Workday Project Manager – Workday Transformation & Transition

TRIA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Workday Transformation Project Manager to oversee the end-to-end Workday transformation in Central London. This role involves managing the day-to-day delivery of projects, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement, and supporting the transition to a new support model. Ideal candidates will have strong project management experience and a sound understanding of operational HR service models. The position offers competitive packaging and requires onsite presence three days a week.

Qualifications

• Strong project management experience across multi-stream delivery environments.
• Experience supporting senior leaders through major transformations.
• Strong understanding of BAU operations and service transition.
• Any experience of working with Workday SIs would be a bonus.
• Experience of Workday modules or functional experience would also be a benefit.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day delivery across functional, technical, data, integration, testing and change workstreams.
• Prepare materials for governance, steering committees, and decision-making forums.
• Coordinate testing phases and support release planning and deployment.
• Operate delivery controls including RAID logs, financial tracking, milestone reporting, and quality checks.
• Coordinate testing phases and support release planning, cutover preparation, readiness activities, and deployment.
• Provide operational leadership to the BAU Workday team during the transformation period.
• Balance BAU service needs with project demands to maintain continuity.
• Assist with knowledge transfer and capability uplift within the support team.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and handover of the future Workday support operating model.
• Ensure effective handover of configuration, reporting, integrations, and documentation.
• Support post-go-live stabilisation and service management setup, including KPIs and SLAs.
• Act as a key delivery interface between business stakeholders, Workday SMEs, and implementation partners.
• Provide clear, timely progress reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Support communications relating to risks, progress, and upcoming milestones.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Business process transformation

Operational HR service models

Operations & BAU transition

Job description

Package: Comprehensive package to be discussed directly

Are you a Project Manager with proven experience of delivering Workday programmes? Have you worked on large-scale transformation and transition experience, ideally in partnership with external suppliers and partners? If so, apply now for this new role.

This is a Fixed Term role for 18 months and will be based in Central London. There is a requirement to be onsite 3 days per week.

In this high‑impact role, the Workday Transformation Project Manager will support the Programme Director in driving the end‑to‑end Workday transformation. You will coordinate multi‑stream project delivery, ensure a strong delivery framework is in place, and oversee the smooth transition from programme deployment into a sustainable business‑as‑usual Workday environment.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex delivery settings, enjoys senior stakeholder engagement, and has a strong understanding of both transformation and operational HR service models.

The Workday Transformation Project Manager will be responsible for:

• Manage day‑to‑day delivery across functional, technical, data, integration, testing and change workstreams
• Maintain and track integrated project plans aligned to programme priorities
• Prepare materials for governance, steering committees, and decision‑making forums

Programme Controls & Quality Assurance

• Operate delivery controls including RAID logs, financial tracking, milestone reporting, and quality checks
• Coordinate testing phases and support release planning, cutover preparation, readiness activities, and deployment

BAU Workday Team Support

• Provide operational leadership to the BAU Workday team during the transformation period
• Balance BAU service needs with project demands to maintain continuity
• Assist with knowledge transfer and capability uplift within the support team

Transition to the New Support Model

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and handover of the future Workday support operating model
• Ensure effective handover of configuration, reporting, integrations, and documentation
• Support post‑go‑live stabilisation and service management setup, including KPIs and SLAs

Stakeholder & Partner Coordination

• Act as a key delivery interface between business stakeholders, Workday SMEs, and implementation partners
• Provide clear, timely progress reporting to senior stakeholders
• Support communications relating to risks, progress, and upcoming milestones

To be successful, the Workday Transformation Project Manager will have the following experience:

• Strong project management experience across multi‑stream delivery environments
• Experience supporting senior leaders through major transformations
• Strong understanding of BAU operations and service transition
• Any experience of working with Workday SIs would be a bonus
• Experience of Workday modules or functional experience would also be a benefit

Your work will directly contribute to building a support model capable of sustaining a modern, transformed Workday platform. If you’re energised by transformation, enjoy shaping new ways of working, and want to help deliver a major people‑technology programme, we’d love to hear from you.

The salary and package is competitive and we can discuss this in detail directly.