Workday Data Senior Principal Consultant (Workday Student)

Responsibilities

• Be a Workday Student data product expert with knowledge of design, configuration, testing and implementation.
• Reinforces company policies and procedures to others.
• Drives and makes decisions regarding tactical direction of project workstreams.
• Identifies dependencies and supports interplay between different workstreams within a project.
• Leads, mentors, and oversees the work of other Consultants within their projects.
• Designs and generates data tracking and monitoring tools, and develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.
• Identifies strategies, risks, and options, recommends approaches and mitigations to meet client requirements.
• Coordinates and leads cross-functional discussions related to the execution of a Workday tenant build.
• Uses technical aptitude to map data sources into Workday using Workday delivered and Cognizant built tools for the data conversion process.
• Guides clients through the data extract and cleansing process.
• Loads customer data, migrates configuration from tenant to tenant, identifies risks and issues to the overall conversion process, troubleshoots load issues, and documents issues.
• Creates scripts to transform and load data and creates strategies to improve and normalize client data.
• Leads the validation of data loaded into Workday.
• Works with the customer to ensure they understand the data validation process.
• Regularly engages and supports the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to the Workday solutions.
• Willingness to take a leadership position on a project.
• Uses technical aptitude to convert and map data sources into data conversion templates via all Workday load methods.
• Acts as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments.
• Actively participates in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Certified in Workday Data
• 4+ years of Workday implementation experience
• 5 years Student, Human Resources, Payroll, or Financials software experience
• Experience with data conversion, data mining, and data loading
• Demonstrated functional experience in Student, Human Resources, Payroll, or Financials
• Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed

Skills

• Data conversion
• Data mining
• Data loading
• Functional experience in Student, Human Resources, Payroll, or Financials

Benefits

• 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

Additional Information

Applications will be accepted until 09/29/2026. The annual salary for this position is between $128,093 - $192,140 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

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

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.