Workday HCM Lead

Location: Remote UK/EU

Contract – 6 Months

Start Date: ASAP

Rate: £725per day (outside Ir35 for the UK)

We are seeking an experienced Workday HCM Lead to support and guide an internal Workday HCM team through a period of process optimisation and operational readiness. The focus will be on improving internal workflows, documentation, and governance — particularly around M&A onboarding and transitions. This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone with a strong functional Workday background and proven experience in driving process maturity within HCM teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the functional lead and advisor to the Workday HCM team, supporting day-to-day operations and ongoing improvements.
• Drive process refinement and standardisation across HCM-related activities, ensuring scalable and repeatable practices.
• Design and implement operational processes to manage new M&A integrations, ensuring documentation, communication, and transition activities are smooth and consistent.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to assess current pain points, identify gaps, and introduce improvements across the employee lifecycle.
• Support with documentation standards, process flows, team playbooks, and best practices to ensure knowledge retention and smoother onboarding of future team members or acquisitions.
• Align Workday HCM operations with business and HR strategy, enabling a more proactive and agile function.
• Act as a liaison between HR, IT, and business leadership to ensure expectations are met and opportunities for improvement are identified.

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience as a Workday HCM Lead, HCM Functional Consultant, or HCM Operations Lead.
• Strong knowledge of Workday Core HCM and its application across HR operations and employee lifecycle processes.
• Experience supporting or leading teams through process optimisation and operational transformation.
• Background in M&A environments with hands-on involvement in the HR systems side of onboarding and integration.
• Excellent documentation, process mapping, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Comfortable working autonomously and guiding others in a dynamic, remote-first environment.
• Based in or available to work to UK/EU time zones.