Workday HR Transformation Senior Consultant

On-site in London·Added 21 days ago (last checked 22 Oct)

Capgemini

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The role

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

YOUR ROLE

As a Workday Senior Consultant, you will support the delivery of Workday-enabled HR transformation programmes within our Employee Experience & HR team. You will help clients improve HR processes, employee experiences and service delivery through business analysis, solution design, implementation support and strategic advisory services.

Working alongside HR, business and technology stakeholders, you will help organisations maximise the value of their Workday investment across areas such as HCM, Talent, Learning, Journeys, Reporting and Employee Experience.

In this role you will:

Conduct discovery workshops, stakeholder interviews and requirements gathering activities.
Analyse current-state HR processes and identify opportunities for improvement and transformation.
Design future-state processes aligned to Workday capabilities and leading practices.
Support Workday solution design, configuration and implementation activities.
Facilitate workshops, fit-to-standard sessions and solution playbacks.
Produce high-quality requirements documentation, process maps and functional specifications.
Coordinate with data, integration, testing, security and change teams to support successful delivery.
Support testing, deployment, adoption and business readiness activities.
Provide guidance on Workday roadmaps, employee experience and HR technology transformation.
Mentor junior consultants and contribute to capability development.

As part of your role, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth through activities that form part of the following categories:

Business Developement

Support proposals, RFPs and client opportunities.
Contribute to client presentations, thought leadership and market insights.
Support proposition development and go-to-market initiatives.
Participate in industry events, knowledge-sharing and internal communities.

Internal Contribution

Support the development of delivery assets, methodologies and reusable solutions.
Contribute to innovation, capability-building and practice development activities.
Share knowledge and best practices across the Workday and HR Transformation teams.

Learning & Development

Pursue Workday certifications and professional development opportunities.
Build expertise across HR Transformation, Employee Experience and AI-enabled HR services.
Participate in mentoring, coaching and continuous learning programmes.

What makes this role unique?

Opportunity to work on large-scale Workday and HR transformation programmes across multiple industries.
Exposure to Employee Experience, HR Transformation and AI-enabled workforce initiatives.
Access to Capgemini's extensive Workday and HR Transformation ecosystem.
Clear progression into Managing Consultant, Solution Lead and Workday SME leadership roles.

WHO YOU ARE

You are a Workday professional with a strong consulting mindset who enjoys helping organisations solve complex HR and employee experience challenges. You are equally comfortable engaging stakeholders, facilitating workshops, translating requirements into solutions and supporting successful programme delivery. You are passionate about HR technology, curious about emerging AI capabilities and motivated to continuously develop your expertise while delivering exceptional outcomes for clients.

YOUR PROFILE

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

Experience delivering Workday implementation, optimisation or HR transformation programmes.
Strong understanding of HR processes and how they are enabled through Workday technology.
Experience across one or more Workday functional areas such as HCM, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, Journeys, Compensation or Reporting.
Experience developing skills taxonomies, capability frameworks or skills-based workforce planning approaches.
Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops and translating business needs into practical solutions.
Knowledge of the Workday delivery lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment and post-go-live support.
Strong analytical, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
Experience working collaboratively across HR, business, technology, integration, testing and change teams.
Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality standards and delivery timelines.
Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
Understanding of emerging Workday innovations, including AI-enabled capabilities.
Capability of obtaining UK security clearance (BPSS, SC or higher) to support client engagements in regulated and public sector environments.

Desirable Experience

Workday certification in one or more functional areas.
Experience supporting global or multi-country Workday transformation programmes.
Exposure to Workday security, reporting, analytics, integrations or data migration.
Knowledge of HR operating models, shared services or service delivery transformation.
Experience within consulting, advisory or systems integration organisations.
Experience working within government, defence, public-sector or other regulated environments.

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE:

You will be part of the Employee Experience & HR team, which has a collaborative culture. You will work with a diverse group of talented professionals who are passionate about HR, technology, Employee Experience, AI and dedicated to delivering exceptional solutions to diverse clients. A team that thrives on creativity and innovation, constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

We are delighted to have received the "Glassdoor Best Places to work UK' accolade for 5 consecutive years, to see what it's like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don't just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We're also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we're working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone's access to a digital world. It's something we're really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

Hiring process

1 interview

Submitting your application takes 3 to 5 minutes (name, contact details, CV and optional cover letter).
When you accept the offer you receive a pre-boarding plan and an invitation to the monthly RISE welcome event.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, offering an array of integrated services that combine technology with deep sector expertise. The group describes itself as a global leader in business and technology transformation, powered by AI, and serves industries including aerospace and defense, banking and capital markets, consumer products, energy and utilities, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, public sector, retail and telecoms.

Its portfolio of brands includes Capgemini Invent, its powerhouse of innovation, design and transformation, Capgemini Engineering, which helps the world's largest innovators engineer the products and services of tomorrow, as well as frog and Sogeti. Its services span cloud, cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence, digital sovereignty, enterprise management, intelligent industry and sustainable business.

Industry: IT Consulting
Employees: 350,000
Website: capgemini.com

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