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.
