Workday certification or significant hands-on experience in Talent and Learning configuration.
Solid understanding of Workday functional areas beyond Talent and Learning.
Proven success in a client-facing consulting role or HRIS team.
Strong customer engagement and communication skills, especially with senior stakeholders.
Commercial awareness and understanding of consulting project dynamics.
Ability to manage service delivery risk and lead strategic discussions.
Responsibilities
Deliver expert configuration and support in Workday Talent & Learning.
Act as the primary point of contact for clients, building relationships and offering strategic advice.
Proactively advise on dependencies and maintenance concerns.
Own the configuration of complex initiatives and guide clients in testing.
Mentor junior consultants to promote team capability development.
Manage competing priorities across multiple clients, communicating about completion dates and blockers.
Provide suggestions to enhance configuration and user experience within Workday.
Benefits
Opportunity to work with global clients and diverse projects.
Mentorship and professional development opportunities.
Collaborative team environment with a focus on capability building.
Access to the latest Workday updates and training resources.
Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Workday AMS HCM Consultant (Talent & Learning)
About the Role
As a Workday AMS HCM Lead Consultant (Talent & Learning) at Kainos, you’ll lead the ongoing support, configuration, and enhancement of Workday HCM solutions for our global clients. Specializing in Workday Talent and Learning, you’ll act as a subject matter expert within the AMS team. You will be enthusiastic to learn about upcoming changes related Sana for Learning.
You’ll serve as a trusted advisor to our customers, delivering tailored, strategic solutions that align with their evolving business needs. This role blends deep functional expertise, client advisory, hands-on configuration, and leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver expert configuration and support in Workday Talent & Learning
Act as a primary point of contact for clients, building relationships, offering strategic advice and ensuring high-quality, creative solutions.
Proactively advise on dependencies, cross-stream implications, and maintenance concerns.
Own the configuration of complex initiatives and guide clients to appropriately test.
Mentor junior consultants, promoting capability development across the team.
Manage competing priorities across multiple clients, proactively communicating about completion dates and blockers.
Provide suggestions to improve the configuration and user experience within Workday.
Minimum Requirements
Workday certification and/or significant hands-on experience configuring Talent and Learning, or related experience in another system, e.g. SuccessFactors or similar.
Solid understanding of related Workday functional areas beyond your core specialty.
Proven success in a client-facing consulting role or client-side HRIS team.
Strong customer engagement and communication skills, including experience presenting to senior stakeholders.
Commercial awareness and understanding of consulting project dynamics.
Ability to manage service delivery risk and lead cross-functional workshops and strategic discussions.
About Kainos
Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photography, home, and knowledge.
Future was described by The Guardian in September 2022 as "one of Europe’s biggest and most successful digital media companies". Zillah Byng-Thorne has been CEO since 2014. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
