Global Workday HR Lead — Process & Adoption

Smiths Group; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Smiths Detection in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Workday HR Functional Lead to ensure our HR technologies support our global people strategy and business objectives.

You will lead Workday workstreams, collaborate with IT and external partners, govern configuration and data, and drive adoption, governance and continuous improvement across the employee lifecycle.

Join a global security technology leader and shape HR technology strategy with senior stakeholders across HR and IT.

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise across Workday HCM and core modules (Recruiting, Talent, Compensation, Benefits, Absence).
• Strong integrations, reporting and analytics capabilities in HR systems.
• Proven Agile product management, stakeholder and vendor management experience.
• Autonomy to prioritise product development while aligning with HR and IT leadership.

Responsibilities

• Act as global HR Workday functional lead and govern system enhancements.
• Define the HR systems roadmap aligned with Global Process Owner and IT.
• Partner with IT and external vendors to drive Workday adoption and delivery.
• Lead change management, training and adoption activities.
• Develop the HR functional Workday team and ensure holistic configuration across modules.
• Ensure data governance, compliance and audit readiness across HR platforms.

Skills

Workday HCM

Recruiting

Talent management

Compensation

Benefits administration

Absence management

Agile product management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Smiths Detection in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Workday HR Functional Lead to ensure our HR technologies support our global people strategy and business objectives.

You will lead Workday workstreams, collaborate with IT and external partners, govern configuration and data, and drive adoption, governance and continuous improvement across the employee lifecycle.

Join a global security technology leader and shape HR technology strategy with senior stakeholders across HR and IT.