Workday Core HCM Senior Principal Consultant
RemoteLondon, England, United Kingdom or United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead design, delivery, and overall success of Workday HCM implementations by acting as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams. Drive strategic guidance across Core HCM areas including Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, Performance, Recruiting, and Learning. Own solution design and provide oversight for configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live transitions while managing key decisions and risks. Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions to define scalable solutions, then mentor consultants and support business development activities like estimations and customer presentations. Collaborate with Reporting, Security, Integrations, and Change Management teams to ensure successful delivery across the project lifecycle.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Active Workday HCM Certification
- 5+ years of Workday implementation experience, including multiple end-to-end Workday HCM deployments
- Proven experience leading HCM workstreams or functional teams on large and complex implementations
- Deep functional expertise in Core HCM and broader HR business processes
- Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment
- Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including estimations, proposals, and solution presentations
- Strong leadership, mentoring, stakeholder management, and consulting skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including engagement with executive-level stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced consulting environment
- Eligible for SC Clearance - you must have been a UK resident for the last five years and be legally entitled to work in the UK
- Must be willing to travel on-site as needed
Desired Qualifications
- Additional certifications in Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, Recruiting, or Learning
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