Workday Prism Architect

Overview

The Workday Prism Architect is the enterprise lead for all aspects of Workday Prism Analytics architecture, data modeling, pipeline development, and platform support. This role is responsible for designing scalable and secure Prism solutions that meet analytical, operational, and regulatory needs of the Institute across the Workday platform. Working cross-functionally with reporting, integration, and application teams, the architect oversees the build and optimization of Prism data pipelines, sources, and models to enable real-time, trustworthy insights. The role requires deep technical expertise in Workday Prism, advanced understanding of Workday data structures, and strong data governance principles. The Workday Prism Architect will manage platform expansion, guide integration strategies, and support performance optimization while partnering with business stakeholders to align Prism capabilities with reporting and analytics priorities. This role also plays a key role in enabling user adoption, standardizing development processes, and driving innovation in the Workday reporting strategy.

This is an exciting time to join the DFCI Business Applications team as we drive critical digital transformation initiatives that power our entire organization. With cutting-edge platforms like Workday and UKG at the core, the team is shaping the future of how business processes and technology intersect. There’s a unique opportunity to influence key enterprise systems, lead innovation in automation and integrations, and collaborate across diverse teams to deliver high-impact solutions. Join us to be part of a dynamic, fast-growing environment where your expertise directly accelerates organizational success and growth.

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations. We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design, build, and support of Workday Prism Analytics including data pipelines, transformation logic, security configuration, and data modeling to meet enterprise reporting and operational needs.
• Define and implement scalable Prism architecture by establishing best practices, optimizing performance, and ensuring extensibility of datasets and objects across functional domains.
• Develop and manage secure, governed data pipelines from both Workday core and external sources, ensuring integrity, quality, and availability of data used in Prism reporting.
• Collaborate with data governance, reporting, integration, and functional teams to align Prism development with business objectives, reporting strategies, and compliance requirements.
• Support Prism-related integrations and ETL processes by coordinating with technical teams, managing data ingestion patterns, and ensuring synchronization between Prism and Workday core.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Prism performance and usage, providing Tier 2/3 support, resolving defects, and guiding post-release enhancements and continuous improvement efforts.
• Enable analytics adoption and capability maturity by mentoring developers, delivering technical documentation, and establishing development standards and reusable design patterns for the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field.
• 5 years of experience with Workday technology, including 2 years of hands-on experience designing and building Workday Prism Analytics solutions.
• Proven experience with data modeling, ETL, and large-scale reporting architecture in enterprise systems.
• Experience working with external data ingestion into Workday and blending core Workday data with non-Workday data using Prism.
• Familiarity with Workday security frameworks as they relate to Prism datasets and access control.
• Experience supporting enterprise reporting strategies in collaboration with HRIS, Financial Systems, or Supply Chain Systems teams.
• Background in data governance, data architecture, or analytics platform design is highly preferred.

• Workday certifications in Prism and other reporting-related areas strongly preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Deep expertise in Workday Prism Analytics, including data pipelines, objects, datasets, transformations, and security configuration.
• Strong understanding of Workday report writing, calculated fields, and core Workday data structures (HCM and/or Finance).
• Proficiency in designing performant, reusable, and scalable data models that meet analytical and operational reporting needs.
• Ability to translate business and reporting requirements into technical specifications for data modeling and pipeline development.
• Knowledge of data governance principles, metadata management, and data quality assurance practices.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to partner with business and technical stakeholders across teams.
• Ability to mentor technical staff and establishing architecture standards, templates, and development best practices.

Pay Transparency Statement

The hiring range is based on market pay structures, with individual salaries determined by factors such as business needs, market conditions, internal equity, and based on the candidate’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

For union positions, the pay range is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)

$136,500 - $146,400

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong. As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are committed to having faculty and staff that offer multifaceted experiences. Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and diverse professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.