Senior Manager, HR Technology Architecture; Workday & HR Technologies

Position: Senior Manager, HR Technology Architecture (Workday & Other HR Technologies)
McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas.

Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.
Position Summary  The Senior Manager, HR Technology Architecture (Workday & Other HR Technologies) will provide strategic architectural leadership across the HCM technology portfolio, including Workday, ADP Workforce Management, integrations, and other HR technology platforms. This role will establish the architectural vision, governance framework, design standards, reusable patterns, and assessment methodologies that enable scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions across the enterprise. The successful candidate will combine deep technical architecture expertise with strong leadership and people management capabilities.

They will lead architecture reviews, evaluate new technology and vendor solutions, establish technical standards, and build an architecture practice that supports current and future HCM initiatives.

Key Responsibilities  Enterprise & Solution Architecture Leadership   Define and maintain the HCM technology architecture strategy and roadmap.
Establish architecture governance processes, design standards, templates, and reusable patterns across the HCM portfolio.
Lead architectural assessments for new technologies, vendor solutions, and platform capabilities.
Evaluate enterprise architecture alignment, integration approaches, scalability requirements, and non-functional requirements for proposed solutions.
Ensure new technologies and services align with established enterprise architecture principles.
Provide oversight and guidance for architecture artifacts, solution designs, and integration strategies.
Architecture Standards & Frameworks   Develop and maintain architecture frameworks, reference architectures, implementation standards, and design templates.
Create standardized assessment methodologies for evaluating new technologies and business requirements.
Establish a library of reusable architecture patterns and best practices.
Define architecture review processes and solution approval criteria.
Drive consistency in architecture documentation and technical decision-making.
HCM Technology Leadership   Provide technical leadership across Workday, ADP Workforce Management, integrations, and broader HR technology ecosystems.
Partner with delivery teams to ensure solution designs align with enterprise standards and business objectives.
Advise on integration patterns, data exchange mechanisms, security considerations, and system interoperability.
Support architectural due diligence for new vendor engagements and technology investments.
People Leadership   Lead, mentor, and develop a team of architects and senior technical professionals.
Establish clear expectations, objectives, and development plans for team members.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Build organizational architecture capabilities and architectural bench strength.
Support recruiting, onboarding, and development of architecture talent.
Governance, Metrics & Continuous Improvement   Define and implement architecture KPIs and success metrics.
Measure architecture effectiveness, solution quality, reuse, compliance, and technical debt reduction.
Lead architecture reviews and governance forums.
Identify opportunities to improve solution delivery processes and architectural maturity across the organization.

Required Qualifications   Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
10+ years of experience in enterprise, solution, or application architecture.
5+ years of leadership experience managing technical teams.
Deep expertise in HCM…