Workday Programme Manager (HR & Finance)

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited is seeking a Workday Programme Manager to lead a large-scale HR and Financials implementation in London with a hybrid working model. The role requires managing multiple workstreams, executive stakeholders, and third-party partners to deliver on time and within budget.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience delivering Workday HR and Financials programmes, strong governance and budgeting capabilities, and exceptional communication and leadership skills

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering large-scale Workday implementations as a Programme Manager.
• Strong understanding of Workday HR and Workday Financials programmes.
• Experience managing enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Expertise in stakeholder management at C-suite and executive level.
• Demonstrated success managing system integrators and third-party partners.
• Knowledge of governance, budgeting, resource management, and delivery methodologies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a Workday HR and Financials implementation programme.
• Oversee governance, planning, budgeting, risk management, and reporting.
• Manage internal stakeholders across HR, Finance, IT, and senior leadership teams.
• Coordinate activities between implementation partners, vendors, and internal resources.
• Ensure milestones, dependencies, and deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.
• Drive change management, user adoption, and business readiness activities.
• Provide updates to steering committees and executive stakeholders.
• Manage risks, issues, and escalations to resolution.

Skills

Workday HR

Workday Financials

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Budgeting

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Workday Programme Manager (HR & Finance) Location: London (Hybrid)

Rate: Negotiable
Contract Length: Initial 12 Months
Start Date: 12/10/2026

The Opportunity We are supporting a leading organisation embarking on a large-scale Workday transformation programme and are looking for an experienced Workday Programme Manager to lead the successful delivery of a complex Workday HR and Financials implementation. This is a high-profile programme with significant executive visibility, offering the opportunity to drive business transformation across both HR and Finance functions while managing multiple workstreams, stakeholders, system integrators, and third-party partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a Workday HR and Financials implementation programme.
• Oversee programme governance, planning, budgeting, risk management, and reporting.
• Manage internal stakeholders across HR, Finance, IT, and senior leadership teams.
• Coordinate activities between implementation partners, vendors, and internal project resources.
• Ensure key programme milestones, dependencies, and deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.
• Drive effective change management, user adoption, and business readiness activities.
• Provide regular updates to steering committees and executive stakeholders.
• Manage programme risks, issues, and escalations to successful resolution.

Required Experience

• Proven experience delivering large-scale Workday implementations as a Programme Manager.
• Strong understanding of both Workday HR and Workday Financials programmes.
• Experience managing complex enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Expertise in stakeholder management at C-suite and executive level.
• Demonstrated success managing system integrators and third-party partners.
• Strong knowledge of programme governance, budgeting, resource management, and delivery methodologies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and influencing skills.

If you have a strong track record of delivering enterprise-scale Workday HCM and Financials programmes and are looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.