The Opportunity:
You'll provide architectural leadership across a major HR transformation programme spanning 16+ countries.
The programme is currently in its analysis phase and will move into planning and delivery ahead of implementation.
What You'll Be Doing:: Lead the HR Transformation Architecture
- Provide strategic architectural oversight for a complex HR and Workday transformation programme
- Guide programme teams through analysis, planning, and delivery phases
- Shape architectural direction, roadmap decisions, and key design outcomes
- Bring practical experience and lessons learned from previous Workday or large-scale HR system transformations
- Act as the architectural authority across the programme
- Establish and uphold effective architecture governance and decision-making processes
- Challenge and influence system integrators and delivery partners where required
- Ensure architecture standards, principles, and controls are understood and followed
- Build credibility across both technology and business leadership teams
- Proven experience operating at Enterprise Architect level
- Strong background within HR/People & Culture domains
- Experience leading architecture across large business transformation programmes
- Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders
- Strong governance, assurance, and architectural leadership capabilities
- Gravitas, credibility, and the confidence to provide constructive challenge
- Previous Workday transformation or implementation experience
- Experience acting as a Domain Architect or Enterprise Architect for HR platforms
- Exposure to global or multi-country HR transformation programmes
- Payroll transformation experience
- Start: ASAP
- Duration: Initial 6 months, contracted in 3-month increments (with further extensions)
- Location: Hybrid, typically 1-2 days per week in Reading
- Rate: £650 per day (Inside IR35)
Rate:
£650/day
Location:
Reading
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior