Workday HCM Lead Consultant
5 days ago
Salisbury
Role: Workday HCM Lead Consultant Location: Hybrid working (Swindon, Newport or Stockton offices) Role Type: Permanent / Full-time Salary: Depending on experience Shape the Future of Enterprise HR Technology: An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Workday HCM Lead to join a large-scale organization undergoing significant digital and business transformation. This is a senior leadership role within a high-performing Product and Platform function, offering the chance to influence the strategic direction of Workday Human Capital Management across a complex, enterprise-scale environment. You'll combine hands-on configuration expertise with technical leadership, stakeholder engagement and team development, ensuring the ongoing optimisation and support of critical HR systems. Working within a collaborative multi-disciplinary team, you will act as the subject matter expert for Workday HCM, driving best practice, service excellence and continuous improvement while supporting a broad portfolio of HR and business stakeholders. Key Responsibilities • Provide technical and functional leadership across Workday HCM, including:, • Core HCM, • Organisations, Staffing Models and Job Architecture, • Business Process Framework, • Compensation, Absence, Talent and Performance, • Lead complex requirements gathering and design workshops with business stakeholders., • Translate business needs into scalable and effective Workday solutions., • Oversee and assure Workday configuration, enhancements and change delivery., • Provide technical governance, peer reviews and design assurance across projects and BAU activities., • Manage and prioritise support workloads, ensuring service levels and performance targets are achieved., • Act as an escalation point for complex incidents, defects and operational issues., • Support release management, testing activities and regulatory updates., • Drive process optimisation and standardisation across HR operations., • Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, suppliers and delivery partners., • Mentor, coach and support colleagues, helping develop capability across the wider Workday team. You will be an experienced Workday professional with a strong blend of technical expertise, leadership capability and stakeholder management skills. Essential Experience • Significant experience in a senior Workday HCM configuration, implementation or support role., • Deep understanding of end-to-end HR processes within large, complex organisations., • Experience providing technical leadership, governance and assurance within ERP or SaaS environments., • Strong background in translating business requirements into functional designs and system solutions., • Experience mentoring, coaching or leading analysts, consultants or delivery teams., • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills., • Experience working within Agile, SAFe or hybrid delivery environments. Desirable Experience • Experience within public sector, shared services or highly regulated environments., • Knowledge of Workday Payroll and payroll integrations., • Exposure to Workday reporting, analytics and integrations., • Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Fusion or other enterprise ERP platforms., • Relevant Workday certifications. JBRP1_UKTJ