Workday Learning Senior Principal Consultant at Cognizant in London

The Workday Learning Senior Principal Consultant is a senior functional leader responsible for driving the design, delivery, and overall success of Workday Learning implementations. Acting as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams, this individual provides strategic guidance on learning and development processes while ensuring solutions align with business objectives and Workday leading practices.

The Senior Principal Consultant combines deep Workday Learning expertise with delivery leadership, pre-sales support, and people development responsibilities. They lead complex solution discussions, guide implementation teams, support business development activities, and play a key role in growing the Workday practice through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior Workday Learning subject matter expert, providing guidance on learning and development strategy, processes, and Workday best practices.
• Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and design discussions to define scalable Workday Learning 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 Learning implementations, managing key solution decisions, risks, and dependencies.
• Provide strategic guidance on learning administration, content management, enrolment processes, learner experiences, compliance training, and skills development.
• Collaborate with HCM, Talent, Recruiting, 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 Learning functionality, industry trends, and product innovations.

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Active Workday Learning Certification required.
• Additional Workday certifications in HCM, Talent, or Recruiting are desirable.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience, including multiple end-to-end Workday deployments.
• Proven experience leading Workday Learning workstreams on medium to large implementations.
• Deep functional expertise in learning and development processes, learning management systems, and Workday Learning functionality.
• 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.