Workday Extend Principal Consultant: Lead & Deliver Solutions

Cognizant; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

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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, architecting custom applications and automations to extend standard Workday functionality.

You will guide delivery leadership, support pre-sales, mentor teams, and contribute to practice growth by sharing knowledge and driving technical innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Active Workday Extend Certification is preferred.
• Certifications in Workday Integrations or Architecture are desirable.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience.
• Proven experience leading Extend workstreams end-to-end.
• Experience in designing and developing applications using Workday Extend.
• Strong understanding of architecture, integration patterns, and security.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Workday Extend SME guiding architecture, design, and best practices.
• Lead client workshops and technical design to define Extend solutions.
• 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 apps.
• Partner with functional, integrations, reporting, security, and PM teams.
• Advise on extensibility, automation opportunities, and UX capabilities.
• Support testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live activities.
• Mentor consultants and developers with coaching and reviews.
• Support business development with estimations, proposals, demos, and presentations.
• Contribute to practice development with reusable assets and training.
• Maintain expertise in Extend functionality and emerging tech.

Skills

Consulting & stakeholder management

Facilitation & communication

Mentoring & technical leadership

Architectural thinking

Multi-tasking in fast-paced env

Client workshops leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Workday Extend Certification

Workday Integrations or Architecture certs

Tools

Workday Extend

Workday Integrations

Workday Architecture

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, architecting custom applications and automations to extend standard Workday functionality.

You will guide delivery leadership, support pre-sales, mentor teams, and contribute to practice growth by sharing knowledge and driving technical innovation.