Senior Solution Consultant, Workday HCM

Jobtailor; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Workday Configuration professional in the United States (MA focus) to lead configuration design and secure, scalable HR technology solutions. You will own end-to-end Workday configurations, collaborate with Security and Data Management teams, and mentor junior staff while ensuring compliance with release cycles.

You will translate complex business needs into effective Workday configurations, balancing out-of-the-box capabilities with custom solutions, and

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on Workday configuration experience with ownership of solution design.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business asks into Workday configurations.
• Experience designing security, data management, and integrations in Workday.
• Proven track record in multi-COE environments and cross-module impact assessments.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills for team growth.

Responsibilities

• Partner with COE stakeholders to gather and clarify requirements and problem space.
• Own solution design including configuration, calculated fields, rules, and reports.
• Configure Workday in production tenant; collaborate with Security and Data Management teams.
• Evaluate trade-offs between out-of-the-box functionality and configuration workarounds.
• Assess cross-module implications and advise leadership on design choices.
• Support release management by evaluating biannual Workday releases.
• Provide architectural input for HR technology initiatives and build vs. buy decisions.
• Maintain auditable configuration documentation and mentor junior teammates.

Skills

Workday configuration ownership

Solution design ownership

Business process design

Cross-module impact assessment

Stakeholder communication

Presentation skills

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Tools

Workday

Core HCM

Advanced Compensation

Recruiting

Performance Management

Talent Management

Prism Analytics

Calculated Fields

Custom Reports

EIB/Data Load Concepts

Job description

• Partner directly with COE stakeholders to gather requirements, but more importantly, to understand the underlying business problem — you will regularly be the person in the room asking \"what are you actually trying to solve for\" before a design is proposed.


• Own solution design: business process configuration, calculated fields, condition rules, custom reports, and where relevant, integration touchpoints with downstream/upstream systems.


• Configure the solution in Workday — this is a build role, not a hand-off-to-someone-else role.


• Partner closely with our dedicated Security team on the security design for your solutions, and with our Data Management team on worker data loads and EIBs — production security changes and data migrations are executed by those teams as part of our operating model.


• Evaluate trade-offs between out-of-the-box Workday functionality, configuration workarounds, and process/policy changes, and make a clear recommendation to stakeholders.


• Assess cross-module and cross-COE implications of any change — e.g., how a compensation configuration change affects Advanced Comp eligibility rules, or how a Talent process change affects downstream Performance cycles.


• Support release management: evaluate Workday's biannual releases for impact to existing configuration, and recommend adoption or deferral of new features.


• Provide architectural input on new HR technology initiatives, including build vs. buy decisions and Workday's ability (or inability) to meet a given business need.


• Maintain configuration documentation and design decisions in a way that is auditable and transferable — not just tribal knowledge.


• Mentor less-experienced team members on configuration best practices where applicable.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience, with direct, verifiable ownership of solution design and configuration — not just post-go-live support.


• Deep, hands-on configuration expertise in at least one of the following, with working knowledge of how it connects to the others: Core HCM, Advanced Compensation, Recruiting, Performance Management, Talent, Prism Analytics, or Severance.


• Demonstrated ability to translate an ambiguous business ask into a Workday design, not just execute a pre-written requirements document.


• Comfort owning configuration in a live production tenant — business process design, calculated fields, condition rules, custom reports — and working knowledge of security and EIB/data load concepts sufficient to design solutions and partner effectively with our Security and Data Management teams on execution.


• Working knowledge of the broader Workday ecosystem and how changes in one area ripple into others (e.g., HCM data model implications for Payroll or Time & Absence, even though those modules sit outside this role).


• Strong consulting instincts: comfortable pushing back on a COE's request when a simpler or more sustainable design exists, and can explain why in plain language to a non-technical stakeholder.


• Excellent written and verbal communication — you will regularly present design options directly to COE leaders and HR business partners.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in Workday configuration, including solution design, business process design, and integration with security and data management teams. Capable of translating complex business requirements into effective Workday solutions while mentoring team members on best practices.

Highest‑signal resume keywords

• Workday Configuration


• Solution Design Ownership


• Business Process Design


• Cross-Module Impact Assessment


• Excellent Communication Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Workday Configuration


• Core HCM


• Advanced Compensation


• Recruiting


• Performance Management


• Talent Management


• Prism Analytics


• Calculated Fields


• Custom Reports


• EIB/Data Load Concepts

Soft Skills

• Consulting Instincts


• Mentoring


• Problem‑Solving


• Stakeholder Communication


• Presentation Skills

Industry Keywords

• Business Process Configuration


• Security Design


• Release Management


• Configuration Documentation


• HR Technology Initiatives

Tools & Technologies

• Workday