Senior Workday Change Lead — Hybrid Transformation & Adoption

JSS; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

JSS is seeking an experienced Interim Workday Change Lead in North London (Hybrid) to drive end-to-end change management for a major Workday transformation. You will partner with HR, programme management and senior stakeholders to ensure adoption across HR, Payroll and finance.

The role requires proven Workday change leadership, strong stakeholder engagement, and excellent communication skills. 12-18 month contract with competitive day rate outside IR35.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading change for Workday implementations in large, complex organisations.
• Deep knowledge of organisational change management methodologies.
• Strong track record delivering change across HR, Payroll, Talent, Workforce Management, or Finance.
• Experience driving user adoption and business readiness for enterprise systems.
• Experience conducting stakeholder analysis, impact assessments and readiness evaluations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills; able to influence executives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the end-to-end change management strategy for a major Workday implementation.
• Lead stakeholder mapping, impact assessments, and organisational readiness activities.
• Design and deliver communications, engagement and adoption plans across multiple functions.
• Conduct change impact assessments and translate findings into interventions.
• Partner with HR, Programme Management, Workday teams and senior stakeholders.
• Establish change networks and champion communities to support adoption.
• Develop and oversee training strategies and user enablement activities.
• Track adoption metrics and report to governance forums.
• Provide coaching to leaders and managers through change periods.
• Identify and mitigate people-related risks impacting delivery.

Skills

Workday

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Communications

Training

Executive Influence

Tools

Prosci

ADKAR

Job description

JSS is seeking an experienced Interim Workday Change Lead in North London (Hybrid) to drive end-to-end change management for a major Workday transformation. You will partner with HR, programme management and senior stakeholders to ensure adoption across HR, Payroll and finance.

The role requires proven Workday change leadership, strong stakeholder engagement, and excellent communication skills. 12-18 month contract with competitive day rate outside IR35.