Global Workday HR Transformation Lead (COE Delivery)

WPP Media Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Media Limited is seeking a senior leader to drive a global HR transformation through Workday. You will partner with senior leaders to define future-state processes, standardise people practices, and deliver scalable, measurable outcomes across Recruitment, Total Rewards, Performance, Learning, and more.

The role requires extensive experience managing large-scale Workday deployments, with a focus on delivery, change management, and stakeholder alignment in a multinational context.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large-scale HR transformation and technology programmes.
• Experience managing global implementations across multiple regions and stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated success facilitating workshops and influencing senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of People COE functions through the effective use of Workday and supporting technologies.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to define future-state processes
• Drive standardisation, simplification, and optimisation of people processes across global markets.
• Challenge existing ways of working and identify opportunities to improve employee and manager experiences.
• Facilitate strategic workshops and design sessions with executive and senior stakeholders to align on vision, scope, priorities, and outcomes
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of Workday modules including: Workday Recruiting, Learning, Performance Management, Compensation and Total Rewards, Talent and Succession (desirable)
• Oversee solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, change management, and hypercare activities.
• Collaborate with implementation partners and internal delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes.
• Manage complex transformation initiatives from inception through delivery.
• Develop project plans, delivery roadmaps, governance structures, budgets, and resource plans.
• Track milestones, risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring timely escalation.
• Provide regular status reporting to programme sponsors and executive stakeholders.
• Drive delivery accountability across multiple workstreams and vendors.
• Build strong relationships with senior HR, People Technology, Finance, and business leaders.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven recommendations.
• Facilitate steering committees, design workshops, leadership reviews, and programme governance forums.
• Manage conflicting priorities and drive alignment across global stakeholder groups.
• Ensure organisational readiness for new processes and technology solutions.
• Partner with Change Management and Communications teams to support adoption and engagement activities.
• Develop transition plans and support business teams through change.
• Measure and report on adoption, utilisation, and business outcomes.

Skills

Workday

HR transformation

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Global implementations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Workday certification or extensive implementation experience

Job description

WPP Media Limited is seeking a senior leader to drive a global HR transformation through Workday. You will partner with senior leaders to define future-state processes, standardise people practices, and deliver scalable, measurable outcomes across Recruitment, Total Rewards, Performance, Learning, and more.

The role requires extensive experience managing large-scale Workday deployments, with a focus on delivery, change management, and stakeholder alignment in a multinational context.