Associate Workday HCM Manager

Kognitiv Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 148,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Remote Work

Home Office Stipend

Competitive Pay

Retirement plans with company contributions

Health benefits

Vacation and sabbatical opportunities

Job summary

Kognitiv Inc. is seeking an Associate Workday HCM Manager for a hybrid role that focuses on client management and the deployment of Workday projects across various industries.

The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of Workday HCM experience, a strong ability to manage client relationships, and excellent project management skills. The position offers a competitive salary along with a robust benefits package, including remote work opportunities and health benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant Workday HCM experience in customer-facing roles.
• Deep knowledge of Workday Core HCM and at least one additional module.
• Strong commitment to delivering excellent client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients, ensuring delivery of projects meets standards.
• Provide guidance and coaching to team members.
• Build strong relationships with clients and ensure satisfaction.

Skills

Workday HCM experience

Client relationship management

Project management

Communication skills

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Job description

Join Kognitiv Inc as a Associate Workday HCM Manager

At Kognitiv Inc., we’re redefining what it means to be a Workday partner. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the ecosystem, we bring deep expertise, innovative thinking, and a people‑first mindset to everything we do. We’re not just building better Workday solutions—we’re building a company where talented people thrive.

Ready to do your best work? Join us.

Associate Workday HCM Manager is a hybrid role with a blend of client management and consulting responsibilities. This role manages a portfolio of clients across various industries, ensuring client satisfaction standards are met, and leads the deployment of various Workday projects across different clients. Associate Managers are team players with a desire to grow into customer success, people manager, or business operations capacity.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients, including scoping, resourcing, planning, budgeting, and managing deliverables, contracts, and timelines for clients’ projects.
• Provide guidance, instruction, direction, and coaching to team members to ensure projects are executed timely and with quality.
• Build strong relationships with clients and ensure they see Kognitiv as a valuable partner.
• Measure, support, and address client satisfaction and escalations in a timely manner, communicating properly with leadership.
• Implement and configure Workday solutions for a global customer base: design, configure, test, and deploy business requirements across multiple Workday HCM modules while remaining agile and flexible to clients’ changing needs.
• Assist management in monitoring and evaluating consultants’ performance, providing feedback, facilitating training and development, and driving retention and engagement within the team.
• Contribute to the organization’s knowledge management repository through formal and informal avenues such as Q&A, documented deliverables, knowledge sharing sessions, and best practices.
• Mentor and coach less experienced team members.
• Meet key performance indicators set for this role (e.g., utilization target, service level agreements, customer satisfaction scores).
• Work in a fast‑paced environment that requires tasks to be completed quickly and accurately.
• Demonstrate Kognitiv’s core value, "act like an owner", in all aspects of work.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant Workday HCM experience in customer‑facing roles, such as consulting, project/program management, etc.
• Deep knowledge of Workday Core HCM, Security and Reporting, and at least one additional Workday module (Advanced Compensation, Payroll, Recruiting, Talent, Time Tracking, Absence, Learning, Benefits, Prism, BIRT).
• Ability to be effectively and actively engaged on multiple, parallel projects of all sizes in both supporting and leadership roles.
• Strong commitment to delivering excellent client satisfaction and building relationships.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies, change‑management principles, tools, and best practices.
• Experience implementing business solutions under competing deadlines and priorities while maintaining high attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work to ensure timeliness and quality with no supervision.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to communicate clearly and effectively and build relationships across distributed teams, clients, and time zones.
• Influence individuals across all levels of internal and external organizations (from individual contributor to C‑Suite).
• Desire to manage, develop, and coach global teams in a remote working environment.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment and adapt to frequent change.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Ability to meet travel requirements (<5% a year).

Pay Transparency Statement

$114,000 USD – $148,200 USD. Kognitiv is committed to a transparent and equitable compensation structure, which is determined by a variety of factors including skill set, experience, education, market data, and internal equity. In instances where a role is open to multiple experience levels, the posted salary range may be broad; a more granular, level‑specific range will be defined and discussed during the interview process. Candidates invited to a recruiter screen can expect a candid discussion of our compensation philosophy, the specific salary range for this position, and the variable pay opportunities that may be available for this role.

Benefits

• 100% Remote Work – minimal travel (5‑10%)
• Home Office Stipend
• Competitive Pay and performance‑based incentives
• Retirement plans with company contributions
• Health benefits – physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing support
• Vacation and sabbatical opportunities (7‑ and 10‑year sabbaticals)

Equal Opportunity Employer

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Kognitiv will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair‑chance law.

Work Authorization

Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Kognitiv.

Estimated Application Deadline

The job posting’s application deadline is an estimate; the fill date is flexible and the job will remain open until filled. Any updates on deadlines will be communicated through the job posting.