Programme Manager (Workday rollout)- London

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Programme Manager (Workday) to work for our client within the retail sector. This is initially a 6 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in London.

Our client is seeking an experienced professional to lead the end-to-end delivery of a global Workday workforce planning programme. The successful candidate will have previous experience rolling out Workday solutions, with Workday Adaptive Planning experience particularly desirable. The programme will implement a single workforce planning solution across multiple international markets, integrating with Workday HCM and Finance systems and supporting improved headcount management, scenario modelling and people budget planning.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the programme end to end from a People Solutions perspective, including governance, planning, budget tracking, risk and issue management, and sponsor reporting
• Manage the systems integrator, overseeing scope, change requests, deliverable acceptance and challenging delivery where required.
• Own business readiness throughout process design, user acceptance testing, go-live, hypercare and subsequent rollout stages.
• Coordinate activity and resource commitments across People, Finance and local technology teams within participating markets.
• Own data readiness, including HR and Finance feeds, position and headcount definitions, planning assumptions and key drivers.
• Act as the key link between People and Finance teams at both global and local market level.
• Collaborate with wider Workday and People Solutions teams to understand dependencies, impacts and requirements.
• Support the phased international rollout of Workday Adaptive Planning, from initial pilot markets through to full deployment.
• Prepare a structured handover to the permanent Product Owner, including the decision log, design rationale and product backlog.