Workday Implementation Lead / Programme Technology Lead

• Lead end-to-end technology delivery of the News UK Workday implementation from design and build through testing, cutover, go-live and transition to business-as-usual
• Provide overall direction across functional, architecture, integration and data workstreams
• Own the technical integrity and overall solution architecture of the Workday implementation
• Translate programme and business objectives into a Workday technology strategy and delivery roadmap
• Provide senior leadership with visibility of technology progress, risks, dependencies and key decisions
• Oversee Workday functional design and configuration
• Govern architecture, design standards, solution decisions and exceptions to global standards
• Lead integration design, build, testing and deployment across Workday and dependent systems
• Oversee end-to-end data migration, including extraction, transformation, cleansing, mapping, validation and loading
• Ensure technology readiness for design completion, SIT, UAT, production deployment and go-live
• Lead technology cutover planning and coordinate cross-workstream dependencies
• Establish hypercare and transition-to-support arrangements
• Govern technology risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, controls, documentation and auditability
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of Workday functional consultants, architects, integration specialists, data specialists and other technology resources
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders across News UK, News Corp Global Technology, HR, Finance, Payroll and other functions
• Act as the primary technology escalation point and coach workstream leads

Requirements

• Significant experience leading large-scale Workday implementations or transformation programmes
• Deep understanding of Workday HCM and enterprise HR technology
• Strong understanding of Workday architecture, integrations, security and data migration
• Demonstrable experience leading multidisciplinary technology teams across complex global organisations
• Experience integrating new businesses, regions or operating companies into an established global Workday tenant
• Strong understanding of global template versus local requirement decision-making
• Experience working with systems integrators and offshore/onshore delivery teams
• Strong programme governance, risk management and delivery experience
• Ability to operate credibly with highly technical teams and senior business executives
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and decision-making skills
• Ability to simplify complex technical issues and communicate their business impact to executive audiences

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading large-scale Workday implementations, focusing on architecture, integration, and data migration while ensuring effective stakeholder management and governance. Capable of translating business objectives into a comprehensive Workday technology strategy and delivery roadmap.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Workday Implementation Leadership
• Workday HCM Expertise
• Integration Design and Deployment
• Programme Governance and Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management and Communication

Hard Skills

• Workday Architecture
• Data Migration
• Integration Design
• Functional Design and Configuration
• Technical Solution Architecture
• Programme Delivery
• Transformation Programme Management
• Global Template Decision-Making
• Testing and Cutover Planning
• Auditability and Documentation

Soft Skills

• Stakeholder Management
• Influencing Skills
• Decision-Making
• Coaching and Leadership
• Simplifying Complex Issues

Industry Keywords

• Enterprise HR Technology
• Multidisciplinary Team Leadership
• Global Organisations
• Systems Integrators
• Offshore/Onshore Delivery Teams