Lead, Workday Platform: Architecture & Security

First Rail; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 10%

Travel offers

Discounts & cashback

Share schemes

Employee assistance

Job summary

First Rail seeks a senior leader to steer the Workday platform across our UK rail IT landscape. You will drive the roadmap, ensure governance and security, and own integrations and release planning in collaboration with HR and IT teams.

The role requires coordinating with external AMS partners and internal teams to deliver reliable, scalable Workday services. London or Leeds-based with hybrid work arrangements, you will champion automation, monitoring, and resilient IT practices while

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Workday platform management or enterprise systems leadership.
• Deep understanding of Workday architecture, module configuration, and integration technologies (e.g., REST/SOAP APIs, middleware).
• Knowledge of IT security principles, data encryption, and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, ISO27001).
• Strong experience in IT service management (ITIL), change control, and release management.
• Ability to design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.
• Work collaboratively with internal IT Infrastructure Team and AMS partner.
• Excellent planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Workday platform roadmap in alignment with IT and business strategies.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, security, and data privacy policies.
• Own platform architecture, integrations, tenant strategy and release planning with a strong focus on IT best practices.
• Oversee API management, middleware solutions, and integration with enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, identity management).
• Manage vendor relationships and AMS support for escalations and optimisations.
• Implement robust monitoring, incident management, and disaster recovery plans.
• Partner with HR and IT teams to ensure seamless service delivery and technical support. Work with Workday team, dotted line report into Workday Product Owner.
• Drive automation and process improvements leveraging IT tools and frameworks.

Skills

Workday platform management

Enterprise systems leadership

Workday integration

API technologies (REST/SOAP)

IT security principles

ITIL release management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Tools

Workday Studio

Workday Report Writer

Workday EIB

FreshService

PowerShell

Job description

First Rail seeks a senior leader to steer the Workday platform across our UK rail IT landscape. You will drive the roadmap, ensure governance and security, and own integrations and release planning in collaboration with HR and IT teams.

The role requires coordinating with external AMS partners and internal teams to deliver reliable, scalable Workday services. London or Leeds-based with hybrid work arrangements, you will champion automation, monitoring, and resilient IT practices while