Workday Programme Manager
Posted 3 days ago by Enablis
Negotiable
Outside
Undetermined
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Workday Programme Manager will lead a complex Workday deployment across multiple international business units for a leading global organization. This high-profile role focuses on global standardization and stakeholder alignment, managing the program from mobilization to implementation. The position requires extensive experience in delivering Workday implementations and will involve engagement with various stakeholders across different regions. The role is based in Leeds or London, with occasional on-site workshops.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead global planning, mobilisation, and delivery of the Workday implementation
- Manage key programme phases including business case development, design workshops, and deployment
- Engage stakeholders across multiple business units, geographies, and time zones
- Oversee compliance, localisation, and delivery strategy, especially in the United States
- Ensure programme alignment across a federated operating model while managing scope and customisation pressures
- Contribute to the resourcing model and ongoing programme governance
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering complex, global Workday implementations - this is essential
- Strong knowledge of HCM, HRIS, and transformation programmes in federated organisations
- Direct experience with US-specific employment legislation and state-by-state compliance
- Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills at C-level
- Confident in challenging requests that impact standardisation or scope
- Experience working across multi-region teams in large-scale enterprise environments
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Workday Programme Manager
Location: Leeds / London (occasional on-site workshops)
Rate: Competitive day rate (Outside IR35)
Length: 6 months (strong potential for extension)
A leading global organisation is undertaking a complex Workday deployment across multiple international business units. This is a high-profile programme requiring a seasoned Workday Programme Manager to lead delivery from mobilisation through to implementation, with a strong focus on global standardisation and stakeholder alignment. The programme spans several regions including the UK, Europe, North America, LATAM, and APAC. Early discovery and design phases are underway, with roll-outs scheduled through to 2026. This role offers the opportunity to lead on one of the most significant Workday transformation programmes currently in motion.
Workday Programme Manager Responsibilities:
- Lead global planning, mobilisation, and delivery of the Workday implementation
- Manage key programme phases including business case development, design workshops, and deployment
- Engage stakeholders across multiple business units, geographies, and time zones
- Oversee compliance, localisation, and delivery strategy, especially in the United States
- Ensure programme alignment across a federated operating model while managing scope and customisation pressures
- Contribute to the resourcing model and ongoing programme governance
Workday Programme Manager Requirements:
- Proven experience delivering complex, global Workday implementations - this is essential
- Strong knowledge of HCM, HRIS, and transformation programmes in federated organisations
- Direct experience with US-specific employment legislation and state-by-state compliance
- Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills at C-level
- Confident in challenging requests that impact standardisation or scope
- Experience working across multi-region teams in large-scale enterprise environments
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.