Workday Project Manager - Payroll

IT Project Manager

Workday & Payroll

6 Month initial contract

Outside IR35

Fully remote

Responsibilities:

• Manage the full project lifecycle for integrating the HR systems of acquired companies into the centralised company Workday platform across approximately 30 countries.
• Establish and maintain robust project controls, including comprehensive RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and status reporting.
• Proactively track and mitigate complex cross-program and cross-country dependencies to ensure integration timelines are met without disrupting acquired business operations

Experience required:

• Significant Experience as an IT Project Manager leading large-scale, complex HR system implementations
• Deep Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in Payroll processes and system integrations is essential.
• Direct experience with Workday deployments, migrations, and module integration
• Proven ability to manage projects involving multiple simultaneous acquisitions
• Demonstrated experience managing projects with global scope across multiple legal entities and diverse regulatory environments (ideally across 30+ countries).
• Assertive Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to be proactive and assertive, effectively challenging stakeholders to maintain project scope, schedule, and quality.