Workday Platform Manager

Sovereign Network Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Flexible benefits package

Wellbeing days

Matched pension scheme up to 12%

Life cover at 4x salary

Private medical insurance

Gym Memberships

24/7 virtual GP service

Job summary

Sovereign Network Group is seeking an experienced Workday Platform Manager to lead the management, development and continuous improvement of the Workday platform across Finance, HR and corporate services. Reporting to the Head of Business Platforms, you will ensure reliability, security, governance and alignment to organisational priorities, driving platform excellence and cost-aware delivery.

You will lead configuration, release planning, service performance and supplier engagement, guiding

Qualifications

• Experience managing an enterprise platform, ideally Workday or similar.
• Strong governance, release, change and environment management.
• Experience with Platform as a Service (PaaS).
• Understanding of SDLC and agile delivery.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams on platform improvements.
• Knowledge of identity, access management and data protection.
• Experience with integrations, APIs, middleware and data flows.
• Ability to translate business needs to platform priorities.
• Strong supplier and stakeholder management.
• Familiarity with IT service management practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide platform leadership across configuration, release planning, service performance, supplier engagement and operational support.
• Establish ownership, controls and ways of working for Workday as a strategic platform.
• Guide technical and functional specialists and assure changes before live deployment.
• Balance cost, risk, resilience and user experience.

Skills

Enterprise platform management

Platform governance

Release management

PaaS

SDLC / Agile

Cross-functional leadership

Identity & access management

Integrations / APIs

Stakeholder management

IT service management

Tools

Workday

Job description

Salary: £68,000.00 - £79,000.00 Per year

As one of the South of England's leading housing providers, we own and manage over 86,000 homes and are committed to investing in the communities we serve across the South and London. Following significant investment in our Workday platform for Finance and HR, we are looking for an experienced Workday Platform Manager to join our forward-thinking Business Platforms department. Reporting to the Head of Business Platforms, this is a pivotal role that will shape the future of our enterprise systems, driving platform excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement to support our colleagues and customers alike.

The role:

The Workday Platform Manager leads the management, development and continuous improvement of the Workday platform, ensuring it is reliable, secure, well governed and aligned to organisational priorities. The role provides platform leadership across configuration, release planning, service performance, supplier engagement and operational support, working closely with People, Finance, Procurement, IT colleagues and other business teams that rely on Workday-enabled processes. The role is responsible for establishing clear ownership, controls and ways of working for Workday as a strategic enterprise platform. It provides direction to technical and functional specialists, assures changes before they are introduced into the live environment, and helps teams make best use of the platform while managing risk, cost, resilience and colleague experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience managing an enterprise business platform, ideally Workday or a comparable human resources, finance or corporate services platform.
• Strong understanding of platform governance, release management, change control, environment management, testing, service transition and operational support.
• Experience of PaaS (Platform as a Service).
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and delivery in agile.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering enterprise-grade platform improvements in a complex organisation.
• Good understanding of identity and access management, role-based security, audit controls, data protection and compliance requirements.
• Experience working with integrations, application programming interfaces, middleware, data flows, reporting dependencies and supportable interface design.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business needs into clear platform priorities and outcomes.
• Strong supplier and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to balance service performance, platform roadmap, cost and risk.
• Familiarity with IT service management practices, including incident, problem, change, knowledge and service request management.

Job Description

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• 3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values. Our purpose is to provide good, affordable homes that are the foundation for a better life - and our vision is thriving communities, over generations. We provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across London, the South East, South West and East of England, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year.

Working for us is so much more than just a job. Whatever your role, you'll help us provide homes and services for those who need them - and make a real difference to people’s lives