Business Architect (Workday) - Lead Consultant (Hybrid) TLNT1_NI in Belfast

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. For more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs.

Your role in the team: As Strategic Business Architect Lead Consultant, you will be the bridge between business needs and HR delivery. You will translate strategic priorities into clear, scalable people processes and experiences that drive real impact. Reporting into the People Analytics and Business Architecture director, you will lead process architecture efforts, champion end-to-end redesign, and ensure HR capabilities evolve to meet the demands of a dynamic, AI-enabled, global protection provider. This is more than process improvement; it's about accelerating business transformation by aligning HR programs, policies, and experiences directly with what the business needs to thrive. We seek individuals who are compelling storytellers, collaborative problem-solvers, and execution-driven professionals. This role will drive support across Workday Core HCM and champion our India and Northern Ireland regions.

Key responsibilities:

• Influence and align senior stakeholders at all levels, productively challenging current mindsets to deliver better outcomes for the business and our people.
• Partner closely with HR Centers of Excellence and business partners to support end-to-end employee experience discovery and redesign, including strategy blueprinting, capability mapping, root cause analysis, and removal of blockers, inefficiencies, and waste.
• Develop clear 'as-is' and 'to-be' process models, create future-state roadmaps, and oversee successful implementation and adoption.
• Collaborate with HR Technology and Service Delivery teams to improve operational efficiencies through streamlining, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Support the ongoing evolution of our global HR Service Delivery model, ensuring processes and capabilities are built for future scale and agility.
• Partner with HR teams to define and track metrics that measure the effectiveness, efficiency, and employee experience of HR services.
• Serve as the key enabler balancing global operating models and localized requirements within India and Northern Ireland.

Essential Skills:

• All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
• A minimum of 3 years' HR or business-related experience working with Workday HCM solutions at scale.
• A minimum of 2 years owning or configuring Compensation, Time, or Absence modules (e.g., implementing new functionality, reducing manual effort, improving data quality, or increasing process adoption).
• A minimum of 1 year's experience coaching or mentoring team members globally.
• Demonstrated ability to apply Agile best practices while clearly communicating complex concepts evidenced by leading Agile ceremonies, refining backlogs, producing clear user stories or decision documents, and effectively presenting product strategy to senior or non-technical stakeholders to accelerate delivery and improve alignment.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience partnering with HR teams across multiple geographies (preferably India and/or Northern Ireland), addressing localisation needs, process variations, and regulatory considerations.
• Experience partnering with HR Business Partners, COEs, and People Leaders to understand strategic priorities, identify pain points, and convert conceptual HR outcomes into scalable system enhancements.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job does not have supervisory duties.

Why join us?

Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate's European Digital Centre of Excellence, a hub for innovation and engineering excellence. We're recent winners of Best Place to Work in IT (100+ employees) and Best Use of Cloud Services at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards, and we've been recognised for our community and sustainability impact with Platinum in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey. We're a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value.

We also invest in you. At Allstate NI, your career growth matters. You'll have access to our Continuous Learning Hub, designed to support skills development and professional advancement through tailored learning paths, certifications, and mentoring opportunities. Whether you're deepening technical expertise or exploring leadership roles, we provide the tools and support to help you thrive.

What do you get in return?

As well as receiving a competitive annual salary, our reward package includes:

• Corporate bonus scheme
• Pension scheme
• Annual performance-related pay reviews
• Life assurance and income protection
• Flexible working options
• Hybrid working
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Access to an employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym membership
• Two paid volunteering days each year
• Cycle to work scheme

Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose, and your growth is supported every step of the way.

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