*Must be able to work in office in Chesapeake, Virginia.
The Workday HCM Principal Consultant – Global AMS (Global Application Managed Services) is a well experienced post-production Workday professional who is dynamic, fast-paced, and familiar with the managed services construct. As a Workday AMS Principal Consultant, you will bring your functional and business skills, ability to keep the business context in sight, and roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic to a team with a positive, can-do attitude, a collaborative culture, and a passion for helping our clients to be successful.
Responsibilities:
- Must be able to go into the office, located in Chesapeake, Virginia
- Onshore lead who leads Functional/Technical workstream for the assigned set of accounts.
- Apply and execute various AMS (Application Managed Services) & Implementation methodologies/activities in these Workday Functional/Technical engagements
- Should collaboratively work with the Global Delivery Center (GDC) team on day-to-day activities, incidents, root cause analysis and other work requests
- Provides on-call support and holiday coverage as required
- Deep knowledge in SLA constructs and adherence
- Coordinate with external and internal stakeholders to create high business impact.
- Contribute to the operational efficiency of the Workday practice.
- Proactively identify and develop reporting dashboards to improve Workday utilization, creating solutions that support metrics for HR and the business at large.
- Work with clients to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or timeframe.
- Maintain the Workday platform with a focus on reporting (including scheduled reports), business process maintenance, security administration, data loads and data audits
- Ensures system design fits the needs of the user.
- Comfortable with leading multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Ability to ensure team delivers the project deliverables on time and do consistent timely reminders with vendors and project team
- Drive continual business processes improvements throughout the organization
Skills & Requirements:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5-7 years of Corporate Applications portfolio experience and at least 3-5 years experience in client facing roles handling managed services in a global delivery model
- Should have an expert level understanding of Workday Integrations
- Workday certification is mandatory
- Able to multitask and perform a variety of duties
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Willingness to go the extra mile to solve customer problems.
- Good Analytical skills with ability to solve complex incidents, provide suggestions\best practices
Salary and Other Compensation
Applications will be accepted until 02/1/2027
The annual salary for this position is between $106,171 - $159,257 USD depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizants discretionary annual incentive program , based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizants applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
