Workday HCM Lead

Salary: £60,000 - 66,000 per year

Requirements

: Extensive hands-on Workday HCM configuration experience.Strong knowledge of end-to-end HR processes and operating models.Experience leading implementations, optimisations, or enterprise-scale support functions.A track record of mentoring teams and providing technical oversight.Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at senior level.Experience working within Agile, SAFe, or hybrid delivery environments. Responsibilities: Take ownership of the design, configuration, and ongoing evolution of our Workday HCM platform.Lead workshops with business stakeholders, architects, and delivery partners to understand complex

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into scalable, best-practice solutions across Core HCM, Organisations, Staffing Models, Job Architecture, and Business Processes.Act as the senior point of escalation for configuration and support issues.Oversee enhancements and releases.Champion continuous improvement and ensure the platform remains robust, compliant, and fit for the future.Mentor colleagues within our team.Provide technical assurance across Workday developments.Help shape the long-term strategy for one of our most critical enterprise systems. Technologies: CloudSupportDevOps More: We are supporting a major public sector greenfield transformation programme to build and deliver a modern cloud-based HR platform for thousands of users across the UK public sector. This is a hybrid role with an organisation investing heavily in digital transformation and cloud technology, giving you genuine influence over the future direction of the Workday platform.

We offer a salary of up to £66,000 and

Benefits

including a 26% employer pension contribution. The role is ideally hybrid in Swindon, Stockton, or Newport with one day onsite, although we may consider fully remote UK-based candidates. last updated 31 week of 2026