Principal Partner Solution Consultant- oCHRO

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About the Team

About the Role

As a Senior or Principal Partner AI Advisor (oCHRO) at the Solution Consultant level you are a key functional expert within your pod for Workdays Human Capital Management suite and its agentic AI capabilities. You help ensure the partners HCM-aligned teams solution consultants offering developers and practice leads have the depth of knowledge they need to position demo and build Workday-led HR and workforce AI solutions with confidence.

Your work influences how the partners HCM practice thinks about and sells Workday so that when talent workforce and HR transformation decisions are being made at clients Workdays capabilities are already part of the conversation. You will build expertise in Workdays HCM roadmap and agentic AI capabilities translate them into outcome-driven narratives and support partners in articulating Workdays differentiation when customers are evaluating platforms.

This role aligns to the Solution Consultant job skills and core skills with emphasis on functional domain knowledge presales excellence communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

Functional Practice Readiness

• Develop strong expertise in Workday HCM and agentic workforce capabilities and use it to enable partner HCM solution consultants and offering teams.

• Support efforts to provide partners early deep visibility into Workdays HCM roadmap and AI capabilities including Core HR Talent Recruiting Learning Payroll and agentic workforce solutions so they can confidently lead HR transformation conversations.

• Contribute to persona-based functional playbooks (CHRO CPO Head of Talent) that translate Workdays capabilities into outcome-driven narratives partners can take into customer conversations.

• Help interpret upcoming HCM releases and communicate implications for partner offerings go-to-market positioning and client engagements.

Agentic HR & Workforce AI

• Help partners understand the agentic AI opportunity within HCM where intelligent automation AI-driven talent insights and workforce agents create value for their clients.

• Partner with senior team members to articulate how agentic AI transforms organizational design and HR operating models including what it means to manage a workforce of both people and agents.

• Contribute to discussions with partners on regulatory and risk considerations around HR agentic AI such as labor implications data privacy algorithmic bias and compliance to support responsible adoption.

• Assist in identifying industry-specific agent libraries and high-return use cases where partners can build differentiated partner-owned HCM solutions on Workdays agentic platform.

Competitive & Functional Positioning

• Help equip partner HCM teams with current competitive positioning how Workday differentiates across the HCM landscape versus legacy platforms point solutions and emerging AI-native HR players.

• Translate Workdays functional differentiation into clear outcome-focused language that resonates with HR stakeholders.

• Share partner-developed HCM solutions and functional innovations back with Workdays field and solution consulting teams so joint customers benefit from the partners IP.

• Support joint industry events HR forums and practice conferences with partners contributing to presentations on workforce transformation and agentic AI.

• Act as a first line of support for partner HCM teams on functional questions and common competitive objections collaborating with senior colleagues as needed.

Demo & Functional Readiness

• Collaborate with Solution Architecture and Solution Consulting to help ensure partner demo environments reflect current Workday functionality and product depth in HCM.

• Help bring partner-built HCM solutions and demo scenarios back to the Solution Architecture team so Workdays field can demo partner-delivered HR solutions seamlessly.

About You

Basic Qualifications

Principal Partner Solution Consultant

• 7 years of HCM domain expertise spanning Core HR Talent Recruiting Learning Payroll or employee experience at Workday or a comparable enterprise HCM or consulting organization.

• 5 years in a presales solution consulting advisory or implementation role for enterprise HCM software with demonstrated impact in complex or strategic opportunities.

Senior Partner Solution Consultant

• 5 years of HCM domain expertise spanning Core HR Talent Recruiting Learning Payroll or employee experience at Workday or a comparable enterprise HCM or consulting organization.

• 3 years in a presales solution consulting advisory or implementation role for enterprise HCM software with demonstrated impact in complex or strategic opportunities.

Other Qualifications

• Experience working with or within Global System Integrators large SIs or strategic technology partners either from the vendor side or from within a GSI or consulting practice.

• Ability to engage credibly with HCM stakeholders (e.g. HR managers solution leads and practice teams) as a functional peer and trusted partner.

• Working knowledge of Workdays HCM suite or equivalent enterprise HCM platform with strong motivation and ability to ramp quickly on Workday and agentic AI capabilities.

• Understanding of the HCM competitive landscape and interest in deepening this knowledge including how Workdays connected data model creates differentiation.

• Experience contributing to functional playbooks persona-based narratives or solution positioning or strong aptitude to grow into this area.

• Strong communication and storytelling skills with the ability to explain complex HCM and AI concepts in clear outcome-oriented terms.

• Collaborative working style with demonstrated ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams such as GPO Product & Technology Forward Deployed Solution Architecture and Solution Consulting.

• Energized by a fast-moving investment-stage environment with a growth mindset learning agility and openness to feedback.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

Additional Considerations:

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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