Consulting Manager - Workday Benefits

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Makse Group is where innovation meets impact.
We’re not just consultants; we’re problem-solvers and trailblazers, empowering clients with Workday solutions that transform their businesses.
Our culture thrives on curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning. We take on challenges together, support each other’s growth, and celebrate every milestone.
Looking to advance your career, work with cutting-edge solutions, and join a team that values your potential? Welcome to Makse Group.
The expected pay range for this position is $150,000.00 - $190,000.00 USD annually, based on the candidate's qualifications and experience.
Bringing deep expertise in benefits administration and compliance, the Consulting Manager for Workday Benefits will lead teams in delivering complex, high-impact implementations and system optimizations. This role requires functional mastery of Workday Benefits, strong project leadership, and the ability to manage both client relationships and cross-functional consulting teams.
The ideal candidate excels at translating regulatory, eligibility, and plan design requirements into scalable, best-practice Workday configurations. You will oversee full-cycle solution delivery, from discovery and design through configuration, testing, and deployment, ensuring clients optimize compliance, enrollment efficiency, and employee experience. In this role, you’ll partner with senior stakeholders to lead transformation initiatives, manage project portfolios, and ensure successful adoption.
Your leadership, strategic insight, and hands-on experience with Workday Benefits will enable organizations to effectively manage open enrollment, life events, plan eligibility, and integrations with carriers, maximizing the return on their Workday investment.
Responsibilities

• Manage the successful execution of complex Workday Benefits projects, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, enrollment timelines, and organizational goals.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior client executives, guiding benefits transformation initiatives and shaping system roadmaps aligned with evolving business and compliance needs.
• Lead, coach, and develop consulting teams across multiple client engagements, fostering delivery excellence, collaboration, and capability growth.
• Oversee engagement governance, including scope, timelines, budgets, and resource planning, while proactively mitigating risks and resolving escalations.
• Provide executive oversight on Workday Benefits configuration, including plan setup, eligibility rules, life events, open enrollment, and dependent verification processes.
• Collaborate across modules and third-party systems (e.g., Payroll, Insurance Carriers, COBRA administrators) to ensure seamless integration and operational alignment.
• Support business development by contributing to account growth, leading benefits-focused pre-sales strategy, and participating in proposals and client presentations.
  

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in benefits administration, HCM consulting, or enterprise systems, with 5+ years of hands-on Workday Benefits experience.
• Proven success leading end-to-end Workday Benefits implementations, including configuration, testing, enrollment events, and carrier integration.
• Deep understanding of benefits regulations (ACA, HIPAA, COBRA), plan structures, eligibility rules, and data exchange requirements.
• Strong leadership and project delivery skills, with experience scaling consulting teams and managing concurrent client engagements.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management abilities, with a track record of influencing senior business leaders.
• Strategic mindset and operational awareness to ensure system design aligns with HR, compliance, and business needs.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Human Resources, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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