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About the role
A senior HR technology role focused on leading a Workday implementation and wider HR transformation agenda. You will sit between HR, IT and the implementation partner, shaping how HR processes and systems work together. It suits an experienced HR technology professional who is comfortable moving between strategy and hands-on execution.
What you'll do
Lead the Workday implementation and support the move to an integrated HR technology platform
Partner with HR leadership and project stakeholders to define the future-state HR technology and process landscape
Translate HR strategy and operational needs into practical Workday solutions
Align implementation decisions with the longer-term HR operating model and technology roadmap
Challenge solutions that add complexity, manual work or unsustainable processes
Promote standard Workday capabilities, using customisation only with clear business justification
Identify ways to use technology, automation and data to improve HR service delivery and employee experience
Lead reviews of existing HR processes to find simplification, standardisation, automation and control improvements
Map current-state and future-state processes and spot gaps, duplication, inefficiencies and unnecessary hand-offs
Redesign processes with HR process owners before translating them into Workday
Lead requirements gathering and discovery sessions with HR stakeholders and process owners
Translate business requirements into functional requirements and system specifications
Evaluate Workday functionality and alternative solutions against business needs
Facilitate alignment where stakeholders have competing requirements or priorities
Maintain documentation of requirements, design decisions, business rules and process flows
Work with the Workday implementation partner to ensure quality and timely delivery of agreed scope
Monitor progress, dependencies, risks, issues and key decisions
Review vendor deliverables and challenge solutions that miss business requirements or design principles
Coordinate across HR, IT and other functional workstreams to manage dependencies
Support configuration, integrations and downstream system considerations
Coordinate HR business participation in data migration, validation and reconciliation
Establish data quality and governance standards
Develop and oversee test strategies covering critical HR processes and end-to-end employee journeys
Coordinate User Acceptance Testing and track, resolve and retest defects
Support cutover planning, go-live readiness and business continuity planning
Act as a bridge between HR, CIO Office and the Workday implementation partner
Build relationships with HR leadership, HR Operations, HRBPs, IT, Payroll and other stakeholders
Facilitate workshops on complex or competing business requirements
Support change management, communications, training and user adoption
Establish governance for Workday enhancements, change requests a
Requirements
Experienced senior HRIS or HR technology professional
Deep understanding of HR processes
Able to translate business needs into technology solutions
Confident challenging stakeholders to achieve better outcomes
Comfortable operating between strategy and execution
Experience with Workday implementation
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