Workday People Experience Principal Consultant

The Workday People Experience (PEX) Principal Consultant is a senior functional consultant responsible for leading the design, configuration, and delivery of Workday People Experience solutions. Acting as a trusted advisor, this individual helps organisations create personalised, engaging, and intuitive employee experiences across the workforce lifecycle. The Principal Consultant combines deep PEX expertise with delivery leadership, pre-sales support, and mentoring responsibilities. They work closely with clients to design experiences that drive user adoption, employee engagement, productivity, and self-service through capabilities such as Workday Today, Journeys, Help, and other employee experience functionality. Responsibilities: ----------------- * Serve as a Workday People Experience (PEX) subject matter expert, providing guidance on employee experience strategy and Workday best practices. * Lead client workshops and design sessions to define personalised employee experiences aligned to business objectives. * Design and configure Workday PEX solutions, including Workday Today, Journeys, Help, and related employee experience capabilities. * Advise clients on improving employee engagement, user adoption, productivity, and self-service experiences. * Lead PEX workstreams on medium to large Workday implementations, managing solution decisions, risks, and dependencies. * Partner with HCM, Talent, Learning, Recruiting, Change Management, Reporting, Security, and Integrations teams to deliver cohesive employee experiences. * Support testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live transition activities. * Provide guidance on persona-based experiences, employee journeys, communications, and critical moments that span the employee lifecycle. * Mentor consultants and analysts, providing coaching, quality reviews, and functional leadership. * Support business development activities including solutioning, estimations, proposals, demonstrations, and customer presentations. * Contribute to practice development through internal training, asset creation, methodology enhancement, and knowledge sharing. * Maintain expertise in Workday PEX functionality, employee experience trends, AI-driven experiences, and new product innovations. Skills & Requirements --------------------- * Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. * Active Workday People Experience (PEX) Certification preferred. * 5+ years of Workday implementation experience. * Experience leading Workday PEX, HCM, Talent, Learning, or Employee Experience workstreams on end-to-end implementations. * Strong understanding of employee experience, workforce engagement, self-service, onboarding, career development, and talent processes. * Experience with Workday Today, Journeys, Help, and related employee experience capabilities. * Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment. * Experience supporting pre-sales activities including estimations, proposals, and solution presentations. * Strong consulting, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills. * Ability to mentor team members and provide functional leadership across projects. * Ability to manage multiple priorities 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. #LI-Remote **Why choose Cognizant:** * Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas * Opportunity to do great work * Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit * Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement * Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific * An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs **Cognizant Core Values:** * **Work as One:** We think beyond roles, relying on each other’s strengths to win as a team. * **Raise the Bar:** We always aim for excellence in how we work and what we deliver. * **Dare to Innovate:** We push boundaries and take chances to reimagine what’s possible. * **Do the Right Thing:** We all lead with integrity and always make the ethical choice. * **Own It:** We own the outcomes for our company, colleagues, and community.