Workday HCM Lead: Functional Architect & Advisor

Accenture; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Workday Functional Lead in the United States (Washington). You will lead advisory workstreams, architect the full Workday HCM solution, and guide client teams through requirements, design, testing and delivery.

This role emphasizes leadership, cross-functional coordination, and delivery excellence on complex Workday projects. You will mentor staff, manage budgets and resources, engage with stakeholders, and drive client education sessions while ensuring best practices and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of consulting or client-side experience, most recently in a Lead or similar level role.
• Minimum of 3 years of working of HCM Functional experience
• Minimum of 3 years of Workday Implementations
• Workday Partner Certification is required for the role
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience) or higher

Responsibilities

• Manage teams in identifying business requirements, functional design, process design, prototyping, testing, training, and support procedures.
• Architect Workday HCM solutions to ensure cohesive, cross-functional impacts are addressed
• Formulate planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting strategies
• Architect statements of work and client proposals
• Architect and manage vendor relationships
• Lead workshops for client education
• Manage resources and budget on client projects
• Serve as escalation point for functional issues
• Provide SME to aid decision making on the functional solution
• Lead, mentor, counsel and manage performance metrics of project staff
• Conduct working sessions with clients to gather requirements and analyze business needs
• Advise clients on industry standards and best practices
• Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies
• Provide status updates to Delivery Lead
• Demonstrate strong client/stakeholder management to meet objectives
• Ensure client adopts Workday best practices
• Support innovation through new methods and assets

Skills

Workday Implementations

HCM Functional Experience

Leadership & Stakeholder Mgmt

Lead/Project Management

Education

Workday Partner Certification

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Workday Functional Lead in the United States (Washington). You will lead advisory workstreams, architect the full Workday HCM solution, and guide client teams through requirements, design, testing and delivery.

This role emphasizes leadership, cross-functional coordination, and delivery excellence on complex Workday projects. You will mentor staff, manage budgets and resources, engage with stakeholders, and drive client education sessions while ensuring best practices and