Industry Experts in Workday act as the primary point of contact for our clients, ensuring teams are successful in delivering high-quality Workday solutions. In this role, you will bring a strategic mindset to engagements and collaborate closely with clients—guiding, influencing, and aligning on a strong functional and technical Workday vision. A balance of high-level advisory skills and hands-on problem-solving is essential, as you will partner both with clients and internal teams.

At Thoughtworks, we believe in going above and beyond the standard and are committed to delivering best-in-class Workday implementations that exceed client expectations. Our delivery approach and consulting practices reflect our dedication to quality, innovation, and continuous improvement. Industry Experts provide leadership, mentorship, and direction to teams, ensuring Workday best practices are understood, applied, and optimized throughout every engagement.

Job responsibilities

You will work with business analysts, solution architects, and stakeholders to discuss and lead the creation of Workday solutions based on business needs.
You will create solutions in the most cost-effective and efficient manner.
You will collaborate with QAs to define the testing strategy and will support the creation of testing scenarios.
You will bring experience in deploying Workday in enterprise environments across multiple countries.
Your communication will be proactive, and you will handle tough and demanding situations with ease.
You will clearly document architectural and solution decisions.
You will mentor juniors and freshers to help them become Workday experts.

Job qualifications

Technical Skills

You should hands-on experience on Workday HCM configuration and strong knowledge in WD module(s) [Absence, Performance, Intermediate knowledge in integrations] of Workday and has a deep understanding of the creation of organization types, job profiles, compensation, employee self service etc.
In-depth hands-on experience of Workday security model and business process
In-depth hands-on experience in EIB integration, calculated fields and advanced reports.
Ability to analyse Workday release updates to understand and communicate the impact of feature changes to the existing configuration.
Resolve Workday issues through active trouble-shooting and diagnostic research

Professional Skills

Articulation in communication should be excellent.
You will act as a mentor for less experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and ability to inspire a team to deliver extraordinary impact together
You’re resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives

Other things to know

Learning & Development

There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.

Onsite Work Expectation

You may be expected to work out of our Thoughtworks office or at our client's office location for all five working days of the week, depending on business or clients’ needs.

About Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For 30+ years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world.

Join Thoughtworks and thrive. Together, our extra curiosity, innovation, passion and dedication overcomes ordinary.

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Lead Industry Expert:Workday HCM Consultant