Workday Recruiting & Onboarding Consultant

This is a remote position. Workday Recruiting & Onboarding Consultant Job Details Employment Type: Contract Work Mode: Remote Location: Offshore Total Experience Required: 4 to 8 years Relevant Experience Required: 4+ years of dedicated design, configuration, and implementation experience within Workday Recruiting and Onboarding modules Mandatory Certification: Workday Certified Recruiting or Workday Certified Onboarding Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Workday Recruiting & Onboarding Consultant to design, configure, and optimize our global talent acquisition and new-hire pipelines.

The ideal candidate will translate complex sourcing lifecycles, candidate tracking stages, external career site matrices, and international onboarding compliance checklists into highly automated, seamless enterprise experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Configure and manage the end-to-end Workday Recruiting infrastructure , establishing job requisition layouts, candidate pools, dynamic application stages, and custom offer generation logic. Design and maintain external and internal career sites , setting up site branding configurations, job posting rules, candidate account flows, and parsing engines.

Orchestrate global Onboarding frameworks , constructing pre-hire records, new-hire task dashboards, electronic signature steps, and regulatory document verification flows. Build complex Business Process (BP) rules for talent acquisition , configuring cross-functional approval loops for compensation packages, background checks, and offer approvals.

Govern security and access protocols , setting up intersection security permissions, candidate privacy controls, and recruiter profile assignments across distinct operating regions. Support external system connections , collaborating with integration teams to tie Workday with digital job boards, candidate assessment vendors, and external background check providers.

Lead feature validation for semi-annual platform updates , running regression tests in sandboxes, auditing dynamic validation rules, and conducting administrative training sessions.

Requirements

4 to 8 years of core recruitment or HR technology experience, with 4+ dedicated years actively designing, building, and maintaining Workday Recruiting or Onboarding solutions. Strong technical mastery of Workday Business Process Builder, conditional offer rules, pre-hire conversion steps, and multi-realm career site administration.

Deep structural understanding of global talent acquisition cycles, international data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), and automated candidate screening parameters. Mandatory certification: Workday Certified Recruiting OR Workday Certified Onboarding.

Preferred Qualifications

Workday Certified Core HCM certification. Prior experience implementing Workday Talent Optimization or managing bulk-hiring pipeline data models for global enterprise workforces.