Workday Consulting (Talent & Learning) - Associate Manager

Hybrid Bangalore India - Outer Ring Road Noida India Chennai India Pune India Jaipur India Full time JR-0016585 Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. An indispensable leadership role... Huron clients approach us with complex transformation priorities that require experienced Workday professionals who can lead from strategy through execution. As a Workday Associate Manager, Talent, Performance, and Learning, you will provide module leadership, solution direction, and delivery oversight across Workday Talent, Performance, and Learning workstreams. You will guide client conversations, translate business priorities into scalable Workday solutions, manage project workstreams, coach consultants, and partner with client leaders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality outcomes. This role is designed for professionals with strong functional depth, delivery ownership, and the ability to lead teams through complex implementation, optimization, and support initiatives. Let's get to work - together. Requirements: + Lead Workday Talent, Performance, and Learning workstreams across implementation, optimization, and support engagements, with accountability for solution quality, delivery timelines, risks, dependencies, and client outcomes. + Provide functional leadership for Workday Talent and Performance, including employee reviews, calibrations, goal management, talent reviews, succession planning, career development, and related business processes. + Provide functional leadership for Workday Learning, including learning content, campaigns, programs, curricula, enrollment management, learning assignments, compliance training, and reporting considerations. + Talent & Performance certification and Learning certification are mandatory. + Bring 7-10 years of relevant experience in Workday HCM, with demonstrated expertise in implementing, configuring, enhancing, and supporting Talent, Performance, and Learning solutions. + Lead design workshops and advise clients on leading practices, process simplification, future-state design, and Workday configuration decisions across Talent, Performance, and Learning. + Own functional solution decisions within the workstream, drive alignment with Human Resources, Learning, Technology, and Program Leadership stakeholders, and escalate key decisions or risks as appropriate. + Review and guide configuration, business process design, security considerations, reporting needs, integrations touchpoints, and testing approaches related to Talent, Performance, and Learning. + Manage and mentor consultants and senior consultants by providing work direction, quality review, coaching, and support throughout project delivery. + Partner with cross-functional Workday teams to address dependencies with Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Absence, Security, Integrations, Reporting, and Change Management. + Establish and oversee test scenarios, use cases, defect triage, deployment readiness, and post-production support activities to ensure stable and successful solution delivery. + Develop executive-ready status updates, recommendations, decision materials, and client presentations that clearly communicate risks, options, trade-offs, and next steps. + Support change management, communication, training, and adoption planning for Talent, Performance, and Learning processes. **Preferences:** + 7-10 years of experience in Workday HCM delivery, with strong functional depth in Talent, Performance, and Learning. + Mandatory Workday Talent & Performance certification and Workday Learning certification. + Experience delivering multiple Workday Talent, Performance, and/or Learning implementations, enhancements, or optimization initiatives across key project phases. + Strong understanding of Talent and Performance processes, including employee reviews, calibrations, goals, succession planning, talent reviews, development planning, and reporting. + Strong understanding of Learning processes, including learning administration, content setup, campaigns, programs, assignments, enrollments, compliance learning, and learner experience. + Ability to lead client workshops, facilitate decision-making, manage stakeholder expectations, and translate business requirements into practical Workday solutions. + Demonstrated ability to manage workstream scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and quality across complex engagements. + Experience mentoring and reviewing the work of team members, including consultants and senior consultants. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create clear client-facing deliverables, recommendations, and executive updates. + Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and organizational skills, with the ability to operate effectively across cross-functional Workday and client teams. **Position Level** Manager **Country** India At Huron, we're redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client's challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work...together. Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron. Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues. Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements. Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.