Posted Jul 9, 2026

Workday Integrations Principal Consultant (Global Delivery Center)

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About the Team

Cognizant Workday Practice continues to grow its Global Delivery Center in Manila. Join our dedicated team of experienced Workday professionals and be part of our dynamic, fast-paced, HR transformation consulting practice.

About the Role

As a Workday Integration Principal Consultant you will work with both the business and technical teams by solving complex inter-system problem. Provides support to Implementation projects and Application Managed Services (AMS) enhancements across different region. The Integration Principal Consultant typically reports to a Manager level position within the Delivery organization.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with key business and IT stakeholders to confirm requirements, consider design alternatives, facilitate discussions, and ultimately drive requirements sign-off

  • Evaluate, communicate, and coordinate the technical impacts of application configuration decisions

  • Create detailed system interface specifications, field mapping, and system process designs following CS Methodology

  • Facilitating design workshops with clients for AMS and Implementations projects.

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy integrations required to meet business requirements

  • Facilitate knowledge transfer and educate clients on developing and operating interfaces to and from a SaaS platform

  • Track issues and risks, communicate status and escalate concerns to project management

  • Review solution architectures and components to analyze client requirements for integration processes and ensure adherence to same

Skills and Experience:

  • Must have active Workday Integration Certification

  • Across to different integrations tools such as WD APIs, EIB, Connectors, Document Transformation, Workday Studio, and Workday Cloud Connect for Third Party Payroll (CCTPP) certification preferred

  • Demonstrated proficiency in web service technologies (REST, JSON, SOAP, HTTP, SSL, PGP, SAML, and related services)

  • Practical experience in Workday implementation projects (3-5 years project experience)

  • Strong consulting and presentation skills with the ability to effectively manage client's expectations

  • Superior detail orientation, organization, and analytical skills

  • Thrive on simultaneously operating at multiple levels and managing multiple responsibilities

  • Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, growing ecosystem

Why choose Cognizant:

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