Sr Mgr, Workday Platform Engineering in London

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors - Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together - help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

Introduction to the Team

The People Product & Tech Team supports Expedia Group’s people strategy by creating experiences, programs, and tools that help our employees grow, contribute, and succeed. Within this organization, the Workday Platform Engineering team enables scalable, secure, and reliable technology solutions across the employee lifecycle and enterprise operations. We partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, Product, and Technology leaders to improve platform adoption, deliver meaningful business outcomes, and continuously evolve the Workday ecosystem.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, develop, and grow a team of 10 - 12 Workday engineers, integration developers, and platform specialists.
• Own the delivery and operation of Workday capabilities, including HCM, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, Compensation, Payroll, Security, Reporting, Prism, Extend, and Integrations.
• Define and execute the Workday platform roadmap with business and technology stakeholders.
• Promote platform reliability, security, performance, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Lead large-scale implementations, enhancements, releases, and transformation initiatives.
• Establish engineering standards, integration patterns, governance, and best practices.
• Oversee team capacity, workforce planning, performance development, and career growth.
• Partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into technology solutions and measurable outcomes.
• Champion automation, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Workday ecosystem.
• Identify and implement opportunities to use AI to provide a better user experience or efficiencies back to our teams.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on Workday capabilities, architecture, and industry trends.

Experience and Qualifications:

Required

• 8+ years of experience in Workday, HR technology, enterprise applications, or platform engineering.
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams.
• Deep expertise in Workday architecture, configuration, integrations, security, reporting, and platform operations.
• Proven experience leading Workday implementations, transformation programs, or optimization initiatives.
• Proficient stakeholder management, communication, and strategic planning skills.
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in Agile environments.

Preferred

• Workday certifications in HCM, Integrations, Security, Payroll, Prism, Extend, or related modules.
• Experience integrating Workday with enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow, Salesforce, or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams.
• Experience aligning technology investments with enterprise workforce and business strategies.

The ideal candidate is a strategic Workday technology leader who combines deep platform expertise with inclusive people leadership, influences senior stakeholders effectively, and builds strong teams while delivering business-critical HR and Finance technology outcomes.

Benefits and perks

Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership.

Accommodation requests

Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request.

Equal Opportunity

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.