HR Technology Portfolio Director

Workday Portfolio Owner

London Hybrid Role

Up to £120k + £20k Bonus, 15% Pension, 30 Days Holiday, Full Family Health Care +

Own and mature the HR Technology capability for the CHRO portfolio. Set a clear CHRO Technology strategy and execute a Workday-first roadmap that consolidates duplicative tools, tighten integrations, and delivers measurable outcomes, lead the operating model, portfolio governance, and vendor/commercials while partnering with HR, Finance, IT, etc.

Familiarity with Workday configuration, reporting, and integration tools (e.g., Workday Studio, EIB, Cloud Connect, WorkDay Rising).

This role will suit a strategic orchestrator who can

• Paint a compelling picture of "what good looks like" and sell it to senior stakeholders.
• Operate comfortably above product config - you must understand Workday's capability, but your value is in blueprint, sequencing and business change.
• Influence and guide the business (push-back, ambiguity and the need to negotiate.)
• Bring curiosity on AI and data ethics, with practical ideas on how work and employee experience will evolve.
• Demonstrate track record of turning around or maturing HR/Finance tech portfolios in complex, global, regulated environments.
• Aligning Workday Processes to harmonise as closely as possible into one global way of working and advising on improvements

ROLE PROFILE

• Orchestrate a global Workday product roadmap with complex stakeholder management
• Audit current HR tech stack, data lineage, support model and team capabilities.
• Build the transformation roadmap (Co-create with HR)
• Secure executive sign-off and funding.
• Develop the operating model
• Contract & licence re-negotiation to shave opex
• Championing AI and automation into HR business strategy
• Establish "single source of truth" for people data; deliver self-service dashboards
• Motivate, upskill and re-shape a 25-person blended team; embed product-thinking, agile delivery and AI experimentation.