Workday HCM Programme Manager - #2194507

HR Technology Transformation Programme Manager (Workday HCM)

Location: London, near Liverpool Street station

Contract: To April 2028, Inside IR35

Rate: Up to £1,020 per day

Working pattern: Hybrid, 30% in the office. Currently Tuesdays plus one other day every other week, with flexibility around meetings and business needs.

Client: Leading global law firm

About the role

Our client is moving its HR platform from PeopleSoft HCM to Workday HCM, with other legacy HR platforms in scope for later phases. You will lead the programme end to end across multiple jurisdictions, practice groups and business services functions. This is a client-side programme role, not a functional consultant or implementation partner position.

Key responsibilities

• Own programme governance, including plans, milestones, dependencies, RAID, budget and steering-committee reporting.
• Manage the phased Workday rollout, covering data migration, integrations, testing, cutover and post-go-live stabilisation.
• Track budget and hold the systems integrator and other third-party partners to account.
• Oversee the parallel workstream that designs and delivers alternatives for bespoke PeopleSoft functionality Workday will not cover.
• Lead stakeholder engagement across a global, matrixed organisation, including senior partners and business leaders.
• Support business change and adoption, and ensure benefits tracking and the transition to business as usual are embedded.

Essential

• You have delivered a Workday HCM implementation through to go-live, in a programme or project management role. Functional consultant or tester-only experience does not meet this requirement.
• You can attend the London office at least 30% of the time.

Desirable

• You have led a multi-country HR technology transformation programme end to end.
• You have migrated off PeopleSoft HCM or a similar legacy HCM platform, including replacing bespoke functionality.
• You hold a programme or project management qualification such as MSP, PRINCE2 or PMP.
• You have worked in a law firm or other professional services organisation.
• You understand HR processes and data across core HR, talent, recruitment, learning, compensation, payroll and reporting.