Senior Technical Advisory Consultant - Extend - Workday Success Plans

Workday, Inc.; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday, Inc. in Chicago seeks an Advisory Consultant for Workday Extend to guide designs, coach development, and drive adoption across HR, Financials, and Student Information Systems.

You will partner with customers to implement innovative Extend solutions that align with their business objectives. The role requires deep Workday experience and proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders while ensuring scalable, maintainable architectures.

Qualifications

• 3+ years Workday Extend experience.
• 5+ years of experience with Workday integration development or software development.
• 5+ years of experience with technical consulting and solution design.
• 5+ years of HR, Payroll, Financials, Supply Chain, or Student domain experience.

Responsibilities

• Guide designs for Workday Extend applications.
• Coach development and drive adoption of Workday Extend solutions.
• Review technical designs and provide guidance to ensure maintainability and efficiency.

Skills

Workday Extend

Workday integration

Technical consulting

Solution design

Tools

REST

SOAP

JSON

XML

OAuth

JWT

WS-Security

SAML

X.509

Job description

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

The Workday Success Plans Team are all about our customers and driving value for the customer's journey - we build and deliver services to help them drive business value from their Workday applications. The team delivers a variety of programs and services to our customers ranging from feature demonstrations, optimization assessments, thru adoption planning.

About the Role

The Workday Extend Advisory Consultant provides guidance on designs, provides coaching on development, and drives adoption of Workday Extend applications for Workday customers. These applications will be built to run along with Workday’s Human Resources, Financial Management, and Student Information Systems.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Workday experience with demonstrated success deploying technical solutions.
• Passionate about driving adoption of Workday tools and applications with innovative solutions to solve customers business objectives.
• Ability to communicate complex technical in simple manner across multiple levels from executive to developers.
• Review technical designs and provide guidance to customers to ensure they are maintainable, efficient and adhere to Workday standard methodologies.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years Workday Extend experience
• 5+ years of experience with Workday integration development, or software development
• 5+ years of experience with technical consulting and solution design
• 5+ years of Human Resource, Payroll, Financials, Supply Chain, or Student domain experience

Other Qualifications

• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical team
• Passionate about driving adoption and customer satisfaction through service excellence
• Ability to balance multiple advisory engagements with customers simultaneously.
• Experience implementing or supporting Workday solutions using Human Capital Management, Financial Management or Student Information Systems
• Providing leadership role to drive innovate new solutions and services
• Extensive knowledge of web service technologies (REST, SOAP, JSON, XML) and authentication and authorization methods (OAuth, JWT, WS-Security, SAML, X.509, etc.)

Posting End Date: 11/30/2026. The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.

Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things.

For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.IL.Home Office Chicago Metro Primary Location Base Pay Range: $122,800 USD - $184,200 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $111,000 USD - $197,300 USD Additional Considerations: If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $117,000 - $175,400 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.

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