The Role
Lead architecture, design, and delivery of Workday Extend solutions. Advise clients on Extend roadmaps, design integrations using Workday tools, resolve complex technical issues, develop reusable assets, support pre-sales, and mentor consultant teams.
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Job Description:
Join us at The Groove as an Architect, Workday Extend, and help define how we design, scale, and deliver innovative Workday Extend solutions across our client portfolio. At The Groove, we're passionate about harnessing the power of technology to drive innovation and help organizations solve complex business challenges.
As an Architect, Workday Extend, you will serve as one of The Groove's leading Workday Extend experts, helping clients design, build, and deploy innovative solutions that extend the value of their Workday investment. You will partner with client stakeholders, guide technical strategy, support business development efforts, and help shape The Groove's Extend methodology and best practices.
Your Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives and stakeholders, helping define Workday Extend roadmaps that align with long-term business objectives.
- Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of complex Workday Extend solutions, providing hands-on guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Help establish and evolve architectural standards and best practices for Workday Extend applications and integrations, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and quality across engagements.
- Contribute to the development of The Groove's best practices, reusable assets, frameworks, and delivery methodology for Workday Extend solutions.
- Design solutions utilizing Workday Extend, Workday Orchestrate, Workday APIs, Workday Studio, EIBs, and Workday web services.
- Own escalated client issues and complex technical challenges, leveraging deep expertise to resolve issues and maintain strong client relationships.
- Lead solution design sessions, technical workshops, training programs, and strategic discussions focused on Workday Extend capabilities.
- Serve as a senior technical resource during client demonstrations, proposals, scoping efforts, and solution architecture discussions.
- Monitor the Workday product roadmap and emerging capabilities, translating new functionality into actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams.
- Develop reusable assets, accelerators, and frameworks that improve delivery quality and implementation efficiency.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to consultants supporting Extend engagements, helping elevate overall team capability through coaching and knowledge sharing.
- Represent The Groove as a Workday Extend subject matter expert through client advisory sessions, webinars, industry events, and speaking opportunities.
Your Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 5+ years of enterprise application implementation, development, and integration experience, including significant experience with Workday technologies and Workday Extend.
- Proven experience architecting and delivering complex Workday Extend solutions and enterprise integrations from strategy through execution.
- Deep expertise in application development, APIs, integration architecture, and cloud technologies.
- Experience with JavaScript, Java, Python, or similar programming languages preferred.
- Strong understanding of Workday Extend, Workday Orchestrate, Workday Studio, Workday APIs, EIBs, and web services.
- Demonstrated success serving as a strategic advisor to clients and business stakeholders.
- Experience supporting pre-sales efforts, including solution strategy, proposal development, scoping, and client presentations.
- Exceptional problem-solving, analytical thinking, and architectural design skills.
- Strong communication and consulting skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-focused recommendations.
- Experience mentoring consultants or technical teams in a delivery environment.
- Workday Extend certification strongly preferred.
Travel Requirements
Travel may be required to support client engagements, workshops, strategic planning sessions, and business development activities. While most work is performed remotely, candidates should be comfortable traveling up to approximately 30% as business needs dictate.
Join The Groove and help shape the future of Workday Extend delivery in a collaborative, innovative, and rapidly growing consulting organization.
EEO Policy:
The Groove is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetics, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran or marital status.
Ready to embark on an exhilarating journey of innovation and collaboration? Apply now and be part of our exciting team at The Groove!
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- Advanced degree
- 5+ years enterprise application implementation, development, and integration experience
- Significant experience with Workday technologies and Workday Extend
- Proven experience architecting and delivering complex Workday Extend solutions and enterprise integrations
- Deep expertise in application development, APIs, integration architecture, and cloud technologies
- Experience with JavaScript, Java, or Python
- Strong understanding of Workday Extend, Workday Orchestrate, Workday Studio, Workday APIs, EIBs, and web services
- Experience supporting pre-sales efforts, solution strategy, proposal development, scoping, and client presentations
- Exceptional problem-solving, analytical thinking, and architectural design skills
- Strong communication and consulting skills
- Experience mentoring consultants or technical teams
- Workday Extend certification
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The Company
What We Do
The Groove is a modern enterprise consultancy focused on leveraging the power of next-gen technologies, industry insights and critical thinking to help clients solve their most challenging business problems. The Groove is founded by the practitioners behind a global consulting organization, who for 20+ years, delivered cloud technologies and unique business solutions to over 1,000 clients across multiple industries. Backed by decades of real-world knowledge, experience, and unique ecosystem of technology partners, their consulting solutions are committed to helping organizations thrive in today’s competitive landscape.
