Workday Organizational Change & Training Principal Consultant

The Workday Organizational Change & Training Principal Consultant role will provide value to the Organizational Change & Training (OC&T) practice and Cognizant by pursuing team and organizational goals, operating with a client-first mindset, and exemplifying the company core values in an effort to achieve meaningful results.
Responsibilities:

• Comprehensive understanding of CYNERGY®, PROSCI®, and OC&T methodologies as evidenced by successful development and delivery of all OC&T activities and project deliverables, and by successfully directing clients towards best practices for their own OC&T project efforts.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, as evidenced by managing difficult client relationships, consistently providing best practices and recommendations to client counterparts, and appropriately escalating project risks to EM and/or other project leadership with support.

• Supports and drives small, internal OC&T initiatives; suggests internal projects that drive broader improvements impacting areas outside their immediate area of expertise.

• Regularly produces quality work; provides feedback and support to junior resources on project work. 

• Supports sales efforts, including responding to RFPs, attending scoping calls, creating estimates, and participating in Orals on a limited basis (as determined by OC&T Staffing team).

• Serves as a Training or Culture Buddy for OC&T new hires.

Skills & Requirements:

• 2 years’ experience with Workday

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

• Has successfully completed 2-4 end-to-end projects, serving as the OC&T Lead 

• Current Workday Core HCM or Core Financials certification is an advantage

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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:

• Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
• Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
• Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
• Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
• Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
• Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.