People Systems Delivery Manager

We are working with a client to recruit a People Systems Delivery Manager to lead technical delivery across their Workday platform and to lead a team of Workday specialists. The successful candidate will own the ongoing support, governance and development of the platform, with a focus on delivery leadership and people management rather than day-to-day build.

The client is looking for someone who gets results and takes accountability, while keeping the wider mission in view. As the ideal candidate - you will be a positive, motivating presence who leads by example. You are curious and open-minded, happy to learn from others, and you build trust by working with integrity so that individuals, teams and the wider organisation can collaborate well. You are confident in your abilities but always eager to learn and adapt., * Lead technical delivery of Workday change, from requirements through to deployment

• Oversee Workday configuration and development, without carrying out the day-to-day build or solution design yourself
• Lead, coach and develop a Workday delivery team
• Own incidents, service requests and change management
• Support post-implementation checks with engineers on critical developments
• Help resolve major incidents, particularly those with a security element
• Lead Workday security, access and data governance
• Manage Workday releases, testing and tenant health
• Work closely with HR, IT and business stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement across the Workday environment

• Experience leading and managing a team, ideally with in-house experience of technical HRIS delivery leadership
• Hands-on experience with HRIS software, so you understand the key HCM concepts (Workday experience is desirable but not essential)
• Proven technical delivery experience across implementations and major change
• Experience with ITIL, Agile or Scrum
• Strong stakeholder and team leadership skills
• A strong appetite to learn, particularly in Workday security governance and tenant health

What the client offers

• Senior Workday management opportunity
• Senior technical and functional responsibility
• Opportunity to shape and optimise a Workday environment

If you are an experienced people systems leader and are open to a new opportunity, please get in touch.