Global HRIS Leader, Workday & Strategy

Saxo Bank A/S; Gentofte Kommune; On-site; DKK 1,000,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Saxo Bank A/S in Copenhagen HQ is seeking a Head of HRIS to own the Workday platform and lead a small team across regions. You will manage day-to-day operations, partner with People & Culture and Technology, and drive continuous improvements while aligning with business priorities.

The role requires direct Workday experience, strong leadership and stakeholder management, and a pragmatic delivery mindset. You will collaborate with global partners and vendors to ensure governance and stability

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.
• Ability to translate business requirements into clear functional or technical requirements.

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 governance of Workday processes, security, access, testing, changes, data quality, integrations and controls.
• Build strong working relationships across People & Culture, Payroll, Technology, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal and local teams, and manage vendors.
• Support the wider HR technology landscape by coordinating dependencies between Workday and payroll, identity management, reporting and other connected systems.

Skills

Workday

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

HR technology

Communication

English fluency

Tools

Workday configuration

Job description

Saxo Bank A/S in Copenhagen HQ is seeking a Head of HRIS to own the Workday platform and lead a small team across regions. You will manage day-to-day operations, partner with People & Culture and Technology, and drive continuous improvements while aligning with business priorities.

The role requires direct Workday experience, strong leadership and stakeholder management, and a pragmatic delivery mindset. You will collaborate with global partners and vendors to ensure governance and stability