Senior Workday PEX Lead: Employee Experience & Adoption

Cognizant; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Workday People Experience (PEX) Principal Consultant to lead the design, configuration, and delivery of Workday PEX solutions. You will act as a trusted advisor, shaping engaging employee experiences across the lifecycle and driving user adoption and self-service.

You will mentor teams, lead medium to large PEX workstreams, and support pre-sales activities while collaborating with HCM, Talent, Learning, and Integrations to ensure cohesive experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Active Workday PEX Certification preferred.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience.
• Experience leading Workday PEX, HCM, Talent, Learning, or Employee Experience workstreams on end-to-end implementations.
• Strong understanding of employee experience, workforce engagement, self-service, onboarding, career development, and talent processes.
• Experience with Workday Today, Journeys, Help, and related employee experience capabilities.
• Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities including estimations, proposals, and solution presentations.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Ability to mentor team members and provide functional leadership across projects.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Eligible for SC Clearance – UK resident last five years and legally entitled to work in the UK.
• Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site as needed.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Workday PEX subject matter expert, providing guidance on employee experience strategy and Workday best practices.
• Lead client workshops and design sessions to define personalised employee experiences aligned to business objectives.
• Design and configure Workday PEX solutions, including Workday Today, Journeys, Help, and related employee experience capabilities.
• Advise clients on improving employee engagement, user adoption, productivity, and self-service experiences.
• Lead PEX workstreams on medium to large Workday implementations, managing solution decisions, risks, and dependencies.
• Partner with HCM, Talent, Learning, Recruiting, Change Management, Reporting, Security, and Integrations teams to deliver cohesive employee experiences.
• Support testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live transition activities.
• Provide guidance on persona-based experiences, employee journeys, communications, and critical moments that span the employee lifecycle.
• Mentor consultants and analysts, providing coaching, quality reviews, and functional leadership.
• Support business development activities including solutioning, estimations, proposals, demonstrations, and customer presentations.
• Contribute to practice development through internal training, asset creation, methodology enhancement, and knowledge sharing.
• Maintain expertise in Workday PEX functionality, employee experience trends, AI-driven experiences, and new product innovations.

Skills

Workday PEX

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Mentoring

Pre-sales support

Solution design

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

PEX Certification

Tools

Workday

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Workday People Experience (PEX) Principal Consultant to lead the design, configuration, and delivery of Workday PEX solutions. You will act as a trusted advisor, shaping engaging employee experiences across the lifecycle and driving user adoption and self-service.

You will mentor teams, lead medium to large PEX workstreams, and support pre-sales activities while collaborating with HCM, Talent, Learning, and Integrations to ensure cohesive experiences.