Senior Engineering Manager - Workday Platform (ANZ Remote)

Company Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide & Auckland. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

Job Description

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Leading and coaching a cross-functional engineering team behind Canva’s Workday Platform
• Defining the technical strategy, architecture and delivery cadence across Workday systems
• Partnering with leaders in People, Finance, Security and Audit to deliver secure, scalable solutions
• Overseeing solution architecture, integration governance, testing and release workflows
• Owning Workday integrations and driving platform-wide engineering excellence
• Elevating service reliability, documentation, observability and overall quality
• Building a trusted, inclusive team culture with strong craft and shared outcomes

You're probably a match if

• You have extensive experience leading cross-functional technical teams in systems/platform engineering
• You have deep, hands-on Workday experience including architecture, integrations and delivery cycles
• You’ve worked in regulated environments (SOX, ITGC, Payroll, Audit) and can confidently navigate complexity
• You’re experienced with Workday integration tooling such as Studio, EIB and with API/event-driven architecture
• You’re a clear communicator who bridges technical and business perspectives with ease
• You’ve built high-trust cultures where people are empowered, accountable, and growing fast
• You’re excited to shape the future of business-critical platforms at scale

About the team

This role sits within the IT Supergroup, whose mission is to maximise the potential of every Canvanaut through world-class technology and service. Within it, the Business Platform Group powers Canva’s core business operations — spanning our finance, people and legal systems. At the heart of this is the Workday Platform Team, who plays a critical role in enabling Canva’s business operations. They own the technical architecture, integrations, controls and delivery of our Workday platform. Today, Workday supports key people functions like HCM, absence and (soon) payroll — with exciting opportunities ahead. You’ll be leading a team critical to Canva’s internal scale and employee experience.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.