Product Manager

Wellcome Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation, seeks a Product Manager (People Systems) to lead the development and maintenance of HR systems, notably Workday, and to drive the People Systems strategy. You will manage the system roadmap, oversee configurations, and ensure secure data and effective upgrades across modules including HCM, Compensation, Absence, Recruitment, and UK Payroll.

You will work with People teams and external providers to optimise functionality and user experience

Qualifications

• Experience developing and owning a People Systems strategy.
• Extensive Workday experience including modules, configuration, security and reporting.
• Proven ability to deliver projects to tight deadlines.
• Ability to lead and develop people (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the People Systems strategy to underpin the People Strategy.
• Manage the People Systems roadmap, allocate resources and oversee changes.
• Lead configurations across Workday modules: HCM, Compensation, Absence, Recruitment, Learning, UK Payroll, Performance and Talent.
• Oversee day-to-day management of People Systems, resolve issues and maintain data security controls.
• Collaborate with product owners to maximise functionality and user experience.
• Manage relationships with system providers for performance and service.
• Lead the People Systems team and support staff development.

Skills

People systems strategy

Stakeholder management

Communication

Product ownership

Tools

Workday

Job description

Salary: £65,200- £84,700.00. Closing date: Thursday 5 November 2026. Contract type: Permanent. Interview dates: 1st stage; w/c 23 November 2026, 2nd stage w/c 30 November 2026, 3rd Stage.

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health. These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won't be solved by science alone.

What will I be doing?

As Product Manager (People Systems), you will be responsible for developing and maintaining our HR systems, including Workday, to support effective processes and enhance the employee experience. In this role, you will:

• Develop and implement the People Systems strategy, ensuring that our systems underpin the delivery of our People Strategy


• Manage the People Systems roadmap and prioritisation process, ensuring that enhancements meet business and end‑user needs; allocate resources; and oversee the implementation and embedding of change


• Lead the discovery, design and build of configurations across all Workday modules-including HCM, Compensation, Absence, Recruitment, Learning, Help, UK Payroll, Performance and Talent-and other supporting People Systems


• Lead the day‑to‑day management of all People Systems, including resolving complex issues, maintaining robust data and security controls, and managing upgrades and audit processes


• Work with product owners across the People team to ensure that systems meet business needs, maximise functionality and enhance the user experience, while supporting product owners through system upgrades


• Manage relationships with our system and application management service providers, ensuring that systems and services perform as expected


• Lead the People Systems team, supporting team members' development and helping to make the Wellcome People team the best place to work

The minimum requirements of the role are:

• Experience of developing and owning a People Systems strategy


• Extensive Workday experience, including product ownership of the full solution and in‑depth knowledge of its modules, complex configuration, security, integrations and reporting


• Experience of delivering high‑quality projects or workstreams to tight deadlines


• Experience of leading and developing people (preferred)


• Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills

Our Hybrid Way of Working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long‑term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at [e-mail].