Remote Senior Workday HCM Lead Consultant

Cognizant; England; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global opportunities

Training programs and mentoring

Volunteer & community outreach

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Workday HCM Senior Principal Consultant in the UK to drive design, delivery, and success of Workday HCM implementations. You will guide modules across Core HCM and related areas, mentor teams, and support business development efforts.

You will lead workshops, own solution design, and oversee configuration, testing, and deployment, ensuring alignment with Workday best practices and client objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Active Workday HCM Certification required.
• Additional certifications in Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, Recruiting, or Learning are desirable.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience, including multiple end-to-end Workday HCM deployments.
• Proven experience leading HCM workstreams or functional teams on large and complex implementations.
• Deep functional expertise in Core HCM and broader HR business processes.
• Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including estimations, proposals, and solution presentations.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, stakeholder management, and consulting skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including engagement with executive-level stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Eligible for SC Clearance - you must have been a UK resident for the last five years and be legally entitled to work in the UK.
• Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site as needed.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior Workday HCM subject matter expert across Core HCM and related areas including Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, Performance, Recruiting, and Learning.
• Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and design discussions to define scalable Workday solutions aligned to business requirements and best practices.
• Own solution design and provide oversight across configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live transition activities.
• Act as the functional lead for medium to large Workday HCM implementations, managing key solution decisions, risks, and dependencies.
• Provide strategic guidance to clients on HR transformation, workforce processes, and Workday adoption.
• Collaborate with Reporting, Security, Integrations, Payroll, Change Management, and Project Management teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Support testing, data conversion, cutover, and deployment activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Mentor and coach consultants and senior consultants, providing quality reviews and functional leadership.
• Support business development activities including solutioning, estimations, proposals, demonstrations, and customer presentations.
• Contribute to practice development through methodology improvements, internal training, asset creation, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Maintain expertise in Workday product innovations and emerging HR technology trends.

Skills

Workday HCM

Lead delivery

Client workshops

Solution design

Pre-sales support

Mentoring

HR transformation

Project management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Workday HCM Senior Principal Consultant in the UK to drive design, delivery, and success of Workday HCM implementations. You will guide modules across Core HCM and related areas, mentor teams, and support business development efforts.

You will lead workshops, own solution design, and oversee configuration, testing, and deployment, ensuring alignment with Workday best practices and client objectives.