Presales Solution Consultant – Leave & Absence

Why UKG:

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

We’re looking for a Presales Solution Consultant – Leave Specialist with a background in leave administration and a strong understanding of U.S. federal, state, and local leave policies. This role is ideal for someone ready to step beyond back-office operations and become a trusted advisor to customers—helping organizations transform the way they manage leave.

As a Presales Solution Consultant, you’ll play a key role in positioning UKG’s market-leading Leave and Absence Management solutions. Partnering with our Sales team, you’ll bring subject-matter expertise, demonstrate our solutions, and shape conversations with HR and compliance leaders across industries.

This is a great opportunity for experienced HR/leave professionals to leverage their domain knowledge in a strategic, customer-facing role—while contributing to a best-in-class HCM platform.

• Collaborate with Account Executives to drive opportunities and deliver tailored product demonstrations for HR, benefits, and compliance stakeholders.
• Serve as a trusted leave expert, aligning UKG's solutions with each customer’s unique regulatory, operational, and policy-driven needs.
• Lead discovery sessions to uncover business requirements and craft consultative responses to challenges around FMLA, State, Local, and company specific leave policies.
• Contribute to RFP/RFI responses and support sales cycles through product expertise and storytelling.

• Showcase how UKG Leave solutions simplify the administration of multi-jurisdictional leave programs and improve compliance through automation and integration.
• Highlight UKG’s ability to handle complex use cases including intermittent leave, return-to-work workflows, and policy exceptions.
• Stay informed about evolving state and federal leave legislation to reinforce UKG’s value as a compliance partner.

• Work closely with Product Management and Marketing to provide feedback and ensure leave messaging reflects the latest capabilities and market needs.
• Educate and support internal sales teams with enablement content, demos, and product updates.
• Act as a customer advocate internally, helping shape the future of UKG’s leave solutions.

• 5+ years of experience in U.S.
  
  -based leave administration, with deep understanding of FMLA, state-specific leave laws, and internal policy application.
• Passion for helping organizations improve processes through HR technology.
• Strong presentation and communication skills—comfortable engaging executives and HR practitioners alike.
• Experience working with HCM, payroll, or leave management systems.
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Experience in a presales, solution consultant, or implementation role (a plus—but not required).
• HR certification (e.g., SHRM-CP, PHR) or leave compliance training.
• Prior UKG product experience or familiarity with UKG Pro, UKG Ready, or Dimensions is a plus.

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge.

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