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Advisory Services

Client Advocacy

Your internal Workday thought partner. We sit on your side of the table — aligning vendor relationships, advising on roadmap decisions, and protecting your Workday investment at the executive level.

Model

Retainer or Project-Based

Delivery

Remote & On-Site

Ideal For

CHRO, VP HR, Workday COE Leaders

Timeline

Ongoing or Event-Driven

Governance

Executive Reporting Included

What We Deliver

Five pillars of Workday advocacy.

01

Vendor Alignment

Managing the Workday relationship to your advantage — SLAs, escalations, account strategy, and ensuring your voice is heard in Workday’s product roadmap process.

02

Roadmap Strategy

Translating Workday’s innovation roadmap into a prioritized internal plan that aligns with your organizational goals, budget cycles, and operational capacity.

03

Release Impact Advisory

Pre-release assessment of how each Workday update affects your specific configuration — so your team is never caught off guard by a platform change.

04

RFP Support

Expert guidance through Workday procurement, contract negotiation, scope definition, and vendor selection — protecting your interests from day one.

05

Executive Advisory

Board and C-suite level Workday strategy briefings — translating technical complexity into business outcomes and investment justification your leadership can act on.

Why It Matters: You need someone in your corner.

Most organizations navigate Workday alone. Advocacy means certified experts who know both the platform and your business — and who answer to you.

Engagement Model

How Client Advocacy works.

Ongoing advisory — monthly strategy sessions, release prep, and vendor liaison on your behalf.

Targeted support around a specific event — contract renewal, RFP, executive briefing, or platform decision.

Embedded advocacy within your existing Workday Center of Excellence team.

Preparing executive leadership to make informed Workday investment and strategy decisions.

Use Cases

  • Organization approaching Workday contract renewal
  • CHRO needs independent Workday investment validation
  • Internal team lacks bandwidth to evaluate roadmap releases
  • Organization evaluating whether to expand Workday modules
  • Escalation with Workday support is not being resolved
  • Executive team needs Workday briefing for board presentation

Governance Impact

Measurable outcomes from advocacy.

Vendor

Stronger Vendor Accountability

Documented SLAs, escalation paths, and relationship governance that hold Workday to its commitments.

Strategy

Aligned Roadmap Decisions

Release priorities that reflect your organization’s needs — not default Workday settings or vendor preferences.

Risk

Reduced Platform Risk

Release impact assessments that catch configuration conflicts before they become production incidents.

Investment

Protected Investment Value

Contract terms, renewal structures, and module decisions that maximize ROI on your Workday commitment.

Need a Workday advisor who answers to you?