Global Workday HRIS Lead | Strategy, Delivery & Governance

Saxo Bank; Denmark; On-site; DKK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Copenhagen-based Saxo Bank invites an experienced HRIS leader to steer our Workday platform as Head of HRIS, partnering with People & Culture, Technology and external partners to ensure delivery and continuous improvement.

You will initially work alongside the current holder and, by spring 2027, assume full ownership of the HRIS function, driving governance, roadmaps and stakeholder alignment across 12 countries.

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.
• 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

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Requirements translation

English proficiency

Tools

Workday

Job description

Copenhagen-based Saxo Bank invites an experienced HRIS leader to steer our Workday platform as Head of HRIS, partnering with People & Culture, Technology and external partners to ensure delivery and continuous improvement.

You will initially work alongside the current holder and, by spring 2027, assume full ownership of the HRIS function, driving governance, roadmaps and stakeholder alignment across 12 countries.