Workday Talent & Performance Consultant

Location: Mumbai and Chennai

Experience: 5 to 8 years

Role profile:

We are looking for an experienced Workday Talent & Performance Consultant to support implementation, enhancement, and application support initiatives across goals, performance, talent, succession, and career development. The role requires strong configuration expertise, stakeholder engagement, testing ownership, release readiness, and a focus on scalable employee and manager experiences.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

Gather and translate business requirements into scalable Workday Talent and Performance solutions.

Design and configure goals, goal templates, goal alignment, continuous feedback, check-ins, performance reviews, calibration, talent reviews, talent pools, succession plans, career interests, and development plans.

Configure business processes, eligibility rules, condition rules, notifications, approvals, security, and review templates.

Partner with HR, Talent, business leaders, and change teams to align solution design with policy and operating model requirements.

Prepare functional designs, configuration workbooks, test scenarios, deployment documentation, and user guidance.

Lead unit testing, end-to-end testing, UAT support, regression testing, defect resolution, and production validation.

Assess Workday releases and recommend feature adoption, process simplification, and experience improvements.

Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis,



and deliver controlled configuration changes.

Independently manage assigned workstreams through design, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

Essential Skills & Experience

5-8 years of overall experience with substantial hands-on Workday Talent and Performance experience.

Experience in at least one full Workday implementation lifecycle.

Strong knowledge of Goals, Performance Reviews, Continuous Feedback, Talent Reviews, Succession Planning, and Career Development.

Experience configuring business processes, templates, eligibility, security, notifications, and reporting dependencies.

Experience with testing, deployment, release management, and post-production support.

Ability to facilitate workshops, challenge requirements constructively, and communicate solution impacts.

Excellent documentation and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable Skills

Workday Talent or Performance certification or relevant Workday Pro accreditation.

Exposure to Skills Cloud, Career Hub, mentoring, learning, compensation, and people analytics.

Experience with global talent processes and localisation considerations.

Soft Skills

Proactive, detail-oriented, and highly organised.

Robust analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication.

Collaborative mindset with a focus on continuous improvement, innovation, and quality user experience.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced, global, and cross-functional environment.

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