Workday Benefits Implementation Consultant

About the role

As a Workday Benefits Consultant in our Implementation & Advisory practice, you won’t just be maintaining systems; you’ll be a principal architect of change.

• End-to-End Implementation: Lead full-lifecycle Workday Benefits deployments from initial scoping and discovery through go-live and hypercare.
• Strategic Advisory & Redesign: Partner with executive stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable design decisions, operating model alignments, and HR transformations.
• Architecture & Lead Design: Drive foundation building—architecting intricate calculation tags, complex benefit groups, and automated enrollment rules built to scale.
• Roadmap & Feature Adoption: Guide clients on strategic deployment roadmaps, evaluating release capabilities to ensure long-term value creation.

Requirements

• Full-Lifecycle Experience: Hands-on expertise leading Workday Benefits implementations from foundation building through cutover and launch.
• Advisory Mindset: Exceptional consulting capability to challenge legacy processes, guide decision-making, and present clear strategic roadmaps to C-suite leadership.
• Strategic Architecting: Proven track record of designing scalable, clean-sheet architectures and executing complex structural overhauls.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to lead discovery sessions, manage scope, and drive consensus across multi-disciplinary client teams.

Pay

$76,000 USD - $125,000 USD

Kognitiv is committed to a transparent and equitable compensation structure, which is determined by a variety of factors including skill set, experience, education, market data, and internal equity. In instances where a role is open to multiple experience levels, the posted salary range may be broad; a more granular, level-specific range will be defined and discussed during the interview process. Candidates invited to a recruiter screen can expect a candid discussion of our compensation philosophy, the specific salary range for this position, and the variable pay opportunities that may be available for this role.

Benefits

For details on our comprehensive benefits package please visit our careers website.