Workday Integrations Manager, Consulting Services

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● Project Oversight:
• ● Oversight responsibility for projects and integration delivery across the practice.
• ● Provide leadership and oversight for enterprise integration design, architecture, and delivery across Workday HCM, Payroll, Finance, and third-party systems.
• ● Guide integration strategy including API-based, event-driven, file-based, and middleware-enabled integration patterns.
• ● Review and approve integration solution designs, technical approaches, and estimates, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, data governance, and scalability requirements.
• ● Oversee and assist Engagement Managers and team members when needed to identify project needs, reduce risk, and develop solutions and strategies.
• ● Integration Leadership:
• ● Lead and mentor Workday Integration Consultants, Managing Consultants, and Architects across concurrent projects.
• ● Drive best practices for Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Web Services, REST APIs, and Extend integrations.
• ● Establish integration standards, reusable assets, accelerators, and delivery methodologies.
• ● Partner with client enterprise architects and technical stakeholders to develop integration roadmaps and strategies.
• ● Sales Support:
• ● Support the RFP response and pursuit process for Consulting work.
• ● Lead integration solutioning during pursuits, including discovery workshops, architecture definition, integration inventories, effort estimation, and proposal development.
• ● Present integration strategies and technical approaches during client presentations and orals.
• ● Team Leadership:
• ● Assist in the recruitment, development, and management of a diverse, remote team of consultants supporting Workday applications.
• ● Promote a team-oriented, challenging, and innovative work environment.
• ● Lead and manage Senior Managers and/or Managing Consultants to ensure adherence to the activities, processes, and procedures outlined in Workday and the Cynergy Implementation Methodology.
• ● Drive team and individuals to achieve high customer satisfaction levels.

Requirements

• ● + years of enterprise application integration and consulting experience, including 5+ years leading Workday integration implementations.
• ● Demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Workday integrations across multiple systems and platforms using API, middleware, event-driven, and file-based integration patterns.
• ● Demonstrated experience integrating Workday with ERP, payroll, recruitment, identity management, learning, finance, and reporting platforms.
• ● Strong understanding of REST APIs, SOAP services, event-driven architecture, SFTP, data transformation, and enterprise integration patterns.
• ● Proven experience leading distributed integration teams and managing complex integration delivery portfolios.
• ● Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• ● Required characteristics: fast learner, detail oriented, decisive, and enjoys fast-paced work environments; must work well within and across teams to get things accomplished.
• ● Workday Integration and Workday Studio certifications preferred; enterprise integration platform certifications desirable.
• ● 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.