Workday Sana Architect

VARITE is looking for a qualified Workday Sana Architect for one of its clients located in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

American Software company that provides a suite of tools designed to support the development and deployment of large‑scale service‑oriented software installations.

Established in 2000, VARITE is an award‑winning minority business enterprise providing global consulting & staffing services to Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. With 850+ global consultants, VARITE delivers excellence by leveraging its global experience and expertise in comprehensive scientific, engineering, technical, and non‑technical staff augmentation and talent acquisition services.

Workday Sana Architect

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

6 months

$85.71 - $90.00/HR (Depends on the Experience)

The Workday HCM & Learning Architect serves as a strategic techno‑functional advisor and solution architect, driving the design, development, and optimization of Workday HCM and Workday Learning solutions enhanced by Sana UI Cloud capabilities. This role focuses on end‑to‑end solution architecture, experience transformation, intelligent learning enablement, and scalable configuration design, ensuring alignment with HR digital strategy, workforce transformation, and user experience innovation.

• Act as solution architect for Workday HCM and Workday Learning implementations and enhancements.
• Advise HR and business leaders on digital HR strategy, workforce transformation, and intelligent learning ecosystems.
• Define scalable, future‑ready architecture leveraging Workday native capabilities and Sana UI Cloud enhancements.
• Design governance frameworks for configuration, security, reporting, and data integrity.
• Architect and configure Workday Learning, including learning campaigns, content management, certifications, blended learning, and skill‑based learning models.
• Design learning journeys aligned with competency frameworks and talent strategies.
• Enable AI‑driven learning discovery and personalized learning paths through Sana UI Cloud.
• Integrate learning with Talent, Performance, Succession, and Skills Cloud.
• Design modern, intuitive HR and Learning user experiences using Sana UI Cloud.
• Build intelligent UI extensions and conversational interfaces that enhance employee self‑service and manager workflows.
• Develop experience‑layer optimizations without compromising Workday core integrity.
• Enable guided workflows, AI‑powered recommendations, and knowledge discovery.
• Lead configuration and build across Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll, and Learning modules.
• Architect integrations between Workday, learning content providers, payroll, and downstream enterprise systems.
• Define reporting and analytics strategy for workforce insights, compliance, and learning effectiveness.
• Lead prototype development, design workshops, and solution demos.
• Drive release adoption strategy for new Workday features and innovation roadmap.
• Architect localization and statutory compliance solutions for US, Mexico, UK, and India.
• Support multi‑country learning governance, compliance training frameworks, and audit readiness.
• Define global security model and role‑based access architecture.
• Lead HR technology transformation initiatives.
• Enable skills‑based workforce planning using Workday Skills Cloud.
• Drive automation of HR and Learning processes.
• Provide thought leadership on AI‑enabled HR and intelligent learning platforms.

• Strong hands‑on expertise in Core HCM, Workday Learning, deep knowledge of Workday Security Framework and Reporting (Advanced, Matrix, Composite).
• Experience with Workday Skills Cloud and Talent Marketplace is preferred.
• Experience designing enterprise‑level integration (Studi, EIB, Connectors).
• Experience designing and implementing Sana UI Cloud enhancements within the Workday environment.
• Knowledge of AI‑powered search, conversational UX, and workflow extensions.
• Experience building intuitive HR digital front‑ends and intelligent learning interfaces.

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Information Systems, Business,…