Lambda
Senior Workday Payroll Architect
$206K–$275K
San Francisco Office (Fremont St) +1 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco Office (Fremont St)
San Jose Office (First St) - Experience
- 10+ years in HRIS or payroll systems; at least 6+ years hands-on Workday configuration; at least one implementation taken live as functional lead.
About the job
Leads the Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence implementation and ongoing operations, including configuration, integrations, compliance, and payroll controls.
What you'll do
- Lead module design, configuration, testing, and go-live readiness for Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence.
- Operate US and international payroll workflows, integrations, reconciliations, and payroll-cycle audits.
- Design compliance controls, support audits, manage releases, and train users.
What they ask for
- At least 10 years in HRIS or payroll systems, including 6+ years hands-on configuring Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence.
- Functional lead experience taking at least one Workday Payroll implementation live.
- Experience running or integrating international payroll through Workday.
- US payroll expertise and experience in a SOX or audit-facing environment.
Nice to have
- Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, or Absence certification (or equivalent partner experience).
- Experience migrating to Workday from Rippling or another all-in-one HR/payroll platform.
Pay
$206K – $275K (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
Workday, Workday Global Payroll Connect, PECI/PICOF, NetSuite, ADP Celergo, CloudPay, Papaya Global, Deel
AI focus
AI tooling may be used to accelerate testing, documentation, or reconciliation; this is a nice-to-have.
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