Implementation Manager - Workday - HR Systems - Banking

Rothstein Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rothstein Recruitment in Greater London is seeking a reliable, technically minded Implementation Manager to lead a Workday/HR systems transformation within a bank's technology programme. You will bring structure, control and pace to the complex platform rollout, with strong experience in technical implementations, cutover planning and go-live readiness.

Responsibilities include owning implementation planning, managing cutover plans and runbooks, coordinating data migration and go-live readiness,

Qualifications

• Experience leading Workday/HR system transformations.
• Strong track record in cutover planning and go-live management.
• Data migration, UAT, dress rehearsals and production readiness experience.
• Ability to manage risks, dependencies and blockers in a structured governance environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management across business, technology, vendors and support teams.

Responsibilities

• Own implementation planning for a Workday/HR systems transformation.
• Create and manage detailed cutover plans, runbooks and implementation schedules.
• Coordinate data migration activity, validation, dress rehearsals and go-live readiness.
• Work closely with technology teams, business stakeholders, vendors and service teams.
• Manage risks, dependencies, issues and blockers across delivery workstreams.
• Support release management, environment readiness and change governance.
• Coordinate business readiness, communications, adoption activity and stakeholder updates.
• Ensure service desk/BAU teams are ready to support the platform post go-live.
• Manage hypercare activity following implementation.
• Drive clear reporting, escalation and delivery governance throughout the programme.

Skills

Workday implementation

Cutover planning

Data migration

Stakeholder management

Go-live management

Governance & reporting

Structured delivery

Tools

Workday

Job description

A leading UK bank is delivering a Workday implementation as part of a wider technology transformation programme. This role will suit a reliable, technically-minded Implementation Manager who can bring structure, control and pace to a complex platform rollout.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience managing technical implementations, cutover planning, data migration, go-live readiness, hypercare and handover into BAU.

Responsibilities

• Own implementation planning for a Workday/HR systems transformation
• Create and manage detailed cutover plans, runbooks and implementation schedules
• Coordinate data migration activity, validation, dress rehearsals and go-live readiness
• Work closely with technology teams, business stakeholders, vendors and service teams
• Manage risks, dependencies, issues and blockers across delivery workstreams
• Support release management, environment readiness and change governance
• Coordinate business readiness, communications, adoption activity and stakeholder updates
• Ensure service desk/BAU teams are ready to support the platform post go-live
• Manage hypercare activity following implementation
• Drive clear reporting, escalation and delivery governance throughout the programme

Qualifications

• Strong Implementation Manager, Cutover Manager, Release Manager or Technical Project Manager background
• Workday experience
• Experience delivering complex business or technology platform implementations
• Strong cutover planning, implementation planning and go-live management experience
• Experience with data migration, UAT, dress rehearsals and production readiness
• Good understanding of handover to BAU, service transition, service desk readiness and hypercare
• Strong stakeholder management across business, technology, vendors and support teams
• Comfortable working in structured governance environments
• Clear communication skills and the ability to bring order to complex delivery
• Financial services experience would be beneficial, but is not essential

Workday, HRIS, HR Systems, SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, ServiceNow, M365, D365, Salesforce, ERP, SaaS platforms, data migration, cutover, implementation planning, release management, go-live readiness, hypercare, service transition, BAU handover, business readiness, adoption, communications, vendor management.