Senior Workday Engagement Lead (Hybrid)

Capgemini; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Capgemini UK is seeking an experienced Workday Engagement Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of Workday engagements across the UK. You will manage scope, timeline, budget and quality while governing delivery across multi-disciplinary teams and client stakeholders.

In this role you will support pre-sales, contribute to governance, and drive delivery excellence with a modern, outcomes-focused consulting mindset. A Security Check (SC) clearance requirement will apply for successful candidates.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading Workday implementation engagements in a consultancy or professional services environment.
• Current Workday Services Partner certification as an Engagement Manager/Project Manager.
• Strong understanding of Workday delivery lifecycles, deployment methodologies and the practical realities of delivering HCM, Finance, Payroll, Recruiting or broader Workday programmes.
• Demonstrable experience managing scope, plans, resources, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, quality standards and profitability targets.
• Ability to lead diverse project teams and coordinate activity across functional, technical, data, testing, change and deployment workstreams.
• Strong client-facing skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders, manage expectations and translate delivery complexity into clear business language.
• Commercial awareness and experience supporting statements of work, change control, delivery estimates, governance reporting and project financial management.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, problem-solving and organisational skills, with a structured and proactive approach to delivery leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of Workday implementation, enhancement and optimisation projects, ensuring engagements are delivered to agreed scope, quality, timeline and budget expectations.
• Own and maintain robust project governance, including plans, RAID management, status reporting, decision tracking, change control, dependency management and delivery assurance inputs.
• Act as a trusted delivery partner and primary point of contact for client stakeholders throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with client sponsors, programme leaders, HR, Finance, IT and operational stakeholders.
• Manage engagement commercials, including forecast, budget, profitability, resource demand, scope control and change management within agreed governance.
• Ensure delivery quality through effective governance, review points, risk management, assurance activity and adherence to Workday and Capgemini delivery methods.
• Lead, motivate and coordinate diverse delivery teams across onshore, nearshore and offshore locations.
• Create clarity for teams by setting expectations, managing workload, removing blockers and promoting collaborative ways of working.

Skills

Project management

Workday

Stakeholder management

Delivery governance

Client-facing

Commercial awareness

Leadership

Pre-sales support

Education

Workday Services Partner certification

PRINCE2/PMP (desirable)

Tools

PRINCE2

PMP

Job description

Capgemini UK is seeking an experienced Workday Engagement Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of Workday engagements across the UK. You will manage scope, timeline, budget and quality while governing delivery across multi-disciplinary teams and client stakeholders.

In this role you will support pre-sales, contribute to governance, and drive delivery excellence with a modern, outcomes-focused consulting mindset. A Security Check (SC) clearance requirement will apply for successful candidates.