Remote Workday Talent Principal Consultant

Cognizant; United States; Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Entrepreneurial environment

Learning opportunities

Global opportunities

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Talent Principal Consultant to lead design, configuration, and delivery of Workday Talent solutions for clients. You will act as a trusted advisor, guide Talent Management strategies, and drive successful implementations across Talent, Performance, Succession and more.

You will lead workstreams, mentor staff, and collaborate with Recruiting, HCM, Learning, and Security teams, while supporting pre-sales activities and knowledge transfer.

Qualifications

• Active Workday Talent Certification required.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience.
• Proven experience leading Talent workstreams on end-to-end Workday implementations.
• Experience gathering requirements, leading workshops, solution design, configuration, testing and deployment.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities
• Strong leadership, mentoring and stakeholder management skills.
• Eligible for SC Clearance - UK resident for the last five years and legally entitled to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Workday Talent subject matter expert across Talent, Performance, Succession, Career Development, Goals, Skills Cloud, and Talent Marketplace.
• Lead client workshops and design sessions to gather requirements and define Workday Talent solutions aligned to business objectives and best practices.
• Own the design, configuration, testing and deployment of Workday Talent solutions.
• Provide strategic guidance and recommendations to clients on talent management processes and transformation initiatives.
• Lead Talent workstreams on medium to large Workday implementations, managing solution decisions, risks and dependencies.
• Partner with Recruiting, HCM, Learning, Reporting, Security, Integrations and Change Management teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Support testing, cutover, deployment and knowledge transfer activities.
• Mentor consultants and analysts, providing coaching, quality reviews and functional guidance.
• Support sales and business development activities, including solutioning, estimations, proposals, demonstrations and client presentations.
• Contribute to practice development through knowledge sharing, methodology improvements and internal training initiatives.
• Maintain expertise in Workday Talent functionality, emerging trends and product innovations.

Skills

Workday Talent Certification

Workday implementation

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Talent Principal Consultant to lead design, configuration, and delivery of Workday Talent solutions for clients. You will act as a trusted advisor, guide Talent Management strategies, and drive successful implementations across Talent, Performance, Succession and more.

You will lead workstreams, mentor staff, and collaborate with Recruiting, HCM, Learning, and Security teams, while supporting pre-sales activities and knowledge transfer.