Workday HCM Solution Consultant

Client Discovery & Solution Shaping

• Lead and support discovery conversations with prospective clients to understand their business drivers, HR strategy, current technology landscape, pain points and desired outcomes.
• Translate business requirements into clear and compelling Workday HCM solution propositions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve employee and manager experiences, increase automation and enable better workforce insight, being consultative and advisory in our approach to solutioning for our customers.
• Challenge client requirements constructively, helping prospects distinguish between replicating existing processes and genuinely transforming how HR operates.
• Work with clients to define the appropriate Workday functional scope and solution architecture.

Workday Solution Demonstrations

• Prepare and deliver engaging, tailored demonstrations of Workday HCM capabilities.
• Build demonstration scenarios around the client’s business challenges and desired outcomes rather than relying on generic product demonstrations.
• Confidently demonstrate relevant areas of the Workday platform, which could include:
• Core HCM
• Organizational and workforce management
• Compensation
• Benefits
• Absence
• Talent and Performance
• Recruiting
• Learning
• People Analytics and Reporting
• Employee and Manager Self-Service
• Develop compelling end-to-end stories that demonstrate how Workday supports employees, managers, HR teams and business leaders.

Presales & Sales Cycle Support

• Partner closely with Sales throughout the opportunity lifecycle, from qualification and early discovery through to proposal, presentation and final selection.
• Help develop the overall solution strategy and win themes for opportunities.
• Contribute to RFP/RFI responses, proposals, presentations and Statements of Work production.
• Support sales teams in articulating the value and differentiation of Workday and our implementation/transformation capabilities.
• Help identify solution risks, dependencies and assumptions early in the sales process to support a smooth transition into delivery.
• Own the estimation and scoping activities with support from implementation and commercial teams as needed.

Handover to Delivery

• Ensure that the solution sold to the client can be effectively transitioned into implementation.
• Work with delivery teams to communicate the agreed scope, key client requirements, assumptions, design considerations and commitments made during the sales process.
• Help maintain alignment between what is demonstrated, what is proposed and what can realistically be delivered.

Workday & Market Expertise

• Maintain a strong understanding of the Workday HCM product landscape and evolving capabilities.
• Keep up to date with developments in HR technology, digital employee experience, HR operating models, AI, automation and workforce analytics.
• Develop reusable demonstration assets, solution stories, discovery materials and other presales collateral.
• Share market insight and client feedback with Sales and Consulting teams to continuously strengthen our Workday proposition.

• Strong experience with Workday HCM, gained in consulting, implementation, solution consulting or presales.
• Good functional understanding of Core HCM and multiple additional Workday functional areas within Workday HCM and Payroll.
• Strong understanding of HR processes and the broader hire-to-retire employee lifecycle.
• Ability to understand a client’s business challenges and translate them into Workday solution concepts.
• Experience presenting complex technology or transformation topics in a straightforward and engaging way.
• Strong workshop facilitation, discovery and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable presenting to audiences ranging from HR and technical specialists through to senior executives.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, commercially focused environment.
• Ability to balance client requirements, product capability, implementation practicality and commercial considerations.

Desirable Experience

• Previous Workday Presales / Solution Consulting experience including Workday Pre-Sales certification.
• Workday certification or previous Workday implementation certification.
• Experience implementing Workday HCM or leading Workday functional workstreams.
• Experience across multiple Workday HCM modules.
• Experience working on global or multi-country HCM transformation programmes.
• Understanding of Workday integrations, reporting, security and data architecture sufficient to participate confidently in broader solution discussions.
• Experience responding to formal RFP/RFI processes.
• Experience developing business cases or articulating the value/ROI of HR transformation.
• Experience working within a consulting, professional services or systems integration organization.

• A great environment to learn, develop and be successful in what you do
• Opportunity to support our work with some of the World’s most recognisable brands
• Competitive package and hybrid work model
• Travel opportunities for key events
• Career growth opportunities (as we’re growing rapidly!)

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