Workday Solution Architect

Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!

The Workday Solution Architect is responsible for leading the design and implementation of Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions. This role involves translating business requirements into scalable and effective Workday configurations, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems, and driving HR transformation initiatives.

What We Offer:

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you’ll stay)
• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
• Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
• Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go
• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
• Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
• Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.
• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

What You'll Be Doing

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the vision, strategy, and architecture for Workday systems to support enterprise HR goals.
• Vendor Relationship: Work closely with external software vendors and support providers to ensure contracting deliverables are met and properly prioritized.
• Portfolio Management: Oversee HR application product and support portfolio to ensure updates, patching, incident, service and change requests are properly managed and prioritized.
• System Design & Configuration: Lead the technical design and configuration of all Workday modules such as Core HR, Benefits, Payroll, Recruiting, Time and Absence, Learning and Talent Management.
• Migration Expertise: Oversee data migration efforts, especially transitions from legacy systems to Workday.
• Release Coordination: In partnership with the Workday Analyst, evaluate, review and coordinate annual Workday release to align new, enhanced or deprecated functionality with stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
• Technical Leadership : Provide technical guidance to Workday Analysts and developers to ensure system performance, data integrity, and compliance.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on Workday best practices and industry trends to enhance system capabilities. Proactively identify high-value opportunities to automate, optimize, innovate existing and new processes and technology.
• End-User Support: Train and support users to ensure successful adoption and utilization of Workday solutions.
• Documentation: In partnership with the Workday Analyst, create and maintain detailed documentation of solutions, including architecture diagrams, data models and process flows.
• Compliance: Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise architecture guidelines, security standards and best practices.
• Integration Oversight: Architect and manage Workday integrations and data feeds, including middleware coordination and data governance.
• Consistently models the Company values and expected behaviors.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor of Science (B.S) IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
• 5+ years Developing Workday Solutions Required
• Proven experience in Workday HCM implementations.
• Strong understanding of Workday modules and functionalities.
• Experience with data migration and system integration.
• Workday certification (preferred).
• Ability to work independently.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrated ability to manage confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Proficiency in Workday tools such as EIB, Workday Studio, Report Writer, and iLoad.
• Experience with APIs (SOAP, REST), XML, and Java for integration development.
• Knowledge of other HRIS systems such as our legacy system, JD Edwards is a plus.
• Deep understanding of Workday security architecture, including domain policies and role assignments.
• Familiarity with SOX and data privacy regulations.
• Strong skills in project planning, risk mitigation, and program oversight.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, especially in data modeling and system optimization

About Us

We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.

We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.

Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.