Workday Programme Manager (HR & Finance) Location: London (Hybrid)
Rate: Negotiable
Contract Length: Initial 12 Months
Start Date: 12/10/2026
The Opportunity We are supporting a leading organisation embarking on a large-scale Workday transformation programme and are looking for an experienced Workday Programme Manager to lead the successful delivery of a complex Workday HR and Financials implementation.
This is a high-profile programme with significant executive visibility, offering the opportunity to drive business transformation across both HR and Finance functions while managing multiple workstreams, stakeholders, system integrators, and third-party partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of a Workday HR and Financials implementation programme.
- Oversee programme governance, planning, budgeting, risk management, and reporting.
- Manage internal stakeholders across HR, Finance, IT, and senior leadership teams.
- Coordinate activities between implementation partners, vendors, and internal project resources.
- Ensure key programme milestones, dependencies, and deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.
- Drive effective change management, user adoption, and business readiness activities.
- Provide regular updates to steering committees and executive stakeholders.
- Manage programme risks, issues, and escalations to successful resolution.
Required Experience
- Proven experience delivering large-scale Workday implementations as a Programme Manager.
- Strong understanding of both Workday HR and Workday Financials programmes.
- Experience managing complex enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Expertise in stakeholder management at C-suite and executive level.
- Demonstrated success managing system integrators and third-party partners.
- Strong knowledge of programme governance, budgeting, resource management, and delivery methodologies.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and influencing skills.
If you have a strong track record of delivering enterprise-scale Workday HCM and Financials programmes and are looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
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