Workday Talent Principal Consultant

Overview

In this role, you will serve as a Workday Talent SME and trusted advisor, guiding Talent Management initiatives and driving successful implementations. You will lead design, configuration, testing, and deployment while coordinating cross-functional teams. You will mentor consultants, support pre-sales activities, and shape practice development. This position offers impact through large-scale Talent workstreams and transformation efforts in a collaborative, client-focused environment.

Pay / Benefits

• entrepreneurial environment
• opportunity to do great work
• volunteer programs
• learning opportunities
• global operations
• affinity groups

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Workday Talent subject matter expert across Talent, Performance, Succession, Career Development, Goals, Skills Cloud, and Talent Marketplace
• Lead client workshops and design sessions to align Workday Talent solutions with business objectives
• Own the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of Workday Talent solutions
• Provide strategic guidance on talent management processes and transformation initiatives
• Lead Talent workstreams on medium to large Workday implementations, managing decisions, risks, and dependencies
• Partner with Recruiting, HCM, Learning, Reporting, Security, Integrations, and Change Management teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Support testing, cutover, deployment, and knowledge transfer activities
• Mentor consultants and analysts, providing coaching and quality reviews
• Support sales and business development activities, including estimations, proposals, demonstrations, and client presentations
• Contribute to practice development through knowledge sharing and internal training
• Maintain expertise in Workday Talent functionality, emerging trends, and product innovations

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Active Workday Talent Certification required
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience
• Proven experience leading Talent workstreams on end-to-end Workday implementations
• Experience gathering requirements, leading workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment
• Eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC) and UK residency for last 5 years
• Willingness to travel on-site as needed

• leadership
• mentoring
• stakeholder management
• Workday Talent Certification
• Talent functionality
• workshops and requirements gathering

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