Senior Workday Extend Architect & Delivery Lead

Collaborative Solutions, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Extend Principal Consultant to lead the design, development and delivery of Extend solutions. You will act as a trusted advisor, creating custom applications, automations and user experiences that extend standard Workday functionality.

In this senior role you will guide solution architecture, run client workshops, and mentor teams while contributing to pre-sales and business development efforts to grow the Workday Extend practice through knowledge sharing and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent.
• Active Workday Extend Certification preferred.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience.
• Experience leading Workday Extend workstreams on end-to-end implementations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Workday Extend subject matter expert on architecture and best practices.
• Lead client workshops and technical design sessions aligned to business needs.
• Design, develop, and deploy custom Workday Extend applications.
• Lead Extend workstreams on medium to large implementations with risk management.
• Translate requirements into scalable, secure Extend applications.
• Collaborate with Functional, Integrations, Reporting, Security, and PM teams.
• Advise on extensibility, automation opportunities, and user experience.
• Support testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live activities.
• Mentor consultants and developers with coaching and reviews.
• Contribute to business development with proposals, demos and presentations.
• Share methodology and reusable assets to grow the practice.
• Maintain expertise in Extend functionality and evolving technologies.

Skills

Workday Extend

Solution architecture

Workday best practices

Delivery leadership

Mentoring

Pre-sales support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Workday Integrations

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Extend Principal Consultant to lead the design, development and delivery of Extend solutions. You will act as a trusted advisor, creating custom applications, automations and user experiences that extend standard Workday functionality.

In this senior role you will guide solution architecture, run client workshops, and mentor teams while contributing to pre-sales and business development efforts to grow the Workday Extend practice through knowledge sharing and