Associate Director, Workday Solution Architect

Crinetics is a pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California, developing much-needed therapies for people with endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors. We were founded by a dedicated team of scientists with the simple belief that better therapies developed from rigorous innovation can lead to better lives. Our work continues to make a real difference in the lives of patients. We have a prolific discovery engine and a robust preclinical and clinical development pipeline. We are driven by science with a patient-centric and team-oriented culture. Crinetics is known for its inclusive workplace culture. We are also a dog-friendly workplace. This is an exciting time to join Crinetics as we shape our organization into the world’s premier fully-integrated endocrine company from discovery to patients. Join our team as we transform the lives of others.

Position Summary:

The Associate Director Workday Solutions Architect position will enable and support business solutions across HCM (Human Capital Management) and Payroll with a core focus on business enablement, solution design, technical architecture, integrations, security support and stability of the Workday platform. This is a technical leadership role, and we are looking for candidates who have the right attitude, technical expertise, collaboration skills and competencies to be successful in a fast growing and dynamic environment managing multiple priorities at the same time.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

These may include but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into Workday solutions that align with organizational strategies.  Design scalable, efficient, and innovative solutions leveraging Workday capabilities.

• Provide configuration consultation across Workday projects and production support. Provide configuration leadership and expertise in multiple modules in the Workday HCM suite (HCM Core, Recruiting Compensation, Absence, Talent and Performance, Onboarding, Time and Payroll) and Workday Security

• Drive Security Governance and Management across all modules. Own architecture, design, and delivery of critical and complex security requirements

• Work with partners, managed service, or internal resources to continuously improve Workday Integrations and its relevant processes by leveraging innovative and latest technology developments through new implementation and enhancements to existing ones.  Ensure process and data flow integrity throughout the broad range of enterprise systems

• Review functionality delivered in Workday releases to assess business impacts and opportunities for enhancements, drive new feature adoptions. Work with IT business partners to drive and consult on key business initiatives, enabled through new or existing functionality, and review new releases and products and integrate into the existing Workday footprint.

• Facilitate the change control process for enterprise systems, including assessing change impact, identifying test strategies, and completing documentation and approvals required by SOX controls, and in some cases GxP computer system validation processes.

• Partner with HR, finance and the broader G&A functions to ensure seamless integration between WD and other enterprise systems.  Direct managed service provider resources to provide platform and project support; manage 3rd party vendor service deliveries

Education and Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or an equivalent combination of relevant education and job experience

• 12+ years of experience with Workday cloud enterprise applications

• Excellent knowledge of the Workday HCM Suite; Proficiency in broad range of  Workday modules: Recruiting, Onboarding, Benefit, Absence, Talent optimization, Comp and Advanced Comp, Time tracking, Payroll

• Understanding of Workday Reporting, Business Process Frameworks, Security, Calculated Field and other Platform Areas

• Extensive understanding of the end-to-end functional HR business processes

• Have a deep insight of how system configuration impacts processes inside and outside of Workday

• Excellent communicator (verbally and in writing), who collaborates effectively with users at all levels and varying technical ability.

• Ability to influence key stakeholders and collaborate with cross-functional teams

• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve problems logically and systematically

• Self-starter, self-motivated, able to work independently, prioritize effectively, and perform multiple tasks under minimal supervision

Preferred: