Global HR Technology Strategist

3 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom hireful Full time
Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Global HR Technology Strategist to join our team at hireful. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to drive the strategic direction of our global HR technology landscape.

About the Role

As Global HR Technology Strategist, you will serve as the Product Owner for Workday, leading the development and execution of our long-term HR technology strategy. You will be responsible for aligning Workday's functionalities with our company's strategic business goals, ensuring that it effectively supports workforce planning, talent management, payroll, employee engagement, and compliance across all regions.

Main Responsibilities

* Lead the design, configuration, and deployment of Workday modules across all company locations, ensuring standardisation while allowing for regional customisation where necessary.* Continuously monitor and optimise Workday performance to ensure it meets business requirements, driving efficiencies and ensuring a seamless user experience.* Partner with functional leads and external consultants to ensure effective Workday integration with other business systems.* Collaborate closely with the HR leadership team to ensure Workday capabilities are fully aligned with HR operational needs and strategic goals.* Act as the central point of contact for regional HR teams, providing leadership and oversight for local implementations, updates, and troubleshooting.* Engage with external Workday partners and vendors, including implementation, advisory, and AMS (Application Management Services) partners, to ensure that the system is properly supported, maintained, and optimised.* Drive the change management strategy for Workday enhancements and upgrades, ensuring smooth transitions for all users.* Develop and deliver training programs for HR teams and business users to ensure they are equipped to fully utilise Workday functionalities.* Lead the delivery of major Workday initiatives, including module implementations, system upgrades, and process automation projects.* Oversee the entire project lifecycle, including planning, resourcing, risk management, and post-implementation support, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

* 10+ years of experience in HRIS/People Systems leadership roles, with significant experience working as a Workday Product Owner or similar senior role.* Proven experience leading multi-country Workday implementations, including experience across multiple modules (e.g., HCM, Payroll, Talent, Absence, Prism).* Hands-on technical or functional knowledge of Workday is essential, with the ability to bridge the gap between strategic and operational needs.* Strong leadership and strategic skills, with the ability to develop and execute a strategic vision for global HR technology.* Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate with senior executives, HR teams, IT, and external partners.* Strong project management skills, with a proven ability to deliver large-scale HRIS initiatives on time and within budget.* Experience driving change management programs, ensuring seamless transitions for system users.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary of £85,000 - £110,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus a range of benefits, including:

* Competitive holiday allowance with the annual option to buy additional days
* Death in Service benefit of x4 salary
* Company pension scheme
* Very generous maternity and paternity leave packages
* Flexible benefits package which allows you to add additional benefits to your overall package
* Referral schemes
* Discounted rates on PIB products
* First-class employee benefits and welfare package to support employees with financial management, cycle to work scheme, counselling support, health screening, will writing, menopause support, books, stopping smoking and much more
* Volunteering Day
* Discounts at hairdressers and beauticians, climate change projects and lots of other options to choose from
* Comprehensive learning & development framework, including professional study options and apprenticeships which are available to all employees, and which will support your career development
* Being part of our PIB Community Trust, we support fundraising where you can apply for grants from PIB Group towards your chosen charity

Company Overview

At hireful, we are committed to improving our environmental impact in a responsible way. From the individual actions that our colleagues take every day through to installing the right facilities across our premises, there are many measures in place to help reduce our carbon footprint.

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