Senior Manager, Talent Technology (Workday)

What if your skills mattered more than your job title?, In this role, you’ll lead talent technology projects for enterprise organisations, helping them design, implement, and optimise recruitment technology that supports modern hiring strategies. You’ll oversee project delivery end-to-end while guiding Consultants and Specialists within the project team., * Lead enterprise HR transformation programs as the program owner, including accountability for Workday Recruiting and/or Onboarding go-lives.

• Oversee multiple concurrent workstreams with shared dependencies, ensuring alignment of milestones, deliverables, and outcomes.
• Establish and manage program governance structures, including RAID logs, dependency mapping, milestone tracking, and executive reporting.
• Chair executive steering committees and program review boards, ensuring clear communication, escalation management, and timely decision-making.
• Manage third-party implementation partners, holding vendors accountable for scope, quality, timeline, and budget without direct system configuration responsibility.
• Provide strategic oversight across Workday Recruiting, Onboarding, and Skills modules, engaging confidently with technical teams and delivery partners.
• Partner closely with Change Management, Communications, and Training teams to ensure successful adoption across all program workstreams.
• Identify, manage, and resolve program risks and issues, including recovery of at-risk or underperforming implementations.
• Ensure disciplined delivery across hybrid waterfall and agile environments, including fixed-fee commercial constructs.
• Oversee integration and alignment of adjacent HR technology platforms (e.g., ATS, CRM, and early careers tools such as SmartRecruiters, Avature, Phenom, Yello, or Paradox).
• Produce high-quality executive updates and lead complex stakeholder conversations with clarity and confidence.
• Support delivery within regulated industries such as financial services, investment banking, or wealth management.
• Where applicable, incorporate campus recruiting and early careers workstreams into broader program strategy and execution.

Do you have experience in Workday?, At AMS, pioneering thinking is part of who we are. We’re not afraid to challenge convention, explore new ideas, or lead the way - and we’re looking for a Senior Manager, Talent Technology with strong skills in Workday recruiting and onboarding module, who’s excited to do the same., Must Haves:

• Experience across both client-side and consulting/partner-side Workday implementations, demonstrating a strong understanding of end-to-end delivery dynamics.
• Hands-on experience leading or supporting Workday Recruiting module implementations within large enterprise environments.
• Background in financial services, investment banking, wealth management, or other highly regulated industries.
• Proven experience in recovering, stabilizing, or turning around at-risk enterprise implementation programs.
• Familiarity with modern ATS/CRM and early careers technology platforms, such as SmartRecruiters, Avature, Phenom, Yello, or Paradox.
• Exposure to campus recruiting or early careers program delivery, including seasonal hiring and high-volume recruitment cycles.

Nice to Have

• Workday Pro certification or partner-side accreditation.

Pulled from the full job description

• Paid parental leave
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid holidays, * Growth and development focused on your strengths
• A team that values being Passionate, Bold, and Authentic
• Supportive communities such as our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Volunteer day - you get one additional paid day off each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you
• We are committed to pay transparency and fairness. For this role, the initial expected remuneration is NYC- 158,000- 208,000/ Non NYC locations in US - 137,000 - 180, 900 plus applicable benefits.

This range is specific to the advertised locations and may not be applicable to other locations.

Medical/Rx, Dental, Vision, Spending Accounts, Life, Disability, Voluntary Benefits, 401(k), Paid Holidays/Vacation/Sick Time, Paid Parental Leave, Performance Bonus

Global, inclusive and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent connects across cultures and backgrounds to shape the future of work.

We work with leading organisations to design and deliver talent strategies that bring together people, process, data and technology, helping millions of people find meaningful work every year. Our diverse, connected community collaborates to create results for clients and opportunities for our people to learn, grow and make an impact.

At AMS, we look for people who bring more than experience, and we welcome different perspectives and ways of thinking., At AMS, we come from every walk of life - and that’s what makes us unique. Our culture is open, inclusive and built on trust. We empower our people with the flexibility and autonomy to work in ways that bring out their best. We offer career opportunities in every direction you want to explore.