Senior HRIS / HR Technology Transformation

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager HRIS / HR Technology professional to play a key role in our Workday implementation and broader HR transformation agenda. This role will be responsible for bridging HR business requirements, process transformation and technology, working closely with HR Leadership, HR Operations, CIO Office, Payroll, business stakeholders and the Workday implementation partner. The role goes beyond implementing a new HR system. The successful candidate will help the organisation rethink and redesign existing HR processes, challenge legacy practices and manual workarounds and establish simpler, more integrated and sustainable ways of working enabled by Workday. We are looking for someone who can operate comfortably between strategy and execution—someone who understands HR processes deeply, can translate business needs into technology solutions, and is confident challenging stakeholders to achieve better outcomes. Job Description Lead HR Technology & Workday Transformation - Play a key role in the implementation of Workday, supporting the organisation's transition to a modern, integrated HR technology platform. - Partner with HR leadership and project stakeholders to establish the future-state HR technology and process landscape. - Translate HR strategy and operational requirements into practical Workday solutions. - Ensure Workday implementation decisions are aligned with the organisation's longer-term HR operating model and technology roadmap. - Challenge proposed solutions where they create unnecessary complexity, manual intervention or unsustainable processes. - Promote the use of standard Workday capabilities and scalable solutions, with customisation or workarounds adopted only where there is a clear business justification. - Identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation and data to improve HR service delivery and employee experience. Drive HR Process Transformation - Lead or facilitate reviews of existing HR processes to identify opportunities for simplification, standardisation, automation and improved controls. - Challenge legacy processes, manual workarounds and "the way things have always been done". - Map current-state and future-state processes and identify gaps, inefficiencies, duplication and unnecessary hand-offs. - Work with HR process owners to redesign processes before translating them into Workday. - Ensure processes are designed around clear ownership, accountability, controls and service outcomes. - Identify opportunities to streamline interactions between HR Business Partners, HR Operations, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Talent Mgnt, Performance & Compensation, HR Technology and other stakeholders. - Establish sustainable processes that reduce dependency on individual knowledge and manual intervention. Business Requirements & Solution Design - Lead requirements gathering and discovery sessions with HR stakeholders and process owners. - Translate business requirements…