Workday Integration & HRIS Lead (Remote/UK)

ICON Clinical Research; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave entitlements

Health insurance offerings

Retirement planning offerings

Global Employee Assistance Programme (

Life assurance

Job summary

ICON plc, a leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization, seeks an HR Technology Lead to shape and govern HR technology strategy, with a focus on Workday integrations and global governance. This role combines hands-on HRIS management, team leadership, and vendor/SOW oversight to deliver scalable, compliant HR solutions.

You will lead functional HRIS teams across HCM, Recruiting, and Compensation, coordinating change requests, security reviews, and annual processes while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, HR, business administration or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in HR technology management including implementation and oversight of major HR platforms (Workday, SAP, Oracle).
• Strong strategic thinking with ability to align technology with business goals.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities, with experience managing teams and cross-functional projects.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and delivering high-quality employee experience through technology.
• Willingness to travel as required (approximately 5%).

Responsibilities

• Act as escalation point for complex Workday L2/L3 cases across HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Absence and Integrations.
• Manage direct escalations from Tier 1 analysts and HR/TA stakeholders on urgent or sensitive cases.
• Provide decisioning and risk management for high-impact issues affecting hiring, pay or executive populations.
• Oversee HRIS backlog prioritisation and recurring refinement forums.
• Ensure documentation and governance controls are in place.
• Release management: release impact assessment, change gating/evidence, deployment coordination, post-release stabilization.

Skills

HR technology management

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Continuous improvement

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems or related field

Tools

Workday

SAP

Oracle

Job description

ICON plc, a leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization, seeks an HR Technology Lead to shape and govern HR technology strategy, with a focus on Workday integrations and global governance. This role combines hands-on HRIS management, team leadership, and vendor/SOW oversight to deliver scalable, compliant HR solutions.

You will lead functional HRIS teams across HCM, Recruiting, and Compensation, coordinating change requests, security reviews, and annual processes while