Lead Workday HCM Consultant, Payroll

Lead Workday HCM Consultant, Payroll

Why You'll Actually Care

District Partners is exclusively representing a global technology consulting firm with an established Workday practice serving clients across North America and internationally. The firm is strengthening its HCM delivery team, with multiple openings for senior payroll consultants who bring deep functional expertise and the presence to lead customer conversations. You will own complex implementations, advise senior stakeholders, and help shape payroll delivery within the practice.

The Basics

The firm helps organizations modernize how they manage their people, operations, and enterprise systems, combining technology consulting with a substantial Workday services practice. Its engagements span implementation, optimization, and ongoing support, offering exposure to varied customer environments and business challenges. These opportunities combine the resources of an established global firm with hands-on ownership of customer delivery.

What You'll Be Owning

• Payroll solutions that translate customer requirements into functional designs and configured business processes.
• Workstream delivery from discovery through testing and deployment, with accountability for quality and customer commitments.
• Coordination across Payroll, Core HCM, Time Tracking and Absence to address dependencies throughout implementation.
• Customer conversations that build alignment around solution decisions, manage expectations, and resolve complex payroll issues.
• Practical mentoring that strengthens junior consultants’ configuration and delivery capabilities.

The Environment

The HCM consulting team is being reorganized, with multiple senior hires needed to strengthen delivery across priority functional areas. You will work on billable customer engagements supporting clients across North America, collaborate across specialties, and mentor junior colleagues. These are visible, client-facing roles requiring polished communication and a professional, composed demeanor; prior people management experience is not required.

What You Bring To The Table

• Current Workday certification is required, ideally in HCM/Core HCM and Payroll, aligned with your functional expertise, OR similar.
• 8+ years of Workday HCM implementation experience, including substantial hands-on payroll expertise and a track record of independently leading complex client deployments.
• Experience owning functional design, configuration, testing, and deployment, with the judgment to guide customers through complex requirements and delivery decisions.
• Executive presence and a strong client-facing demeanor: the ability to lead conversations with senior stakeholders, explain recommendations clearly, and maintain credibility when priorities compete or delivery becomes challenging.
• Sound functional judgment, collaborative problem solving, and accountability for customer outcomes.
• Workday consulting partner or professional services experience preferred, with enterprise implementations or post-deployment/AMS experience also valued.
• Additional HCM certifications in compensation, advanced compensation, benefits, recruiting, talent/performance, learning, HCM reporting, or security are a plus.

A Few Things Worth Knowing

• Openings: Multiple opportunities for senior payroll consultants.
• Compensation: Full-time base salary targeted around $150,000 - $200,000, with flexibility for the right experience.
• Location: Must be based in the United States, supporting clients across North America.
• Work Model: Fully remote within the United States. Customer-requested travel is possible but uncommon.
• Engagement Type: Full-time preferred; contract and contract-to-hire considered.
• Benefits: Full-time health coverage and paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave.