Lead Workday Data Consultant – Careers Kainos Londonderry

Overview

Position Title: Lead Workday Data Consultant

Company: Kainos

Location: Londonderry, UK

Job Description

As a Workday Data Consultant (Manager) in Kainos, you’ll be a key part of the team, to implement and configure enterprise-scale Workday solutions for our global customer base, specializing in gathering and transforming the customer’s organizational and employee data prior to loading in to the Workday tenants. You will build relationships with our customers to understand their data needs, leading the delivery of solutions around their data that are aligned to their needs, fit for purpose and commercially viable. You’ll work closely with other functional team leads and stakeholders to keep implementation flowing, and you’ll lead the data workstream on these implementations. You’ll also have the support and guidance of an Engagement Manager and Managing Consultant. As a knowledgeable expert in data consulting, you’ll also fill a leading role in aiding education and growth in the area of Workday Data Consulting within the Kainos Workday practice.

Responsibilities:

• Deep understanding and appreciation for different data formatting characteristics across jurisdictions and countries, to suit our global customer base
• Strong commercial awareness and complete understanding of project and business dynamics
• Broad business and technology experience and a good awareness of industry trends and their potential impact on product
• Understanding of risk management and able to manage risk within the capability
• Support the operations function ensure that our consultant pool is used in the most commercially advantageous way, balancing development needs and personal preferences
• Commercial understanding of utilisation within a services organisation and the importance of these targets
• Able to rotate through various Workday delivery services specifically Consulting and Application

Requirements:

• Ability to work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure taking a balanced view of customer demands and Kainos commercials
• Ability to widen and maintain a network of external contacts
• Excellent consulting skills e.g. leading largescale workshops with multiple stakeholders, liaising confidently and effectively with senior executives
• An emerging capability expert driving thought leadership e.g. production of blog posts