Senior Data Lead for Workday Transformation

Correlate Resources Pty; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Correlate Resources Pty is seeking a senior Data Lead for a major Workday transformation in Sydney. You will own end-to-end data strategy and the technical data stream, balancing strategic direction with hands-on delivery across architecture, migration, and integrations.

You will guide governance, standards, and data quality while partnering with stakeholders, engineers and implementation partners to deliver scalable data solutions for the Workday program.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex enterprise data transformation or migration programs.
• Strong experience across data architecture, modelling, ETL, integration and data governance.
• Experience leading a technical data stream within a large enterprise implementation.
• Strong hands-on Workday experience, ideally across HCM, Payroll, Finance, Prism or related environments.
• A strong understanding of modern data platforms and the wider data technology landscape.
• The ability to remain technically close to delivery and confidently engage with engineers, architects and implementation partners.
• Strong experience across data mapping, migration, reconciliation, validation and troubleshooting.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skillsExperience translating complex business requirements into clear technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Defining the overall data strategy and architecture for the Workday transformation.
• Leading the technical data workstream across architecture, modelling, migration, integration and governance.
• Designing logical and physical data models across Workday and connected enterprise systems.
• Leading legacy data migration, including mapping, transformation, reconciliation and validation.
• Guiding ETL and data integration approaches between legacy systems, Workday and downstream platforms.
• Establishing data standards, governance frameworks, quality rules and stewardship processes.
• Working closely with integration and engineering teams to design scalable and secure data flows.
• Supporting reporting, analytics and broader enterprise data requirements.
• Remaining hands-on across complex data mapping, validation, troubleshooting and quality issues.
• Working with senior stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Workday experience

Data architecture

Data modelling

ETL

Data governance

Job description

Correlate Resources Pty is seeking a senior Data Lead for a major Workday transformation in Sydney. You will own end-to-end data strategy and the technical data stream, balancing strategic direction with hands-on delivery across architecture, migration, and integrations.

You will guide governance, standards, and data quality while partnering with stakeholders, engineers and implementation partners to deliver scalable data solutions for the Workday program.