Global HRIS Lead – Workday & Platform Optimisation

Saxo Group; Denmark; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Saxo Bank in Copenhagen is seeking a Head of HRIS to own the Workday operations and lead a small, global HRIS team, while working closely with People & Culture, Technology and external partners.

You will guide priorities, problem solving and delivery, and build knowledge of platform processes and stakeholders with a view to taking full ownership when the retiring role holder steps down in 2027.

Qualifications

• Direct experience working with Workday for several years.
• Experience leading a team, workstream or significant area of delivery.
• Strong stakeholder and project management skills.
• The ability to translate business requirements into clear functional or technical requirements.
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Responsibilities

• Lead a small HRIS team in Copenhagen and India covering Workday operations, support, configuration, development and project delivery, while contributing hands-on where needed.
• Own the Workday roadmap and day-to-day service, including priorities, releases, production stability, support arrangements, documentation and continuous improvement.
• Translate business needs into clear process and technical requirements, challenge requests constructively and coordinate delivery with internal specialists and external partners.
• Maintain sound governance of Workday processes, security, access, testing, changes, data quality, integrations and relevant controls.
• Build strong working relationships across People & Culture, Payroll, Technology, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal and local teams, and manage key Workday and HR technology vendors.
• Support the wider HR technology landscape by coordinating dependencies between Workday and payroll, identity management, reporting and other connected systems.

Skills

Workday experience

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Requirements translation

English fluency

Job description

Saxo Bank in Copenhagen is seeking a Head of HRIS to own the Workday operations and lead a small, global HRIS team, while working closely with People & Culture, Technology and external partners.

You will guide priorities, problem solving and delivery, and build knowledge of platform processes and stakeholders with a view to taking full ownership when the retiring role holder steps down in 2027.