Mivada is a certified Workday Partner, and our work goes well beyond implementation. We help organisations rethink how they run HR and Finance on Workday.

This is a role for an accomplished Workday HCM leader who wants to run a portfolio, not just a project. You will direct multiple HCM streams, own the commercial outcome, build long-term client partnerships, and grow the next generation of Workday leaders in a rapid-growing global consulting firm.

Role Overview

As Workday HCM Functional Consulting Manager, you oversee the delivery of multiple HCM streams or a mid-sized portfolio of client engagements. You are accountable for governance, client engagement, financial performance and people leadership. You work with Workday Leads, Solution Architects and client executives to deliver excellent, profitable outcomes and long-term partnerships, and you coach the leaders who will come after you.

What success looks like

- You direct multiple HCM streams or projects, balancing delivery, financials and risk.
- Client executives trust you for portfolio-level advice and direction.
- Your engagements land on scope, budget and timeline and hit profitability targets.
- You mentor and grow Workday Leads and senior consultants into future leaders.
- Your client relationships lead to renewals, expansions and long-term partnerships.

What you will be doing

Delivery

- Oversee multi-stream Workday engagements, keeping functional, technical and integration tracks aligned.
- Define delivery frameworks and oversee project charters, governance plans and risk frameworks.
- Sponsor cutover planning and adoption at portfolio level.
- Provide executive delivery oversight on high-profile issues and escalations.

Client engagement

- Partner with client senior managers and executives to shape and monitor HCM roadmaps.
- Lead executive-level governance sessions and quarterly business reviews.
- Manage client escalations and drive resolution diplomatically.




- Identify opportunities for further transformation work.

Consulting mindset

- Align solutions and delivery approaches with the client's strategic objectives.
- Promote continuous improvement and efficiency across delivery.
- Drive adoption of newer Workday capabilities (Extend, Prism, Automation) where they add value.
- Feed market trends into new Mivada service offerings.

People and collaboration

- Allocate resources across engagements, balancing utilisation, growth needs and delivery demands.
- Mentor Workday Leads so they can take on larger portfolios.
- Coordinate with Sales, Solutions and Data practices to keep delivery efficient across practices.
- Build a collaborative, high-performance culture across teams.

Commercial and quality management

- Own P&L; responsibility for your assigned portfolio or engagements.
- Track portfolio KPIs: margin, utilisation and client satisfaction.
- Apply governance and audit standards consistently.
- Capture lessons learned and apply them across the practice.

Requirements

- Extensive hands-on Workday HCM Functional Consulting experience, with a record of leading multi-stream or multi-project delivery.
- Proven track record delivering Workday HCM implementations across multiple modules, including post-go-live support.
- Demonstrated ownership of delivery financials, such as P&L;, margin and utilisation, in a consulting environment.
- Experience advising senior client stakeholders and executives, including leading governance forums and managing escalations.
- Experience managing, coaching and developing consultants and leads, including offshore teams.




- Commercial awareness: scope and change control, identifying expansion opportunities, and supporting renewals.
- A confident decision-maker and strong communicator who holds up under pressure.
- Passionate about team development and growing within the Workday ecosystem.

About Mivada Mivada is an Australian-owned technology consultancy, founded in Sydney in 2014. Since then, we’ve grown to more than 200 people across Australia, India and the US. We work with some of the most recognisable names in Australian business across Workday and ERP, payroll, data and AI, and automation, cloud and engineering. You’ll work alongside experienced consultants as part of our clients’ teams, close to the people who use what we build, with a focus on building long-term partnerships.

How We Work

- Take it, own it, drive it. You’ll raise ideas and issues before you’re asked, and see them through.
- We care. We listen closely and look out for each other, whatever team we’re in.
- Life-long learners. Through Developing Me, our ongoing development program, you’ll build a plan around where you want your career to go. Development is recognised in our bonus structure.
- Keep it simple. We find elegant solutions and bring clarity to complexity.
- Be authentic. We’re honest with each other and with clients, and feedback goes both ways.

What We Offer

- Hybrid work that helps you balance work and personal commitments while meeting the needs of our clients and team
- Two doona days (wellbeing days) a year to rest and recharge
- Sponsored certifications and training
- Genuine career progression pathways
- Recognition awards twice a year
- An annual bonus opportunity as part of your remuneration package

If you want to build things that work for the people who use them, alongside a team that backs your growth, apply now and let’s start with a conversation.

📌 Manager, Workday Functional (Hyderabad)
🏢 Mivada
📍 Hyderabad