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Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well. At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, reentering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong. Does working with some of Canadas most talented minds in innovation supporting retail, digital consumer solutions and analytical platforms excite you? Loblaw Technology powers some of Canadas most gamechanging retail solutions, giving our customers the ability to live their lives well. Come work with a team that values diverse ideas, fosters a culture of inclusion and develops our talent from within. Loblaw Technology gives you the chance to excel, and helps you to strive for success in a big way. Keep reading to learn more! The Workday Architect is the enterprise design authority for Loblaws Workday HR ecosystem. This role is central to the evolution of People Technology, ensuring that Workday operates as a stable, scalable, secure, and wellarchitected enterprise platform across the full employee lifecycle. The Workday Architect is a handson Workday expert, a strategic thought partner, and a builder of future capability. This individual brings deep technical mastery across nearly every facet of Workday, from complex calculated fields and condition rules to endtoend configuration across HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Talent, Recruiting, Absence, Time Tracking, Security, Integrations, and Reporting. Operating as a senior individual contributor, this role influences outcomes through architecture governance, design authority, and technical leadership rather than people management. This role not only ensures that Workday operates as a stable, scalable, and wellarchitected enterprise technology platform, they also help shape the longterm vision for People Technology at Loblaw. This is an opportunity to influence the people experience for 225,000+ team members across Canada by delivering Workday solutions that are intuitive, resilient, enterprisealigned, and grounded in best practices. Scope of Responsibility Recruiting (including Paradox) and Onboarding Core HCM and Organizational Frameworks Compensation Learning Payroll Benefits Time and Absence Security, Reporting, Integrations, and Analytics Emerging Workday automation and agentbased capabilities What Youll Do Enterprise Architecture & Design Authority Own and evolve the enterprise Workday HCM architecture, standards, and patterns across all inscope modules. Review and approve solution designs to ensure alignment to enterprise architecture, security standards, scalability, and longterm maintainability. Solution Review Board (SRB) Leadership Establish and chair the Workday Solution Review Board (SRB), defining intake thresholds, required design artifacts, decision rights, and exception handling. Ensure significant changes are reviewed and approved before build begins. Change & Release Governance Serve as the Workday architectural representative at Change Advisory Board (CAB), providing risk and impact assessments for releases, integrations, security changes, and production deployments, including rollback and monitoring readiness. HandsOn Technical Leadership Provide expert guidance and handson support for complex Workday configuration, security design, integrations, reporting, and crossmodule solutioning. Support delivery teams during build and testing to resolve highrisk or complex issues early. Workday Automation & AgentBased Capabilities Lead or support the evaluation, design, and governed adoption of Workday automation and agentbased capabilities. Ensure automation solutions are secure, compliant, architecturally sound, and integrated cleanly into existing business processes. Vendor & Partner Design Oversight Review and challenge vendor and system integrator solution designs, ensuring adherence to internal architecture standards and longterm supportability post golive. Measures of Success Highquality solution designs approved before build, reducing rework and defects Improved stability and observability of integrations and payroll processes Effective and wellgoverned adoption of Workday automation and agentbased capabilities Reduced release risk and fewer emergency changes through strong CAB participation Consistent application of architecture and security standards across Workday What you Bring 10+ years of progressive Workday experience with deep, handson configuration across multiple HCM domains Expertlevel knowledge of Workday security, integrations, reporting, and crossmodule design patterns Proven experience operating as an enterprise design authority without people management responsibility Experience establishing and operating architecture or solution review governance forums Strong executive communication and influence skills Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars Environment, Sourcing and Community and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence guide all our decisionmaking and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canadas Top Employers, Canadas Best Diversity Employers, Canadas Greenest Employers & Canadas Top Employers for Young People. If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team. We have a longstanding focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities. Please Note Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process. Hiring Range / chelle salariale lembauche :$128,000.00 - $176,000.00 / 128.000,00$ - 176.000,00$ (per year / par an) A candidates experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / Lexprience et les connaissances dun candidat ainsi que la rgion gographique dans laquelle le poste est situ peuvent tre prises en compte dans la rmunration quun candidat reoit pour ce poste. Cette offre demploi concerne un poste vacant existant. Lentreprise utilise lintelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, dvaluer et/ou de slectionner les candidats ce poste. #J-18808-Ljbffr