HR Digital Roadmap Programme Lead

What we need: The successful candidate should have:

• Deep Workday HCM experience, with strong Core HCM knowledge and broad exposure across modules such as Recruiting, Onboarding, Talent, Performance, Learning, Skills, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Help and Reporting.
• Experience creating and delivering multi-year Workday / HR technology roadmaps, ideally in a post-implementation optimisation environment.
• Sufficient functional credibility to challenge Workday solution design, rather than relying entirely on an SI or AMS partner.
• Strong programme leadership, including prioritisation, dependencies, RAID, governance, resourcing and senior reporting.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end HR processes and how technology supports HR operating models, shared services and employee/manager self-service.
• Experience managing and challenging systems integrators, AMS providers and specialist suppliers.
• Ability to translate between HR, technology and senior business stakeholders.
• Evidence of delivering measurable improvements in automation, simplification, user experience, data quality or HR efficiency.

Minimum Requirement:

We are looking for an experienced HR Digital / Workday Programme Lead to take ownership of our HR Digital Roadmap and lead a portfolio of Workday optimisation, new capability and wider HR technology initiatives.
This is not a generic programme management role. We need someone with deep and broad Workday HCM expertise who can shape the roadmap, challenge solution design and suppliers, and lead delivery through to business adoption.

This role is Inside IR35.

Clearance: SC

Contract Length: 12 months

Location:Reading - up to 3 days/week on site.