HCM. • Good understanding of Workday business processes, configuration, security, reporting, and integrations. • Experience supporting Workday projects, enhancements, or implementations. • Ability to review requirements and recommend practical solutions. • Strong knowledge of Workday best practices. • Experience working with HR, IT, security, and technical teams. • Good understanding of Workday security roles and access controls. • Knowledge of Workday integrations, APIs, EIBs, Studio, and Core Connectors. • Strong problem-solving and communication skills. PREFERRED: • Experience supporting a global HR technology environment. • Experience with Workday modules such as HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Absence, Talent, Learning, Recruiting, and Reporting. • Experience working with enterprise architecture, InfoSec, compliance, and audit teams. • Experience with Workday release planning and governance. • Workday certification is a plus. Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the " Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal ” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here . Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution. Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@sandisk.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 11/28/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline. #LI-JB1 Compensation & Benefits Details • An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs. • The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future. • You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards. • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan. • Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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Must-haves

We are looking for an experienced Workday Solution Architect to provide overall guidance and oversight for Workday projects and changes.
This person will review business requirements, assess the impact of requested changes, recommend the best solution approach, and ensure Workday changes are designed and implemented correctly.
The role will work closely with HR business teams, IT, technical teams, security teams, and implementation partners.
Review business requirements for Workday projects and enhancements.
Understand the impact of new requests across Workday and related systems.
Recommend best practices and implementation approach.
Guide the business on how to use Workday effectively.
Oversee Workday configuration, security, reporting, integrations, and business process changes.
Work with technical and integration teams on data flows, APIs, and system connections.
Partner with security teams to make sure roles and access are properly designed.
Support project teams during design, testing, deployment, and production support.
Identify risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
Help ensure Workday solutions are scalable, secure, and easy to support.
Provide governance and oversight for Workday updates and releases.
5+ years experience with Workday HCM.
Good understanding of Workday business processes, configuration, security, reporting, and integrations.
Experience supporting Workday projects, enhancements, or implementations.
Ability to review requirements and recommend practical solutions.
Strong knowledge of Workday best practices.

Nice-to-haves

Experience supporting a global HR technology environment.
Experience with Workday modules such as HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Absence, Talent, Learning, Recruiting, and Reporting.
Experience working with enterprise architecture, InfoSec, compliance, and audit teams.
Experience with Workday release planning and governance.
Workday certification is a plus.

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Platform: workday
Effort: long

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Dental

Vision

401(K)