Principal Consultant, Workday Recruiting
About The Position
The Groove is a modern Workday consulting firm built on deep expertise, strong client relationships, and a people-first culture. We partner with organizations to design and deliver transformational solutions across Workday HCM, Financials, and Talent. As we continue to grow our Talent practice, we are seeking a Principal Consultant with deep Workday Recruiting expertise to lead complex engagements and drive exceptional client outcomes. The Principal Consultant, Workday Recruiting serves as a functional leader on client engagements, owning solution design, configuration strategy, and delivery excellence across Workday Recruiting implementations and post-production optimization. This is a highly client-facing role requiring strong consulting presence, deep product expertise, and the ability to guide both clients and internal teams through complex recruiting transformations. This role is remote-first, with travel expectations aligned to client needs.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on Workday Recruiting implementation experience
- Workday Recruiting certification required
- Deep understanding of recruiting operations and talent acquisition strategy
- Experience leading complex, multi-workstream projects
- Strong workshop facilitation and executive communication skills
- Consulting experience strongly preferred
Nice To Haves
- Experience with global or multi-entity implementations
- Knowledge of Recruiting integrations (background checks, assessments, job boards, etc.)
- Strong analytical and reporting expertise within Workday
- Ability to balance strategic advisory with hands-on configuration
Responsibilities
- Lead discovery and design sessions for Workday Recruiting implementations
- Architect scalable recruiting solutions aligned to business and talent acquisition strategy
- Provide subject matter expertise on end-to-end recruiting processes including candidate lifecycle, offer management, integrations, reporting, and compliance
- Advise clients on best practices, optimization opportunities, and future-state roadmaps
- Own functional design documentation and configuration strategy
- Lead workshops, design reviews, and solution validations
- Partner with Technical and Integration teams to support data conversions and third-party integrations
- Guide testing strategy, UAT support, and go-live readiness
- Support clients in continuous improvement initiatives
- Identify enhancements tied to new Workday releases
- Provide strategic advisory support to Talent Acquisition leadership teams
Benefits
- Remote-first and flexible
- High-growth, entrepreneurial environment
- Competitive compensation and performance incentives
- Opportunity to shape a scaling Talent practice
- Culture grounded in People, Integrity, Knowledge, Collaboration, Flexibility, and Innovation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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