Solution Architect, WFM Systems

Great brands reflect culture. The best ones help shape it. At Foot Locker, we’re rooted in sport, powered by style, and driven by the communities that move both. From Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker to Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos, our brands sit at the intersection of sport, style, and self-expression. As part of the DICK’S Sporting Goods family, you’re backed by the resources, reach, and career opportunities of a world-class sports company. That unleashes Foot Locker to keep pushing forward with the agility and edge that define the brand. We’re looking for great people who want to influence culture and the generation that is shaping what’s next. Whether you’re building strategy, shaping innovations, or creating unforgettable customer moments, you’ll contribute to decisions and experiences that define our brands’ impact in the communities we serve. This role is fully remote. Come change the game with us. Apply today! At this time, Foot Locker will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization) Foot Locker, Inc. is seeking an experienced Solution Architect, Workforce Management Systems to serve as the architectural authority for the company’s global Workforce Management technology landscape. The role will lead end-to-end architecture for UKG Pro Workforce Management (Dimensions), guide the modernization and migration of legacy UKG Workforce Central (WFC), and ensure WFM solutions are scalable, secure, compliant, supportable, and aligned with enterprise standards. UKG Pro WFM expertise is the central requirement for this position. The architect will provide deep functional and technical leadership across Timekeeping, Scheduling, Labor Forecasting, Attendance, Accruals, Absence Management, Workforce Analytics, Mobile, Devices, labor compliance, and time-to-pay processing. The role will also own the integration architecture connecting UKG Pro WFM with Workday, Oracle Cloud ERP, Payroll, Identity and Access Management, retail systems, middleware, reporting, and enterprise data platforms. This position partners closely with HR, Payroll, Finance, Retail and Distribution Center Operations, Product, Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data and Analytics, and external vendors. The successful candidate will translate complex business and regulatory requirements into durable architecture, guide delivery from discovery through production stabilization, and establish reusable standards that reduce risk and technical debt.

UKG Pro WFM Architecture and Design Authority Lead end-to-end solution architecture for UKG Pro Workforce Management (Dimensions) across global retail, distribution center, and corporate hourly populations. Define current-state, transition-state, and future-state architecture, including boundaries, dependencies, non-functional requirements, and roadmap decisions. Own architecture for Timekeeping, Advanced and Basic Scheduling, Labor Forecasting, Attendance, Accruals, Absence Management, Workforce Analytics, Employee and Manager Self-Service, Mobile, Devices, and labor compliance. Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, compliant, and supportable functional and technical designs. Establish design principles, configuration standards, reusable patterns, decision records, and architecture governance for the WFM domain. UKG Workforce Central Modernization Provide architectural leadership for migration from UKG Workforce Central (WFC) to UKG Pro WFM, including rationalization of business rules, configurations, interfaces, reports, devices, and data. Identify legacy constraints, technical debt, migration risks, and opportunities to standardize processes on the strategic UKG Pro WFM platform. Guide data migration, reconciliation, cutover, parallel payroll validation, hypercare, and transition to