Kainos

Workday EDM Forward Deployed Engineer (HCM Consultant)

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1 month ago
Remote, United States +5 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, and optimize EDM and Workday configurations within live customer environments.
  • Identify and remediate configuration debt, performance constraints, architectural limitations, integration failures, and other technical blockers.
  • Support technical escalations by providing detailed customer-environment context to accelerate resolution.
  • Ensure technical continuity from implementation through the Forward Deployed Engineer engagement.
  • Enable client administrators through knowledge transfer, configuration guides, integration documentation, and reusable templates.
  • Identify adoption risks and provide technical health summaries to Customer Success Managers.
  • Guide customers through EDM maturity stages and define account-specific milestones using adoption and usage data.
  • Provide structured product feedback about configuration constraints, missing capabilities, and enterprise use cases.
  • Document account-level technical history and share reusable assets, resolved issues, and deployment patterns with other Forward Deployed Engineers.

Requirements

  • HCM Workday certification is essential.
  • Demonstrable hands-on experience leading Workday deployments and configuring live Workday environments.
  • Experience working directly in enterprise customer environments with client IT and HR operations teams.
  • Experience managing complex stakeholder environments and resolving complex integration and configuration challenges independently.
  • Strong communication skills for explaining technical details to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to manage concurrent work across multiple accounts with structured prioritization.
  • Awareness of how technical adoption affects customer retention and long-term platform value.
  • Collaborative approach with a commitment to knowledge sharing and team capability development.
  • Practical knowledge of Kainos EDM, including configuration, document management, template design, workflow automation, and version management, is desirable.
  • Experience in forward-deployed engineering, embedded engineering, or technical account management in a SaaS or enterprise software environment is desirable.
  • Familiarity with Workday Recruiting, Learning, Talent, and Advanced Compensation modules is desirable.
  • Exposure to customer success metrics, adoption health scoring, or maturity frameworks is desirable.

Categories

Forward Deployed
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About Kainos

1,001-5,000 employees
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