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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Workday Recruiting Senior Principal Consultant - **Company:** Collaborative Solutions, LLC - **Location:** UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Conversion, Systems Integration, SC Clearance, Workday Recruiting, Workday - **Published:** August 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=05d0e79080d7b63a ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. * Active Workday Recruiting Certification required. * Additional Workday certifications in HCM, Talent, or Learning are desirable. * 5+ years of Workday implementation experience, including multiple end-to-end Workday deployments. * Proven experience leading Workday Recruiting workstreams on medium to large implementations. * Deep functional expertise in talent acquisition processes, recruiting operations, candidate lifecycle management, interview management, offer management, and recruiting best practices. * 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. * Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site as needed. ## Description The Workday Recruiting Senior Principal Consultant is a senior functional leader responsible for driving the design, delivery, and overall success of Workday Recruiting implementations. Acting as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams, this individual provides strategic guidance on talent acquisition processes while ensuring solutions align with business objectives and Workday leading practices., * Serve as a senior Workday Recruiting subject matter expert, providing guidance on talent acquisition strategy, recruiting operations, and Workday best practices. * Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and design discussions to define scalable Workday Recruiting solutions aligned to business requirements. * Own solution design and provide oversight across configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live transition activities. * Act as the functional lead for medium to large Workday Recruiting implementations, managing key solution decisions, risks, and dependencies. * Provide strategic guidance on recruiting processes, candidate experience, job requisitions, interview management, offer processes, career sites, and hiring workflows. * Collaborate with HCM, Talent, Learning, Security, Reporting, Integrations, Change Management, and Project Management teams to ensure successful delivery. * Support testing, data conversion, cutover, and deployment activities throughout the project lifecycle. * Mentor and coach consultants and senior consultants, providing quality reviews and functional leadership. * Support business development activities including solutioning, estimations, proposals, demonstrations, and customer presentations. * Contribute to practice development through methodology improvements, internal training, asset creation, and knowledge-sharing initiatives. * Maintain expertise in Workday Recruiting functionality, talent acquisition trends, and product innovations. ## Related Videos - [#Wanted and #Misunderstood: Decoding the Divide Between Developers and HR](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1224-wanted-and-misunderstood-decoding-the-divide-between-developers-and-hr) - [Destigmatizing the Workplace: Building Real Inclusion](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1492-destigmatizing-the-workplace-building-real-inclusion) - [Build ultra-fast In-Memory Database Apps and Microservices with Java ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/405-build-ultra-fast-in-memory-database-apps-and-microservices-with-java) - [Beyond the Numbers: Engineering Recruiting Excellence Through Quality, Data, and Team Empowerment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1491-beyond-the-numbers-engineering-recruiting-excellence-through-quality-data-and-team-empowerment) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - How DevRel Makes Tech More Human](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2149-wearedevelopers-live-how-devrel-makes-tech-more-human) - [In-Memory Computing - The Big Picture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/626-in-memory-computing-the-big-picture) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [UK Business Culture and Etiquette](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/326-uk-business-culture-and-etiquette) - [Best Job Boards for Remote Work for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/290-best-job-boards-for-remote-work-for-developers) - [The Best Job Search Websites of 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/368-the-best-job-search-websites-of-2025) - [Top HR Tech Conferences in 2024](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/303-top-hr-tech-conferences-in-2024)