Job highlights

- 8+ years of consulting experience in the HCM space,with more than 6 years of consulting experience in medium / large scale projects
- Degree with Business major and technical minor preferred. Extensive experience with enterprise HCM software implementation . Industry certifications from TSIA or similar accredited organization . Proficiency with Microsoft Office,Kantata (Mavenli)
- The Principal Business Consultant is responsible for delivering consulting/implementation services to customers and defining, improving, and driving best practices across the Cornerstone family of products
- The Principal Business Consultant will also work in Pre-Sales engagements, during the presentation and/or scoping phases
- You will work with some of the world s top organizations across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, financial services, and healthcare
- You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, clients, and stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within scope, and to the highest quality standards

In This Role You Will:

1. Focus on business requirements gathering, functional solutions and testing.

- Lead business requirement analysis and gap analysis on complex implementations.
- Develop and recommend solutions and strategies for functional solutions based on the analysis of customer business goals, objectives, needs, and existing business workflow.
- Uses industry expertise to spot gaps and pitfalls in business requirements/existing customer processes, and steers customers toward an optimal solution.
- Identify and recommend solutions to meet client business requirements. Guides customers through functional options thoroughly.
- Facilitate and lead the business process and configuration workshops.




- Guide the SumTotal Project Manager to define optimum project delivery strategy and plan.
- Provide functional and business leadership to the client as well as the cross-functional team.
- Testing and Validation of business requirements and functional solutions.
- Work with internal groups to define, deliver, and assist with post-implementation issues.

Lead specific workstreams

- Conduct post Go Live project reviews and document lessons learned.
- Recommend and Lead Work on internal projects to improve operational efficiency.
- Mentor and guide junior and senior business consultants, offering support, knowledge sharing, and best practices.
- Facilitate and lead the delivery of Administration Training.
- Provide consulting on the functionality of the SumTotal application and industry best practices.
- Develop Internal-facing effort to ensure best practices.
- Function as a subject-matter expert in relevant areas.
- Oversee and guide implementation projects.
- Meet utilization requirements and other KPIs related to individual and practice performance.
- No direct reporting responsibilities.
- Up to 50% travel is required.

You ve Got What It Takes If You Have:

- 8+ years of consulting experience in the HCM space, with more than 6 years of consulting experience in medium/large scale projects.
- Communication
- Explicit, understandable.
- Articulates complex topics well.



Presents themselves professionally.
- Presentation,
- Ability to command customer s confidence as an SME.
- Ability to drive the group to the best applicable solution by applying in-depth product industry best practices.
- Ability to project confidence to help customers make the right decisions, utilizing the SumTotal and industry best practices.
- Ability to lead a group discussion.
- Ability to engage with prospective customers, during the scope discovery phase.
- Ability to drive the discussion towards controlling project scope and schedules.
- Team Collaboration.
- Contribute to overall team success in delivery and pre-sales scenarios.
- Drive team to complete tasks on schedule and of high quality.
- Provide support and guidance to consultants and analysts.
- Customer Satisfaction.
- Understand the fundamentals of customer satisfaction for the software business.
- Ability to establish trusting relationships with customers.
- Ability to continuously improve and receive positive feedback from customers and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to manage tasks with minimal supervision.
- Ability to lead and complete projects with complex customer requirements.
- Proactively spot and prevent project issues.
- Manage risks and issues resolution.
- Ability to lead projects with premier clients.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong customer-facing presentation and facilitation skills.

Extra Dose of Awesome If You Have:

- Degree with Business major and technical minor preferred.
- Extensive experience with enterprise HCM software implementation
- Industry certifications from TSIA or similar accredited organization
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Kantata (Mavenli)

📌 Principal Business Consultant (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cornerstone India
📍 Hyderabad