Workday Programme manager

Programme Director / Programme Manager (Workday Integration & Global Rollout)

Contract: Inside IR35 after 6 months option to Go Perm

Location: London. 2 days on site every 2 weeks

Key Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale Workday global rollout programmes, including multi-country deployments.
• Oversee Workday integrations with multiple enterprise platforms (HR, Finance, Payroll, and third-party systems).
• Define and govern programme structure, roadmap, milestones, and delivery governance.
• Provide hands-on programme leadership while supporting and guiding project managers in delivery execution.
• Manage senior stakeholder engagement across business, IT, and external partners.
• Ensure alignment between Workday architecture, integration strategy, and enterprise systems landscape.
• Oversee risk, issue, dependency, and change management across multiple workstreams.
• Drive integration delivery across Workday APIs, middleware, and enterprise integration tools.
• Ensure programme delivery meets scope, timeline, budget, and quality expectations.
• Support cutover planning, deployment strategy, and global rollout coordination.
• Provide executive reporting and programme status updates to senior leadership.

Required Experience

• Proven experience as a Programme Director / Programme Manager in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Workday implementations and global rollouts.
• Demonstrated experience delivering Workday integrations into multiple enterprise platforms.
• Experience working in complex, multi-country or global transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills at senior and executive level.
• Ability to operate in both strategic and hands-on delivery capacity.
• Strong understanding of HRIS/ERP ecosystems and integration architectures.

Technical Stack

Workday HCM, Workday Financials (awareness), Workday Payroll, Workday Integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, Studio), Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST), Workday Security, Business Process Framework, Middleware (MuleSoft / Boomi / Azure Integration Services – awareness), API management, Data migration tools, Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet, Excel (advanced), enterprise integration patterns, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure – awareness).