Senior Workato Platform Admin & Governance Lead

Senior Workato Platform Admin & Governance Lead

Location: Roseland, NJ (Must be able to work onsite 3 days per week.)

Length: 6+ month Assignment

Pay Range: $76 - $78/hour W2

Role Overview

Our organization is seeking a skilled and collaborative Senior Workato Platform Admin & Governance Lead. This person will serve as the primary administrator, subject matter expert, and strategic partner for the Workato automation platform. The role will establish governance, define platform standards, support citizen developers, and partner across Sales Operations, Marketing Technology, Data & Analytics, Data Stewardship, and business technology teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and administer the Workato platform including workspaces, environments, connections, permissions, security controls, and operational processes.

• Define and implement a lightweight governance model that enables business self-service while maintaining quality and compliance.

• Serve as the primary advisor and subject matter expert for business teams building Workato recipes.

• Establish standards for recipe design, reviews, deployments, monitoring, documentation, and lifecycle management.

• Partner with Sales Operations, Marketing Technology, Revenue Operations, Data Stewards, Analytics teams, and technology leaders.

• Manage shared connections, reusable components, naming standards, and platform guardrails.

• Identify and eliminate duplicate or redundant automations to drive platform efficiency.

• Coach and educate technical and non-technical users on Workato and automation best practices.

• Evaluate and govern Workato Agentic AI capabilities and intelligent automation solutions.

• Act as a strategic partner by challenging assumptions and guiding teams toward scalable, sustainable solutions.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: A bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience is required.

• Experience: This role requires 8-12+ years in integration, automation, platform administration, business systems, or related fields. This must include 3+ years of advanced Workato administration and platform management experience.

Technical Skills:

• Experience with Workato governance, automation strategy, and establishing operating models.
• Proven ability in citizen developer enablement, supporting business users while maintaining quality controls.
• Expertise in Workato recipe development and full lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of APIs, authentication, enterprise applications, and data integrations.
• Familiarity with business systems, solution design, and translating requirements into automation solutions.
• Exposure to Workato Agentic AI and knowledge of intelligent automation frameworks.

Professional Skills:

• Stakeholder management and business partnership experience with various operational and technology teams.

• Ability to manage an automation portfolio, including identifying duplicate automations and managing reusable components.

• Communication skills with the ability to educate both technical and non-technical users.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agentic AI is preferred.

• Familiarity with the Salesforce ecosystem is a plus.

• Knowledge of Data Governance and Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) practices.

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• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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