Workday UX Consultant

Request ID: 74282-1Title: Workday UX ConsultantLocations: Irvine, CA 92602Duration: 6 MonthsRate Range: $50 - $56/Hour on W2 (All inclusive)Note: Applicants must be willing to work on W2Required Skills:" 8 12+ years of experience in:" HR Technology" Workday (Core HR / Onboarding)" Experience design / journey transformation" Strong, hands-on understanding of:" Workday business processes and onboarding capabilities" Experience in:" Journey mapping and service design" Cross-functional program delivery" Ability to balance:" Experience design vision" Platform constraints and technical feasibility" Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills"Role SummaryWe are seeking a Workday Onboarding Experience & Journey Lead to reimagine and elevate the end-to-end onboarding experience across our HR technology ecosystem.This role is focused on transforming onboarding from a set of disconnected processes into a seamless, intuitive, and high-impact employee journey. The individual will combine deep Workday knowledge, experience design thinking, and cross-functional collaboration to identify friction points, redesign workflows, and deliver a significantly improved onboarding experience.This is not a traditional UX design role. It is a journey-led, product-oriented role focused on experience transformation within the realities of Workday and integrated systems.Key ResponsibilitiesOnboarding Journey Ownership" Lead the redesign of the end-to-end onboarding journey:" Offer acceptance Pre-boarding Day 1 First 90 days" Map current-state vs future-state experiences across:" Employee" Hiring manager" HR / operationsExperience Design within Workday" Translate experience vision into Workday-enabled solutions" Work deeply within:" Workday onboarding frameworks" Business process configurations" Notifications, tasks, and workflows" Ensure experience design is practical, scalable, and aligned with platform capabilitiesFriction Identification & Simplification" Diagnose pain points such as:" Too many steps / handoffs" Lack of clarity for new hires" Redundant or manual processes" Poor manager enablement" Simplify workflows and eliminate unnecessary complexity" Drive automation-first and self-service-first thinkingCross-Functional Experience Design" Collaborate across:" Recruiting (handoff from TA to onboarding)" Core HR" IT provisioning" Learning / compliance" Payroll / benefits (where applicable)" Ensure onboarding is not siloed but connected across systems and teamsDigital Experience & Integration Thinking" Design how onboarding experience surfaces across:" Workday (core system)" HR Assist / chatbot layer (if applicable)" Email / notifications / manager toolsPrototyping & Iteration" Create:" Journey maps" Experience blueprints" Low-fidelity prototypes (flows, interactions)" Run working sessions with stakeholders to iterate on solutions quickly" Validate designs with real user feedback where possibleMeasurement & Continuous Improvement" Define success metrics such as:" New hire experience score" Time-to-productivity" Task completion rates" Manager satisfaction" Establish a continuous improvement loop for onboarding"Company Benefits & CultureInclusive and diverse work environmentOpportunities for professional growth and developmentComprehensive health and wellness benefitsAppreciate your quick response and please feel free to reach me out for any query you may have.Thanks